作词 : Guy Garvey
作曲 : Guy Garvey/Peter James Turner/Mark Potter/Craig Potter/Richard Jupp
Written by：Elbow
作词：Elbow

The first to put a simple truth in words
第一次将简单的事情实公之于众

Binds the world in a feeling all familiar
将世界束缚在一种熟悉的感觉中

Cause everybody owns the great ideas
因为每个人都有很棒的理想

And it feels like there's a big one round the corner
感觉一个大的想法即将诞生

Antenna up and out into New York
直觉走进纽约

Somewhere in all that talk is all the answers
在某个地方谈论就有可能是所有答案

And oh my giddy aunt New York can talk
哦我的老天 纽约人够谈论

It's the modern Rome and folk are nice to Yoko
现在这里是罗马，外来的人都很友好

Every bone of rivet steel each corner stone and angle
每一个钢铆钉 一个角落和每一粒石头
Jenga jut and rusted water tower pillar post and sign
突出生锈的水塔 标记着柱子依然耸立
Every painted line and battered laddered building in this town
这个小镇上的每一道油漆线和磨损的建筑

Sings a life of proud endeavour and the best that man can be
唱出生活的自豪，唱出最成功的人士

Me I see a city and I hear a million voices
我看到了一座城市 我听到了无数种声音
Planning drilling welding carrying their fingers to the nub
计划焊接他们建起的高楼
Reaching down into the ground stretching up into the sky
向下延伸到地面 向上到达天空
Why
为什么
Because they can
因为他们能
They did and do
过去和现在一样
So you and I could live together
所以你和我能共同生存在这个世界上

Oh my God New York can talk
哦的天啊 纽约人能谈论

Somewhere in all that talk is all the answers
在某个地方谈论就有可能是所有答案

Everybody owns the great ideas
每个人都有很棒的理想

And it feels like there's a big one round the corner
感觉一个大的想法即将诞生

Oh my God New York can talk
哦我的老天 纽约人够谈论

Somewhere in all that talk is all the answers
在某个地方谈论就有可能是所有答案

Everybody owns the great ideas
每个人都有很棒的理想

And it feels like there's a big one round the corner
感觉一个大的想法即将诞生

Oh my God New York can talk
哦我的老天 纽约人够谈论

Somewhere in all that talk is all the answers
在某个地方谈论就有可能是所有答案

Everybody owns the great ideas
每个人都有很棒的理想

And it feels like there's a big one round the corner
感觉一个大的想法即将诞生

The desire in patchwork symphony
拼凑在交响曲中的欲望奏起

The desire like a distant storm
欲望像越来越远的风暴

For love did it come for me
因为爱是为我而来的
And it feels like there's a big one round the corner
感觉一个大的想法即将诞生

The desire in patchwork symphony
拼凑在交响曲中的欲望奏起

The desire like a distant storm
欲望像越来越远的风暴

For love did it come for me
因为爱是为我而来的

Cause it feels like there's a big one round the corner
这感觉像一个大的想法即将诞生

The way the day begins
这样的一天将开始

Decides the shade of everything
决定着一切事情

But the way it ends depends on if you're home
但是结束的方式取决于你是否把它当做家看

For every soul a pillow at a window please
希望每一个灵魂都能安稳入睡

In the modern Rome where folk are nice to Yoko
现在这里是罗马，对外来的人都很友好