Life is what happens to you
While you're busy making other plans
当你在为未来做计划时，（真实）生活不告而至。

Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me
Leave me where I am - I'm only sleeping
Everybody seems to think I'm lazy
I don't mind, I think they're crazy
Running everywhere at such a speed
Till they find there's no need
（这几句有点唐伯虎的世人笑我太疯癫、我笑他人看不穿的感觉）

You say you want a revolution
Well you know, we all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know, We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know you can count me out
...
You say you'll change the constitution
Well you know, we all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well you know, You better free your mind instead
（适用于放给激进民运分子们听听）

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind
Possessing and caressing me
（把吃了迷幻药后的感觉描述的好美，引得无数人去尝）

As soon as your born they make you feel small
by giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
...
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and despise a fool
Till you're so ????ing crazy you can't follow their rules
（对以财富来衡量成功观念的讽刺与无奈）

You can shine you're shoes and wear a suit
You can comb your hair and look quite cute
You can hide your face behind a smile
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
（人可以欺骗别人，但却无法欺骗自己的良心）

Oh my love for the first time in my life
My eyes are wide open
Oh my love for the first time in my life
My eyes can see
I see the wind, oh i see the trees
Everything is clear in my heart
（得到真爱后，整个心情焕然一新，连视力都增强了:)）

We make her paint her face and dance
If she won't be slave
we say that she don't love us
If she's real,
we say she's trying to be a man
While putting her down
we pretend that she is above us
Woman is the nigger of the world
（抗议女性在社会价值观中受歧视的一首歌）

Only people just know how to talk to people
Only people know just how to change the world
Only people realize the power of people
A million heads are better than one, so come on, get it on!
（高祖皇帝要是会写英文歌词会写出同样的词句）

Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Everyone come on
（星星没有月亮美丽，但若只有月亮就不会有美丽的夜空）