Verse 1

Every day I stand on high (每天我站在高处)

Watching ants below me try (看着下面的蚂蚁努力)

Their heads are big their legs are thin (它们的头大，腿细)

With phones in hand and Nikes skin (手里拿着手机，穿着耐克)

Running late for work they’re stressed (上班迟到，它们感到压力)

Rushing feeling so oppressed (匆忙，感到压抑)

My poor old Jeep's been stuck for years (我那辆可怜的老吉普车已经卡住好多年)

No mountains climbed no rivers near (没有爬过山，也没有河流在附近)

It’s trapped in this city’s grind (它被困在这座城市的机械化运转中)

Under pressure it feels confined (在压力下，它感到被限制)

Though it doesn’t speak a word (尽管它不发一言)

I know its pain has been stirred (我知道它的痛苦已经被唤醒)

I quietly make a wish so pure (我悄悄许下一个纯洁的愿望)

Take it to Mongolia that’s the cure (带它去蒙古，那就是解药)

Rushing hurrying day by day (匆忙，急匆匆，日复一日)

Why’s life always this way (为什么生活总是这样)

Is my dream just to live this life (我的梦想只是过这种生活吗)

Wasting all my precious time (浪费我所有珍贵的时间)

No pride no shame no rush no race (没有骄傲，没有羞耻，没有急迫，没有竞争)

Maybe life should be this pace (也许生活应该是这个节奏)

Is it true when I turn sixty (当我六十岁时，这是真的吗)

I’ll finally chase the freedom I’ve missed (我终于会追寻我错过的自由)

Year by year time flies away (年复一年，时光飞逝)

Still a little saved but nothing to say (仍然存了一点钱，但无话可说)

The things I love I can’t afford (我喜欢的东西我买不起)

Life’s a mess but I still move toward (生活一团糟，但我依然向前走)

They say money’s just a scam (他们说钱只是骗局)

But it sure looks good in hand (但拿在手中看起来确实很不错)

Rushing hurrying day by day (匆忙，急匆匆，日复一日)

Why’s life always this way (为什么生活总是这样)

Is my dream just to live this life (我的梦想只是过这种生活吗)

Wasting all my precious time (浪费我所有珍贵的时间)

No pride no shame no rush no race (没有骄傲，没有羞耻，没有急迫，没有竞争)

Maybe life should be this pace (也许生活应该是这个节奏)

Is it true when I turn sixty (当我六十岁时，这是真的吗)

I’ll finally chase the freedom I’ve missed (我终于会追寻我错过的自由)

I don’t want to live like this (我不想这样活着)

I don’t want to live like this (我不想这样活着)

I don’t want to live like this (我不想这样活着)

I don’t want to live like this (我不想这样活着)

I don’t want to live like this (我不想这样活着)

I don’t want to live like this (我不想这样活着)

I don’t want to live like this (我不想这样活着)

I don’t want to live like this (我不想这样活着)

Rushing hurrying day by day (匆忙，急匆匆，日复一日)

Why’s life always this way (为什么生活总是这样)

Is my dream just to live this life (我的梦想只是过这种生活吗)

Wasting all my precious time (浪费我所有珍贵的时间)

No pride no shame no rush no race (没有骄傲，没有羞耻，没有急迫，没有竞争)

Maybe life should be this pace (也许生活应该是这个节奏)

Is it true when I turn sixty (当我六十岁时，这是真的吗)

I’ll finally chase the freedom I’ve missed (我终于会追寻我错过的自由)

I tell myself to find content (我告诉自己要找到满足)

To smile and live with no regret (微笑着活，不留遗憾)

But if I laugh it all away (但如果我把一切都笑掉)

What’s left for me at the end of the day (一天结束时，我还剩下什么)