Americanaの歌詞

Dropped into a macrocosm
God knows I can't see
Fire another cigarette
In blatant blasphemy
Truth and lies are coupling
Tomorrow on the line
Wasn't there another thing
We'd left to realign

Jack and Jill are stumbling
They've found the water's brown
Hand in hand to keep from falling
Further in the ground
Trace their steps to only find
Their home has flown away
Authorities are disinclined
Trust has been betrayed

Cause it's too late

Mothers dread their unborn children
Born into this land
Times have changed this modern age
Will slap you on the hand
Poverty and suffering
It seems they're common place
The winds of change are blustering
Will you be replaced

Cause it's
Too late for my brothers
It's
Too late for my sisters
It's too late
For society to wait
We gotta choose a side

Will you watch in apathy
As cities start to quake
Will you turn a slivered eye
On those lost in the wake
Will you run until the sea
To save your precious skin
Hunted as an escapee
Blackened from within

Cause it's
Too late for my brothers
It's
Too late for my sisters
It's
Too late for my mother
It's
Too late for my father
It's
Too late for my daughter
It's
Too late for my sons
It's
Too late for society to wait
We got to choose a side



【対訳】

大宇宙に産み落とされた
神のみぞ知る意味
煙草の先に火をつける
露骨な冒涜
嘘も誠も紙一重
明日の事は予測不能
改善の余地は残されたのか

ジャックとジルは転げ落ち
見つけた水は腐ってる
互いに手を取り合って
死の恐怖から逃れよと
もと来た道を辿ってきてみれば
我が家は何処にも見当たらない
権力者は知らん顔
信頼と絆は朽ち落ちた

時はすでに遅すぎた

未来を案じ
まだ見ぬ子らを憂う母親達
良き時とは過去のもの
時代は瞬く間に手のひらを反す
貧困と苦難は当然と居座り
変化の風は吹き荒び
お前は取り換えられるのか

彼らには遅すぎた
彼女らには遅すぎた
世界はお前を待ちはしない
どちらにつくのか腹を決めろ

町が崩れ落ちるのを無表情に眺めるか
混乱に惑う人々から目を背けるのか
愛しい我が身を守るために
地の果てまでも逃げるのか
恐怖におののく脱獄者
心の底から腐ってる

彼らには
彼女らには
母親には
父親には
娘には
息子達には

遅すぎた
時はすでに遅すぎた

世界はお前を待ちはしない
いまこの足で立ち上がれ