[00:00.00] 作曲 : Dave Pirner
[00:22.11]There was something in the air that day, like gunpowder or sulfur
[00:27.87]And soon a wild migration came from upstairs like a storm
[00:32.64]I was at a costume party and although nobody noticed
[00:38.28]I mingled there stark naked, all my emperor's clothes were torn
[00:43.32]When suddenly the sprinkler system ran the makeup down her dress
[00:48.69]I must confess I had forgotten who I went to meet there
[00:54.33]Something was not right right then
[00:56.49]And there I saw you five years later like someone I'd never seen before
[01:04.17]And my life flashed before me and exploded into flames
[01:09.48]Now I just sit back and laugh, 'cause the only thing that's changed
[01:15.99]Are the faces and the names
[01:27.69]So I thought I'd say hello but that building it was burning
[01:33.36]And you turned and ran away just like the vision I remember
[01:38.01]Right then I got run over by a local politician
[01:43.83]Who said that segregation would be good for education
[01:49.11]So there I was stark naked with a racist politician
[01:54.06]In about three feet of water in a building that was burning
[01:59.55]We looked to find the exit and he said he owned the building
[02:04.56]I was breathing in the suffocation, blowing out the air
[02:09.87]And my life flashed before me and exploded into flames
[02:15.09]Now I just sit back and laugh, 'cause the only thing that's changed
[02:21.66]Are the faces and the names
[02:33.30]Now I had knocked myself unconscious, at the time I'd felt like drowning
[02:38.94]When I came to I was rolling through emergency room doors
[02:43.98]And they left me in the waiting room with work-related head-wound victims
[02:49.86]Wondering what happened and still bleeding on the floor
[02:54.75]And sitting there my grade-school teacher stared at me and said, "What happened?
[03:00.21]"Son, you could have been someone, you could have been so much more"
[03:05.01]And I thought about that party and my fine fair-weathered friends
[03:10.23]And that burning building and those folks I'd never see again
[03:15.57]And my life flashed before me and exploded into flames
[03:20.70]Now I just sit back and laugh, 'cause the only thing that's changed
[03:27.36]Are the faces and the names

作曲 : Dave Pirner
There was something in the air that day, like gunpowder or sulfur
And soon a wild migration came from upstairs like a storm
I was at a costume party and although nobody noticed
I mingled there stark naked, all my emperor's clothes were torn
When suddenly the sprinkler system ran the makeup down her dress
I must confess I had forgotten who I went to meet there
Something was not right right then
And there I saw you five years later like someone I'd never seen before
And my life flashed before me and exploded into flames
Now I just sit back and laugh, 'cause the only thing that's changed
Are the faces and the names
So I thought I'd say hello but that building it was burning
And you turned and ran away just like the vision I remember
Right then I got run over by a local politician
Who said that segregation would be good for education
So there I was stark naked with a racist politician
In about three feet of water in a building that was burning
We looked to find the exit and he said he owned the building
I was breathing in the suffocation, blowing out the air
And my life flashed before me and exploded into flames
Now I just sit back and laugh, 'cause the only thing that's changed
Are the faces and the names
Now I had knocked myself unconscious, at the time I'd felt like drowning
When I came to I was rolling through emergency room doors
And they left me in the waiting room with work-related head-wound victims
Wondering what happened and still bleeding on the floor
And sitting there my grade-school teacher stared at me and said, "What happened?
"Son, you could have been someone, you could have been so much more"
And I thought about that party and my fine fair-weathered friends
And that burning building and those folks I'd never see again
And my life flashed before me and exploded into flames
Now I just sit back and laugh, 'cause the only thing that's changed
Are the faces and the names