Facts of Life - King Crimson

Six billion ants crawling on a plate
六亿只蚂蚁在盘子上蠕动
Six billion ants crawling on a plate
六亿只蚂蚁在盘子里爬行
None of them give back as much as they take
无人付出与索取相当，消费与贡献失衡
Six billion ants crawling on a plate
六亿蚂蚁盘踞在盘上
Doesn't mean you should just because you can
能为之事，非必当为
It doesn't mean you should just because you can
能为之，不意味着应为之
Like Abraham and Ishmael fighting over sand
如同亚伯拉罕与以实玛利争夺沙子一般徒劳无益。
It doesn't mean you should just because you can
有能力做，不代表就该做
That is a fact of life
生活的真相便是如此
That is a fact of life
这是生活的真相
Now some of us build and some of us teach
我们有的建造，有的教导
Some of us build some of us teach
有的人建造，有的人教导
And some of us kill what some of us eat
而有些人，却毁掉别人赖以生存之物。
That is a fact of life
这是生活的真相
That is a fact of life
这是生活的真相
Nobody knows what happens when you die
没人知道你死后会发生什么
Nobody knows what happens when you die
没人知道你死后会发生什么
Believe what you want it doesn't mean you're right
相信你想要的并不意味着你就是对的
That is a fact of life
这是生活的真谛
That is a fact of life
那是生活的事实