Snake Oil - Van Der Graaf Generator

Snake Oil - Van Der Graaf Generator
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Best of intentions
最美好的初衷
Fresh faced devotees display
虔诚的信徒们展现
Sat at the feet of the master
端坐在大师脚下
Hoping that this is the one true way
期盼这是唯一真道
Eager awareness
热切的觉醒
Picking the wood from the trees
从林木中挑选枝干
Only belief is important
唯有信仰至关重要
Only obedience can set them free
唯有顺从才能得解脱
Here come the paraphernalia
仪式器物纷至沓来
Here come the catch all refrains
陈词滥调接踵而至
Repeat ad infinitum
无尽循环往复
Slavish devotion
奴性的虔诚
That's how it usually presents
这就是它惯常的模样
In an impossibly pompous
沉溺于荒谬绝伦的
Addiction to doctrines that make no sense
毫无意义的教条之中
Anal retention to an astounding degree
令人震惊的固执己见
Self absorption is total
自我沉迷已至极致
Making obedience compulsory
将顺从变为强制要求
If they want to reach the inner mystery
只为触及那所谓内心奥秘
Welcome to the bats in the belfry
欢迎来到这疯人院般的世界
The buzz words echo around
空洞口号四处回荡
Repeated ad infinitum
被无止境地重复着
Brainwashed and bound to believe in
洗脑般盲从于
The orthodox text slogans on t-shirts
那些印在T恤上的正统教条
The punters can't wait to be told
信徒们迫不及待等待指示
What to think of next
下一步该思考什么
What to think of next
下一步该思考什么
Oh what's coming next
哦接下来会是什么
Well nothing is coming
然而什么都没有
And nobody here goes
这里无人启程
In search of the questions posterity might pose
去探寻后世可能提出的疑问
There's only one answer the believers can allow
信徒们只允许存在唯一的答案
Yes
是的
Teacher knows best teacher knows best
大师最懂 大师最懂
Let's put the teacher to the test
让我们来考验大师
Let's put the teacher to the test
让我们来考验大师
There's only one answer the disciples will allow out
信徒们只接受唯一答案
Cultish convention repeated again and again
教条仪式不断重复
Until the words have no meaning
直到言语失去意义
Until the means have become the end
直到手段变成目的
What starts with self-obsession ends up in self-denial
始于自我迷恋 终于自我否定
They just so want to believe
他们如此渴望信仰
Slaves to the snake oil of this particular world
沦为这世间骗术的奴隶
Maybe just self-referential
或许只是自我指涉
The comfort's in sharing the secret word
安慰来自分享那神秘箴言
With the picture blurred
画面已然模糊
The companionship of the herd
唯有羊群的陪伴