Oldest Trick - Chris Velan
Gonna take more eyes than the eyes
你无法用
That you have in your head
自己的双眼
To see what's happening gonna take more teeth
看清发生的一切，你要更加努力
Than those in your mouth to chew it all down
才能消化发生的一切
Gonna take more brains than the brains
That you have in your skull
你无法用
自己的头脑
To find the answers
去寻找答案
'Cause these days information stinks
因为这些日子里，世界已混乱
There are enough lies here to fool the Sphinx
世人的谎言，甚至能骗过狮身女怪
The newest version of the oldest trick
最古老的诡计，最新的版本
It's been working since they wrote that book
从发明之初，始终迷惑着世人
And you say that it makes you sick
你说，这一切令你厌倦
But not before that it made you look
但你却不得不面对
Gonna take more words than the words
你无法用
That can roll off your tongue
自己已知的词汇
To express that there is a way better
Than this to be free
表明还有比这
更自由的美好生活
Gonna take more hands than the hands
你无法用
That grown on your arms
自己的双手
To chip away the tired veneer
拨开生活的浓雾
It's thick as a myth
生活就像神话一样神秘
You don't know what you're messing with
The newest version of the oldest trick
你不知道你做错了什么
最古老的诡计，最新的版本
It's been working since they wrote that book
从发明之初，始终迷惑着世人
And you say that it makes you sick
你说，这一切令你厌倦
But not before that it made you look
但你却不得不面对
Oh well it started so long ago with
哦，很久很久以前
Just a few rich men they
故事由几名富人开始
Wanted to protect what they had what they had
他们想要守护自己的财产
But the Problem with freedom is
但自由带来的问题在于
Everyone wants some and
每个人都想分得一份羹
If all are equal then the poor might get mad
如果人人绝对平等，穷人不会善罢甘休
So they found enemies built up mythologies
他们会仇视富人，用神话迷惑世人
To keep the people from snooping around
让他们不再窥探财富
It worked so well we can no longer tell
一切如此顺利，我们甚至不知
Where the truth turns to dust
真相已化成灰烬
Who to kill who to trust
应该杀死谁，应该信任谁
The newest version of the oldest trick
最古老的诡计，最新的版本
It's been working since they wrote that book
从发明之初，始终迷惑着世人
And you say that it makes you sick
你说，这一切令你厌倦
But not before that it made you look
但你却不得不面对
The newest version of the oldest trick
最古老的诡计，最新的版本
It's been working since they wrote that book
从发明之初，始终迷惑着世人
And you say that it makes you sick
你说，这一切令你厌倦
But not before that it made you look
但你却不得不面对
