| In a city with a fever
| En una ciudad con fiebre
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| The temperature is rising
| la temperatura esta subiendo
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| Lost in endless pleasure
| Perdido en el placer sin fin
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| Leaves run wild with sap
| Las hojas se vuelven salvajes con savia
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| In our exotic land
| En nuestra tierra exótica
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| The men are bright and handsome
| Los hombres son brillantes y guapos.
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| And the women are a wonder
| Y las mujeres son una maravilla
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| Balanced on a razor’s edge
| Equilibrado en el filo de una navaja
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| And there’s a flood
| Y hay una inundación
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| Flowing through your window
| Fluyendo a través de tu ventana
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| And a god has made us deaf
| Y un dios nos ha hecho sordos
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| And now we only hear
| Y ahora solo escuchamos
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| His claustrophobic music
| Su música claustrofóbica
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| As guests inside our own house
| Como invitados dentro de nuestra propia casa
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| Waiting for the recompense given to Job
| Esperando la recompensa dada a Job
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| So if you get born on your knees, then learn to pray
| Así que si naces de rodillas, entonces aprende a orar
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| You get born on your knees and learn to pray
| Naces de rodillas y aprendes a orar
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| Our money has disguised itself as nature
| Nuestro dinero se ha disfrazado de naturaleza
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| Hope is our illusion
| La esperanza es nuestra ilusión
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| And we’re restless 'til we rest in
| Y estamos inquietos hasta que descansemos en
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| Seduced by darling idols of the polite world
| Seducido por queridos ídolos del mundo educado
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| With a slice of fortune one night
| Con una rebanada de fortuna una noche
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| You’re nomadic in the next life
| Eres nómada en la próxima vida
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| Spying through a keyhole
| Espiar a través del ojo de una cerradura
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| At those born in the purple
| A los nacidos en la púrpura
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| At a needle in a haystack
| En una aguja en un pajar
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| At stars in distant orbit
| En estrellas en órbita distante
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| Like jesters on a tightrope
| Como bufones en la cuerda floja
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| We stride to our disasters
| Caminamos hacia nuestros desastres
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| On unedifying highways
| En carreteras poco edificantes
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| We reap the whirlwind
| Cosechamos el torbellino
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| If you get born on your knees, then learn to pray
| Si naces de rodillas, entonces aprende a rezar
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| You get born on your knees and learn to pray
| Naces de rodillas y aprendes a orar
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| Am I a lonely one-man choir
| ¿Soy un coro solitario de un solo hombre?
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| Confessing to myself?
| ¿Confesarte a mí mismo?
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| You know I’ve tried to read between the lines
| Sabes que he tratado de leer entre líneas
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| I’ve tried to understand the signs
| He tratado de entender las señales
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| A witness to Rome’s decline
| Un testigo de la decadencia de Roma
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| If you get born on your knees, then learn to pray
| Si naces de rodillas, entonces aprende a rezar
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| You get born on your knees and learn to pray
| Naces de rodillas y aprendes a orar
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| Get born on your knees and learn to pray
| Nace de rodillas y aprende a rezar
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| Born on your knees and learn to pray
| Nace de rodillas y aprende a rezar
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| Born on your knees and learn to pray
| Nace de rodillas y aprende a rezar
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| Born on your knees then learn to pray
| Nacido de rodillas, luego aprende a rezar
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| Born on your knees and learn to pray | Nace de rodillas y aprende a rezar |