群居动物 (Qúnjū Dòngwù)

==Alternate Versions==
==Lyrics==
Chinese 	Pinyin 	English
它们向未知迁徙 	tāmen xiàng wèizhī qiānxǐ 	They’re migrating towards somewhere unknown,
我混入沉默族群中 	wǒ hùnrù chénmò zúqún zhōng 	and I’m moving along with that silent group
每个生物都无动于衷 	měi gè shēngwù dōu wúdòngyúzhōng 	All the living things are acting aloof and unconcerned,
裹挟一切向前涌动 	guǒxié yīqiè xiàng qián yǒngdòng 	just swarming and sweeping everything by their current
可我看见裂谷张开咽喉 	kě wǒ kànjiàn liè gǔ zhāng kāi yānhóu 	But I saw the rift open its throat,
传来岩石嚼碎世界的回声 	chuán lái yánshí jué suì shìjiè de huíshēng 	giving out echoes of the rock chewing and tearing the world
它们干涸眼瞳灌满盲目的英勇 	tāmen gānhé yǎntóng guàn mǎn mángmù de yīngyǒng	They look on with eyes dried of tears but filled with a blind courage,
依次撞响绝望的钟 	yīcì zhuàng xiǎng juéwàng de zhōng 	and in succession, they knock themselves against their final hours of despair
 	 	
我驻足熟悉情节中 	wǒ zhùzú shúxī qíngjié zhōng 	I stop myself at these familiar circumstances,
独自抵抗人潮怂恿 	dúzì dǐkàng réncháo sǒngyǒng 	as I revolt alone against the instigation of the crowd
是谁撬开恢恢天地的裂缝 	shì sheí qiào kāi huīhuī tiāndì de lièfèng 	It’s a large crevice pried open between the heaven and earth,
一跃而入混乱的繁荣 	yīyuè ér rù hǔnluàn de fánróng 	and they jump in one after another into the thriving chaos
它们撕开人间空洞 	tāmen sī kāi rénjiān kōngdòng 	They tear the emptiness of this world open,
逐渐鼎沸奔向放纵 	zhújiàn dǐngfèi bēn xiàng fàngzòng 	and gradually, the chaotic noises become a form of barbarism
如果命运只剩下顺从 	rúguǒ mìngyùn zhǐ shèng xià shùncóng 	If my destiny were only left obedience,
就请保佑我多存活一刻钟 	jiù qǐng bǎoyòu wǒ duō cúnhuó yīkè zhōng 	then please bless me with just one more moment of my survival
 	 	
族群向永恒迁徙 	zúqún xiàng yǒnghéng qiānxǐ 	The group migrates towards the space of eternity永恒 lit. ‘eternity’. This word is also used as the euphemism for death, i.e. ‘passing on into eternity/oblivion’,
我走在温暖同类中 	wǒ zǒu zài wēnnuǎn tónglèi zhōng 	and I walk in the warmth of my own kind
尝试把麻木当成光荣 	chángshì bǎ mámù dàngchéng guāngróng 	As I try to pretend the numbness is a sort of pride,
亦步亦趋似懂非懂 	yì bù yì qū sìdǒngfēidǒng 	I follow them, while only pretending to understand
是否让我臣服众生操纵 	shìfǒu ràng wǒ chénfú zhòngshēng cāozòng 	Regardless of whether or not I’m letting myself be subject to the wiles of the crowd,
就算它们标榜的天下大同 	jiùsuàn tāmen biāobǎng de tiānxià dàtóng 	even if I have become part of their touted Great Unity天下大同 ‘The Great Unity’ is a Chinese utopian vision first touted by Confucius in the chapter 礼运 in the Book of Rites, that espouses a world where everyone is closely attached and intimate like brothers/sisters. The communal needs of the group are prioritized over the individual need, meaning that people not only care for their own children and parents, but also the children and elderly belonging to other families.
如果绝壁千里逃出生天路一种 	rúguǒ juébì qiānlǐ táo chū shēngtiān lù yīzhǒng	Even if escaping the thousand-meter precipice, I were to find myself in a road of rebirth,
也该由我自选西东 	yě gāi yóu wǒ zìxuǎn xīdōng 	it’ll still be up to me to choose which is east and west
 	 	
我端坐熟悉情节中 	wǒ duān zuò shúxī qíngjié zhōng 	I sit myself upright at these familiar circumstances,
独自抵抗人潮怂恿 	dúzì dǐkàng réncháo sǒngyǒng 	as I revolt alone against the instigation of the crowd
是谁端起天经地义的面孔 	shì sheí duān qǐ tiānjīngdìyì de miànkǒng 	It’s the faces enacting this situation to be as tenable and immutable as Heaven’s rule,
把我按进世俗的囚笼 	bǎ wǒ àn jìn shìsú de qiúlóng 	that have locked me in a prison of the common customs
它们满嘴约定俗成 	tāmen mǎnzuǐ yuēdìngsúchéng 	They talk in common customs and popular traditions,
嘈杂入耳恍若无声 	cáozá rù'ěr huǎng ruò wúshēng 	so noisy that they’ve become silent
如果命运只剩下顺从 	rúguǒ mìngyùn zhǐ shèng xià shùncóng 	If my destiny were only left obedience,
就请允许我再逃避一刻钟 	jiù qǐng yǔnxǔ wǒ zài táobì yīkè zhōng 	then please allow me to escape this one moment
 	 	
我静止陌生人潮中 	wǒ jìngzhǐ mòshēng réncháo zhōng 	I still myself from within this unfamiliar crowd,
无视本能迫切怂恿 	wúshì běnnéng pòqiè sǒngyǒng 	ignoring the urgent instigation of instinct
它们却用同类的血统 	tāmen què yòng tónglèi de xuètǒng 	But they used our similar ethnic lineages,
喋喋诱哄我与深渊抱拥 	diédié yòuhōng wǒ yǔ shēnyuān bàoyōng 	to coax me to fall towards the embrace of the abyss
什么大同只是雷同 	shénme dàtóng zhǐshì léitóng 	What ‘Great Unity’? All I see is an identical homogeneity
雷同太久骨肉空空 	léitóng tài jiǔ gǔròu kōngkōng 	An identical homogeneity that has gone so long it’s shrivelled our organs
如果生存只剩下顺从 	rúguǒ shēng cún zhǐ shèng xià shùncóng 	If my survival were only left obedience,
我在此向灵魂宣誓效忠 	wǒ zài cǐ xiàng línghún xuānshì xiàozhōng 	then I will swear a vow to be true to my own soul
 	 	
可一线逆流撞在死水中 	kè yīxiàn nìliú zhuàng zài sǐ shuǐzhōng 	But the sliver upon fighting against the weight of the current, is struck in the backwater
终于在茫茫沉默里消失无踪 	zhōngyú zài mángmáng chénmò lǐ xiāoshī wú zōng 	And finally, it disappears, without a trace in the vast silence
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