摩天動物園 [Mótiān dòngwùyuán] [English translation]

It is said that in Eden original love had no lies

Every day passed simply and people were sincere

Hearts followed unique rhythms

Orange lips hung smiling on faces

Until the serpent coiled around and made you bite the apple

Until the crane removed our unicorns

Poor Adam ever since he fell into the spider web

To fight for bread first you have to learn to eat the soil

The simple elephant evolved into a deer

Head up looking everywhere but head down forgetting the homeland

Everyone wants to reach the peak and plant their own flag

The pure white dove, why does it seem like it's become history

Work hard to drive a BMW and buy a house

But only to turn a frog into a prince

Cinderellas can't get any respect

Society doesn't care about tiny insects

Thus a flock of sheep's humble desire

Is to work hard to squeeze into a desolate vulgar heaven

The rabbits that were beaten by tortoises, their eyes are deep red

They will only envy other people's successes everyday

Thus they learn to be like cockroaches, crawling up walls everywhere, unafraid of dark and unafraid of filth

Licking shit to move towards a glorious prison

Living in the city zoo, civilization and beasts contend with each other

I saw black and white faces, their expressions change in an instant

People's hearts are too unpredictable, tangled between love and hate

The angel and devil are both by your side, drawing an endless circle

Living in the city zoo, I can only pray to God

Grant me a pair of clear eyes to see through beautiful lies

When you stand at the edge of desire suddenly it's hard to distinguish good and evil

The angel and devil are both by your side, now who will you kneel before

You and I at birth were once blank paper

But too many crooked characters were written

The most helpless thing about growing up is that being steady is for fools

If you don't want to be torn up and eaten you must sharpen your teeth

Don't let others slaughter you, at critical moments they just sell you out

No matter how helpless it's just an unavoidable side effect of success

When a nose falls in love with smog at the beginning it can't sense it

This corruption like dominoes slowly covers and poisons you

An innocent herd of pigs

Becomes tainted by fame and fortune

Making some strips of fabric into clothes, we become slaves to trends

Sell our soul to get wealthy

Each one gets famous quickly but starve to their bones

The monster in the mirror is exposed when no one is around

At the beginning they all long for Hollywood

In the end they all run away crying

Cinderellas can't get any respect

Society doesn't care about tiny insects

Thus a flock of sheep's humble desire

Is to work hard to squeeze into a desolate vulgar heaven

The rabbits that were beaten by tortoises, their eyes are deep red

They will only envy other people's successes everyday

Thus they learn to be like cockroaches, crawling up walls everywhere, unafraid of dark and unafraid of filth

Licking shit to move towards a glorious prison

Living in the city zoo, civilization and beasts contend with each other

I saw black and white faces, their expressions change in an instant

People's hearts are too unpredictable, tangled between love and hate

The angel and devil are both by your side, drawing an endless circle

Living in the city zoo, I can only pray to God

Grant me a pair of clear eyes to see through beautiful lies

When you stand at the edge of desire suddenly it's hard to distinguish good and evil

The angel and devil are both by your side, now who will you kneel before

Who is lost in the concrete forest

Who keeps treading the lowest limits of humanity

Who keeps indulging the diseased

Who will remember who they really are before it's too late

• Artist:G.E.M.