desolate and without purpose desolate and without purpose Desolado e sem propósito radiating from so many septic sources radiating from so many septic sources Radiando de muitas fontes sépticas forming the fabric of a wayward people forming the fabric of a wayward people Formando a fábrica de gente teimosa disappearing as the vestiges of our past disappearing as the vestiges of our past Desaparecendo como os vestígios do nosso passado scratched like tartan into virgin soil scratched like tartan into virgin soil Arranhado como em terra de virgem a substrate for progress and disarray a substrate for progress and disarray Um subtrato para progresso e desordem a spreading network of broken dreams a spreading network of broken dreams Uma rede de propagação de sonhos quebrados searching for a thoroughfare to take us away searching for a thoroughfare to take us away Procurando por uma rua para nos levar embora just a little tale from the streets of America (say a little prayer) just a little tale from the streets of America (say a little prayer) Apenas uma pequena história das ruas da América (faça uma pequena oração) sparkled promises paved with pathos and hysteria sparkled promises paved with pathos and hysteria Reluzindo promessas pavimentadas com compaixão e histeria trenchant, weary native sons trenchant, weary native sons Cortante, filhos naturais cansados step back step back Recuem and see the damage done and see the damage done E vejam o dano que fizeram meander to the horizon (shoot straight to the horizon) meander to the horizon (shoot straight to the horizon) Correr em linhas sinuosas para o horizonte (atire diretamente ao horizonte) the streets of America the streets of America As ruas da América black, tarred concrete black, tarred concrete Preto, concreto pichado pine for me pine for me anseia para mim lying domant lying domant domínio falso for you and country for you and country Para você e o país hardened surface hardened surface Superfície endurecida cracked within cracked within Rachada por dentro catch the sweat catch the sweat Pegue o suor from off the chin from off the chin De fora do queixo of men and women of men and women Dos homens e mulheres senior and child senior and child Idosos e crianças who look to you who look to you Quem olha para você and your sterile miles and your sterile miles e suas milhas estéreis and in their stares and in their stares E nos seus olhares fixos is bald dismay is bald dismay é desânimo nu for what you promised for what you promised Pelo que você prometeu led them astray led them astray Duro-rachado, hard-cracked, daunting, lifeless veins hard-cracked, daunting, lifeless veins amedrontando, veias sem vida false hope corridors to greener pastures is all that remains false hope corridors to greener pastures is all that remains Corredores de falsa esperança para novatos pastarem é tudo que resta.