Don't tell me this is the era,
You - who is there before my eyes.
The unchanged glamour of obsolescence is everywhere.
Don't tell me you want to express your sentiment in an implicit way.
You'll feel repression one day,
And be unsatisfied with this uneventful life.
Oh yeah.
You'll feel repression one day,
And be unsatisfied with this uneventful life.

Don't tell me this is beauty,
You - the youthful one.
You've got a sexy body
Somebody will fall in love with you someday.
You are still too pure and innocent now, baby.
Your madness is still a secret.
Oh yeah.
You are too pure and innocent now, baby.
Your madness is still a secret.

Don't tell me you have possessed love,
You - the young little one.
The remote idol of tenderness exists only in your dreams.
One day when you wake up and find yourself surrounded,
By loneliness and solitude,
You'll come along with me.
Together we'll discover your secret.

Don't tell me you will always be restrained.
Don't tell me you don't get depressed.
The madness is like a tiny bird inside your heart.
One day all of a sudden she will jump up,
And fly out of your body.
Oh yeah.
One day all of a sudden she will jump up,
And fly out of your body.

Cui Jian: vocals, programming
Eddie Randriamampionona: guitar