Genius English Translations
Qing Feng Wu 吳青峰 - 傷風 (Influenza) (English Translation)
[Verse 1]
The ward grows dim, the patients break into a sweat
Specimens lined up on the wall (Di-di-da di-di-da)
All life has left is mishap; humanity's balance sheet
Fear fills one side, lust the other (Di-di-da di-di-da)

[Pre-Chorus]
There's an ill-wind brewing
Every head breeds mischief

[Chorus]
We slowly shrink and dry, shrivel and die
To wallow in self-pity is now the new conformity
I'd rather flounder in ignorance, blow off that physical exam
I'd rather not stick my nose in it
I'd rather be defeated, be badly mistreated
I'd rather be blown sky high

[Verse 2]
Your throat and lungs are filled with influenza, a case of people going missing
Infecting every fiber of your being, every pixel (Di-di-da di-di-da)
You are the petty sneak thieves of crimes insatiable
Your crimes elude the camera-eye

[Pre-Chorus]
There is a crow
Caw-cawing up a storm

[Chorus]
We slowly shrink and dry, shrivel and die
To wallow in self-pity is now the new conformity
I'd rather flounder in ignorance, blow off that physical exam
I'd rather not stick my nose in it
I'd rather be defeated, be badly mistreated
I'd rather be blown sky high

[Bridge]
This blustering ill-wind tries to bring me down
But it's nothing but a headache, a polyp, a pimple
You pollute our skies with your viral infectiousness
Claim our rainbow-colored comet is inauspicious
The less you value us the more you demand
With an unblinking eye

[Chorus]
You watch us shrivel and die (Shrivel and die)
To wallow in self-pity is now the new conformity (New conformity)
I'd rather flounder in ignorance, blow off that physical exam
I'd rather not stick my nose in it
I'd rather be defeated, be badly mistreated
I'd rather be blown sky high
Influenza is a poisonous vapor, whose virulent existence
Makes me want to keep my distance