You've kind of set yourself up, haven’t you?

你有点过于自傲了是不是
If somebody walks and you're meeting them for the first time,

如果你跟第一次见面的人说
"Hello, I’m a beacon of progress and good

"你好我是进步的灯塔是优秀的
and hope in the world, how do you do?"

而且是世界的希望"
You're probably going to think, "Oh shit, this"

你可能会想 "这人真要命"
instantly your cynicism kicks in and then "Who's this jerk?"

你会讥笑道 "这个怪人是谁"
The doctrine of progress I'm simply saying

我只是想说进步主义
has always bred its contradictions.

总是会带来负面的影响
And there were a whole bunch of them laying out there, weren’t there?

这里有一大堆实例难道不是吗
They were laying all over the place.

而且全世界都充斥着这种实例
But, you know, you couldn't resist it.

但是你无法抵制它
How could you resist a sense of change

你如何能抵制变革的意识