Open up till midnight
[Buka sampai tengah malam]
the butcher waits for someone’s desperation
[sang penjagal menunggu keputusasaan seseorang]
that goes beyond control
[yang melampaui kendali]
speaking is an invitation
[berbicara adalah sebuah undangan]

under fluorescent lights
[dibawah lampu neon]
you can’t wash out his desire
[kau tak bisa menghilangkan hasratnya]
where bodies are indecent
[dimana tubuh-tubuh tak pantas]
and they are not in decline
[dans mereka tidak menurun]
from behind the counter he thought you whispered you want more
[dari balik meja dia berpikir kau berbisik kau ingin lebih]

cut out the brights of the oncoming cars on the highway
[hilangkan cahaya mobil yang mendekat di jalan raya]
lightness is forced when you cut out the lines in the paper
[ringan dipaksakan saat kau memotong garis-garis di kertas]
cut the split seconds
[potong detik-detik yang terpisah]
the ones over-filled
[yang terlalu penuh]
when you thought you were caught with unknowable thrills
[saat kau berpikir kau terjebak dalam kesenangan yang tak terduga]
instead you get absence
[sebaliknya, kau mendapatkan ketidakhadiran]
soft haze in the face
[kabut lembut di wajah]
the lines in your head have to all be replaced
[garis-garis di kepalamu harus diganti semua]

cleave the dry stone to a promise
[belah batu kering menjadi janji]
that an answer soon will follow
[bahwa jawaban segera akan menyusul]
grave attention is still focused
[perhatian serius masih terfokus]
on the flashlight and the cold fortune
[pada senter dan nasib yang dingin]

down the streets on prospect
[di jalan-jalan yang menjanjikan]
the butcher walks home
[sang penjagal pulang ke rumah]
orange in the streetlight
[oranye dalam cahaya lampu jalan]
even knows it in the dark
[bahkan mengetahuinya dalam kegelapan]
proves it with his eyes closed
[membuktikannya dengan mata tertutup]

he puts his red coat downstairs
[dia meletakkan mantel merahnya di bawah]
goes up into his bedroom
[naik ke kamarnya]
undresses and folds his arms
[melepas pakaian dan menyilangkan tangan]
as if it could impress you
[seolah itu bisa mengesankanmu]
from under the covers he thought you whispered you want more
[dari bawah selimut, dia berpikir kau berbisik kau ingin lebih]