01主歌一
出生，编号出生，編號
chū shēng， biān hào
Born, then numbered
上课，校准上課，校準
shàng kè， jiào zhǔn
Sent to class, then calibrated
二十年后盖个章二十年後蓋個章
èr shí nián hòu gài gè zhāng
Twenty years later, they stamp their approval
合格，可以上班合格，可以上班
hé gé， kě yǐ shàng bān
Qualified—you may now work
答案装进脑答案裝進腦
dá àn zhuāng jìn nǎo
Answers installed inside your mind
棱角全部磨掉稜角全部磨掉
léng jiǎo quán bù mó diào
Every rough edge ground away
排队，考试，报到排隊，考試，報到
pái duì， kǎo shì， bào dào
Line up, take the test, report for duty
像程序准时开跑像程序準時開跑
xiàng chéng xù zhǔn shí kāi pǎo
Like a program launching right on time
父母刷卡投产父母刷卡投產
fù mǔ shuā kǎ tóu chǎn
Parents swipe their cards to begin production
学费堆成高山學費堆成高山
xué fèi duī chéng gāo shān
Tuition piles up like a mountain
毕业那天笑得灿烂畢業那天笑得燦爛
bì yè nà tiān xiào de càn làn
You smile brightly on graduation day
明天开始偿还明天開始償還
míng tiān kāi shǐ cháng huán
Tomorrow, the repayments begin
二十年才出厂二十年才出廠
èr shí nián cái chū chǎng
It takes twenty years to leave the factory
十年可能下架十年可能下架
shí nián kě néng xià jià
But you may be taken off the shelf within ten
软件比你便宜軟件比你便宜
ruǎn jiàn bǐ nǐ pián yi
When software costs less than you
你就失去身价你就失去身價
nǐ jiù shī qù shēn jià
Your value disappears
父母付了全款父母付了全款
fù mǔ fù le quán kuǎn
Your parents paid the full price
系统赚了差价系統賺了差價
xì tǒng zhuàn le chā jià
The system pocketed the profit
你拿着硕士文凭你拿著碩士文憑
nǐ ná zhe shuò shì wén píng
You hold a master’s degree
蹲在路边吃泡面吧蹲在路邊吃泡麵吧
dūn zài lù biān chī pào miàn ba
While squatting by the roadside eating instant noodles
03副歌
奴工厂，转啊转奴工廠，轉啊轉
nú gōng chǎng， zhuǎn a zhuǎn
Slave factory, turn and turn
把孩子磨成标准答案把孩子磨成標準答案
bǎ hái zi mó chéng biāo zhǔn dá àn
Grind every child into a standard answer
奴工厂，算啊算奴工廠，算啊算
nú gōng chǎng， suàn a suàn
Slave factory, count and calculate
谁更便宜谁就上班誰更便宜誰就上班
shuí gèng pián yi shuí jiù shàng bān
Whoever costs less gets the job
父母买单，政府抽税父母買單，政府抽稅
fù mǔ mǎi dān， zhèng fǔ chōu shuì
Parents pay while the government collects taxes
明天还没来，欠款先到位明天還沒來，欠款先到位
míng tiān hái méi lái， qiàn kuǎn xiān dào wèi
Tomorrow has not arrived, but the debt is already due
贫穷不是故障貧窮不是故障
pín qióng bú shì gù zhàng
Poverty is not a malfunction
是系统的报价是系統的報價
shì xì tǒng de bào jià
It is the system’s quoted price
机器运转正常機器運轉正常
jī qì yùn zhuàn zhèng cháng
The machine is operating normally
只是人被淘汰只是人被淘汰
zhǐ shì rén bèi táo tài
It is only the people being discarded
04主歌二
左手发点补贴左手發點補貼
zuǒ shǒu fā diǎn bǔ tiē
The left hand gives out a small subsidy
右手税单来拿右手稅單來拿
yòu shǒu shuì dān lái ná
The right hand takes it back through taxes
镜头里面叫关怀鏡頭裡面叫關懷
jìng tóu lǐ miàn jiào guān huái
In front of the cameras, they call it compassion
镜头外面继续压价鏡頭外面繼續壓價
jìng tóu wài miàn jì xù yā jià
Behind the cameras, they keep driving down the price
上一代在失血上一代在失血
shàng yí dài zài shī xuè
The previous generation is bleeding dry
下一代正投产下一代正投產
xià yí dài zhèng tóu chǎn
While the next generation enters production
传送带不能停下傳送帶不能停下
chuán sòng dài bù néng tíng xià
The conveyor belt must never stop
因为穷人才肯硬扛因為窮人才肯硬扛
yīn wèi qióng rén cái kěn yìng káng
Because desperate people will endure anything
硕士骑着外卖碩士騎著外賣
shuò shì qí zhe wài mài
Master’s graduates deliver food
博士排着夜班博士排著夜班
bó shì pái zhe yè bān
Doctoral graduates line up for night shifts
履历写得像高楼履歷寫得像高樓
lǚ lì xiě de xiàng gāo lóu
Their résumés rise like skyscrapers
口袋只剩几块钱口袋只剩幾塊錢
kǒu dài zhǐ shèng jǐ kuài qián
But only a few coins remain in their pockets
全球一起量产全球一起量產
quán qiú yì qǐ liàng chǎn
The whole world mass-produces
同一种标准希望同一種標準希望
tóng yī zhǒng biāo zhǔn xī wàng
The same standardized dream
血肉机器供过于求血肉機器供過於求
xuè ròu jī qì gōng guò yú qiú
Machines of flesh are produced in excess
工资自然往下降工資自然往下降
gōng zī zì rán wǎng xià jiàng
So wages naturally fall
06副歌
奴工厂，转啊转奴工廠，轉啊轉
nú gōng chǎng， zhuǎn a zhuǎn
Slave factory, turn and turn
把孩子磨成标准答案把孩子磨成標準答案
bǎ hái zi mó chéng biāo zhǔn dá àn
Grind every child into a standard answer
奴工厂，算啊算奴工廠，算啊算
nú gōng chǎng， suàn a suàn
Slave factory, count and calculate
谁更便宜谁就上班誰更便宜誰就上班
shuí gèng pián yi shuí jiù shàng bān
Whoever costs less gets the job
父母买单，政府抽税父母買單，政府抽稅
fù mǔ mǎi dān， zhèng fǔ chōu shuì
Parents pay while the government collects taxes
明天还没来，欠款先到位明天還沒來，欠款先到位
míng tiān hái méi lái， qiàn kuǎn xiān dào wèi
Tomorrow has not arrived, but the debt is already due
贫穷不是故障貧窮不是故障
pín qióng bú shì gù zhàng
Poverty is not a malfunction
是系统的报价是系統的報價
shì xì tǒng de bào jià
It is the system’s quoted price
机器运转正常機器運轉正常
jī qì yùn zhuàn zhèng cháng
The machine is operating normally
只是人被淘汰只是人被淘汰
zhǐ shì rén bèi táo tài
It is only the people being discarded
07桥段
看清台上的木偶看清檯上的木偶
kàn qīng tái shàng de mù ǒu
Look closely at the puppets onstage
再看谁握着线再看誰握著線
zài kàn shuí wò zhe xiàn
Then see who is holding their strings
谁在计算人口誰在計算人口
shuí zài jì suàn rén kǒu
Who is calculating the population?
谁在标记期限誰在標記期限
shuí zài biāo jì qī xiàn
Who is setting the expiration dates?
孩子不是耗材孩子不是耗材
hái zi bú shì hào cái
Children are not disposable materials
人生不是零件人生不是零件
rén shēng bú shì líng jiàn
A human life is not a spare part
我不是编号我不是編號
wǒ bú shì biān hào
I am not a number
别替我决定明天別替我決定明天
bié tì wǒ jué dìng míng tiān
Do not decide my tomorrow for me
二十年生产！二十年生產！
èr shí nián shēng chǎn！
Twenty years to produce!
十年就过时！十年就過時！
shí nián jiù guò shí！
Obsolete within ten!
父母花光一生父母花光一生
fù mǔ huā guāng yī shēng
Parents spend their entire lives
买来一张工牌而已！買來一張工牌而已！
mǎi lái yī zhāng gōng pái ér yǐ！
Only to buy one employee badge!
我有名字！我有名字！
wǒ yǒu míng zì！
I have a name!
我有选择！我有選擇！
wǒ yǒu xuǎn zé！
I have a choice!
我的人生我的人生
wǒ de rén shēng
My life
不是你的生产指标！不是你的生產指標！
bú shì nǐ de shēng chǎn zhǐ biāo！
Is not your production quota!
08最终副歌
奴工厂，转啊转奴工廠，轉啊轉
nú gōng chǎng， zhuǎn a zhuǎn
Slave factory, turn and turn
你的承诺已经不值钱你的承諾已經不值錢
nǐ de chéng nuò yǐ jīng bù zhí qián
Your promises are no longer worth anything
奴工厂，算啊算奴工廠，算啊算
nú gōng chǎng， suàn a suàn
Slave factory, count and calculate
这次我不进入你的算盘這次我不進入你的算盤
zhè cì wǒ bù jìn rù nǐ de suàn pán
This time, I will not become a number in your calculations
我不砸机器我不砸機器
wǒ bù zá jī qì
I will not smash the machine
我只拆穿谎话我只拆穿謊話
wǒ zhǐ chāi chuān huǎng huà
I will only expose its lies
不再拿一生不再拿一生
bù zài ná yī shēng
I will no longer spend my entire life
替别人的系统买单替別人的系統買單
tì bié rén de xì tǒng mǎi dān
Paying the bill for someone else’s system
贫穷不是故障貧窮不是故障
pín qióng bú shì gù zhàng
Poverty is not a malfunction
是他们压低的报价是他們壓低的報價
shì tā men yā dī de bào jià
It is the price they deliberately pushed down
机器还在转機器還在轉
jī qì hái zài zhuǎn
The machine is still turning
但我走出生产线了但我走出生產線了
dàn wǒ zǒu chū shēng chǎn xiàn le
But I have stepped off the production line
艺人Koveny (柯奕辰)
