He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.

他因事业失败而意志消沉。

Every bat flying out of the belfry a lost cause, every whoopla a groan over the radio from the private trenches of the damned.

每一只飞出钟楼都是一项失败事业，每一次狂欢都是注定要死从单战壕里通过无线电台发出呻吟。