– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(wind whooshes) (ominous music continues)

(thunder crashes) (rain splatters)

- [Officer 1] 28 50, we have another 10 13.

Water's coming up over Palm Vista.

- [Officer 2] Lafayette's reporting two lines down.

Notifying DOT of barricades at Jefferson and Fig.

- [Officer 3] Landfall estimated at approximately 12:40.

This is gonna be a hell of a storm.

- [Officer 4] Swiftwater 281 standby.

Zone 17 is proceeding with evacuation.

- [Officer 5] We're talking about a 28-foot surge.

- [Officer 6] Pray for us.

(latch clicks)

(drawer hinge creaks)

(metal drawer wheels rattle)

(light bulb buzzes) (generator smacks)

(generator thuds)

- Wow. Okay.

(wind whooshes)

Hey, uh, we just lost power down here. Y'all got a plan?

(radio crackles) (metal object hits floor)

(cloth rustles)

(corpse rustling continues) (wind whistles)

- Hey. (Tina gasps)

- Oh God. - Jesus, you scared me.

- [Tina] What took you so long?

- My God. You seen what's going on out there?

We got no techs, no orderlies. I mean, it's a damn circus.

- Shoulda had our asses on that bus two hours ago

with the rest of 'em.

Sooner we get this done, sooner we can get outta here.

- [Emma] Have you seen where they keep the bags around here?

- [Tina] No idea. Tech's supposed to be doing this.

- [Emma] Damn hurricane barreling toward us.

But yeah, sure.

We got time to store a dead body in our hospital.

It's not like we've been evacuating

patients the whole night.

Tina?

- Just can't reach my mom.

They shut down the road so my neighbor

can't get through to check on her.

I found her at four o'clock in the morning

calling for her dead sister in the rose bushes.

(wind whistles)

So what we got on this one?

- [Emma] EMT said they picked her up

by the side of the marsh, over by the cemetery.

- [Tina] All right, come on. One, two, three.

All right.

- Holy shit. - Shit.

Jackie warned me, but...

- [Emma] Have you ever seen anything like this?

Whoa. What are you doing?

- I'm just, I'll put it back.

(crucifix crunches)

What the fuck?

- [Hospital Manager] Tina, what's your 20?

- Jesus Christ. Down in B-seven with Emma.

- [Hospital Manager] What are you doing?

I need one of you closing out the EMRs.

Water's already up to three feet at the south bend.

If we're not on that bus in 10 minutes,

there's gonna be no road.

(radio clicks)

- You go ahead. I'll finish with her.

- [Emma] I'll meet you upstairs in five minutes.

(footsteps patter) (wind whooshes)

(door handle clicks)

(door thuds)

(thunder crashes) (lights buzz)

(thunder crashes) (amulet tinkles)

(footsteps patter) (wind whistles)

(thunder crashes)

(thunder crashes)

(thunder rumbles)

(footsteps patter)

- Let's get you checked in so I could get the hell out here.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

(crucifix crunches)

(corpse sighs)

(phone vibrates)

(gasps) Ma, are you there?

Turn the phone around.

Ma?

- [Joan] Who is this?

Why do you keep calling me?

- It's me, Tina. Are you okay?

- [Joan] Tina?

- It's your daughter.

I'll be home to you as soon as I can. All right?

- [Joan] I can't find my, my glasses.

I, I put them in my big green purse

and someone come and took them.

(screen door slams)

- Who's there?

- Ma, no one's there. It's just the storm.

- [Joan] No, there's someone else here.

I, I saw her in the mirror. The woman who stole my purse.

- Ma, no, don't go there. (Joan whimpers)

It's okay. Just sing with me.

♪ Yes, Jesus loves me ♪

♪ For the Bible ♪

♪ Tells me so ♪

Ma, can you hear me?

- What? How did she...

She's in there with you.

The woman who stole my purse.

She's right behind you.

I've gotta get outta here.

- Ma, no, no, no. Ma.

Hold on, Ma. I'm coming to you.

(ominous instrumental music)

(metal drawer thuds)

(wheels creak)

(metal drawer thuds)

(intense ominous music) (Tina screams)

Oh God. I'm fucking losing it.

(light bulb buzzes)

What the hell?

(rustling in bag) (ominous instrumental music)

(rustling continues; faint moaning)

(no audio)

(intense ominous music)

(Tina screams)

(Tina screams)

(ominous instrumental music)

What are you?

(Tina gasps) (ominous music continues)

(ghostly screams)

(marble crashes)

(wind whistles)

(thunder crashes)

(Tina gasps)

- [Emma] Tina?

- [Tina] Emma!

(door clicks and creaks)

- Tina (gasps).

Whoa. Tina. What's going on? (Tina whimpers)

Hey? (Tina whimpers)

Hey, come here.

Let's go get on that bus.

(intense ominous music) (Tina screams)

(metal objects crash) (Tina's screaming continues)

(metal objects crash) (Tina's screaming continues)

(Tina screams) (intense ominous music)

(teeth crunch)

(Tina's screaming continues)

(Tina sobs)

(Joan hums)

- Shh. (ominous instrumental music)

My sweet baby girl.

Time to let go.

(Tina gasps) (thunder crashes)

(ominous humming)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
storm /stɔːrm/ A1	noun - a violent meteorological event with strong winds and rain
evacuation /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/ B1	noun - the process of moving people from a dangerous place to a safer one
hurricane /ˈhɜːrɪkən/ A2	noun - a large, powerful storm with very strong winds
barricades /ˈbærɪkeɪdz/ B1	noun - barriers erected to prevent passage or progress
surge /sɜːrdʒ/ B2	noun - a sudden powerful forward or upward movement
evacuating /ɪˈvækjuˌeɪtɪŋ/ B1	verb - to move people from a dangerous place to a safer one
marsh /mɑːrʃ/ B1	noun - a low-lying wetland area
cemetery /ˈsɛmətri/ A2	noun - a place where dead people are buried
crucifix /ˈkruːɪfɪks/ B2	noun - a cross with a figure of Jesus on it
ominous /ˈɒmɪnəs/ C1	adjective - giving a sense of impending danger or evil
whimper /ˈwɪmpər/ B1	verb - to make a low, crying sound
hums /hʌmz/ A2	verb - to sing with a low, continuous sound
circus /ˈsɜːrkəs/ A2	noun - a chaotic or frenzied situation
barreling /ˈbærəlɪŋ/ B2	verb - moving very quickly and forcefully
techs /tɛks/ B1	noun - technical staff or personnel
orderlies /ˈɔːrdərliːz/ B2	noun - hospital attendants who assist with patient care
EMRs /ˈiːɛmɑːrz/ C1	noun - Electronic Medical Records

Key Grammar Structures

• Water's coming up over Palm Vista.

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ Used to describe an action happening now or around the current time. Here, "is coming" indicates the water level is rising at the moment.

• This is gonna be a hell of a storm.

  ➔ Future Tense with 'Gonna'

  ➔ Informal way to express future actions. "Is gonna be" predicts an event that will happen soon.

• Sooner we get this done, sooner we can get outta here.

  ➔ Comparative Structures with 'The...the'

  ➔ Shows correlation where one action leads to another. "Sooner we get this done" implies the faster the completion, the quicker they can leave.

• Have you seen where they keep the bags around here?

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ Questions actions completed in the past with relevance to the present. "Have you seen" asks about past experience or observation up to now.

• I'm just, I'll put it back.

  ➔ Future Tense with 'Will'

  ➔ Expresses spontaneous decisions or future actions. "I'll put it back" is a future intention or plan.

• What are you doing?

  ➔ Present Continuous Question

  ➔ Questions ongoing actions. "Are you doing" inverts to ask what is happening now.

• It's okay. Just sing with me.

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ Gives commands or requests. "Sing with me" directs someone to perform an action.

• Who is this? Why do you keep calling me?

  ➔ Wh- Questions and Present Simple

  ➔ Asks for information. "Who is this" and "Why do you keep" use wh-words and present tense for habitual or identity questions.