All Or Nothing – English Lyrics

• By: Lost Frequencies, Axel Ehnstrom

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

All or nothing

You know what you're doing, but the clock is ticking

Give it your best and then you're onto something

And keeps on getting closer, closer

All or nothing

Everything's silent and your head just sweating

Something not sure except the way you're heading

You know it's getting closer, closer

If you go all in, you got a lot to lose, my friend

All or nothing

If you say "all in", you don't get to choose again

All or nothing

All or nothing

Take a step forward and you know she's looking

Take a deep breath before you make it happen

Keeps on getting closer, closer

If you go all in, you got a lot to lose, my friend

All or nothing

If you say "all in", you don't get to choose again

All or nothing

All or nothing

If you go all in, you got a lot to lose, my friend

All or nothing

If you say "all in", you don't get to choose again

All or nothing

If you go all in, you got a lot to lose, my friend

All or nothing

If you say "all in", you don't get to choose again

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
nothing /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ A1	noun - no thing; not anything
clock /klɒk/ A1	noun - a device for measuring and showing time
ticking /ˈtɪkɪŋ/ A2	verb - to make a ticking sound (as of a clock)
best /best/ A1	adjective - of the highest quality
closer /ˈkloʊzər/ A2	adjective - nearer in space or time
silent /ˈsaɪlənt/ A1	adjective - making no sound
sweating /ˈswɛtɪŋ/ A2	verb - to produce sweat
heading /ˈhɛdɪŋ/ B1	noun - the direction in which something is aimed
lose /luːz/ A1	verb - to no longer have something
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - a person you know well and like
choose /tʃuːz/ A1	verb - to select something
step /stɛp/ A1	noun - an act of lifting your foot and putting it down in a different place verb - to move by lifting your foot and putting it down in a different place
forward /ˈfɔrwərd/ A2	adjective - toward the front
breath /brɛθ/ A1	noun - air taken into the lungs
happen /ˈhæpən/ A1	verb - to take place

Key Grammar Structures

• You know what you're doing, but the clock is ticking

  ➔ present simple & present continuous

  ➔ "You know" is in the present simple to state a fact, while "you're doing" and "is ticking" are in the present continuous to show actions in progress.

• Give it your best and then you're onto something

  ➔ imperative & present continuous

  ➔ "Give" is an imperative giving a command; "you're onto" uses the present continuous to describe a developing situation.

• It keeps on getting closer, closer

  ➔ phrasal verb + present continuous (gerund)

  ➔ "keeps on" is a phrasal verb meaning ‘continues’; "getting" is the gerund form used in the present continuous.

• Everything's silent and your head just sweating

  ➔ contraction of present simple & present participle as adjective

  ➔ "Everything's" = "Everything is" (present simple). "Sweating" is a present participle describing the head, functioning like an adjective.

• If you go all in, you got a lot to lose, my friend

  ➔ zero conditional & informal "got" = have

  ➔ "If you go" (present simple) sets a condition; "you got" uses the informal form of "have" in present simple to show possession.

• If you say "all in", you don't get to choose again

  ➔ zero conditional & "don't get to" + infinitive (prohibition)

  ➔ "If you say" (present simple) introduces the condition; "you don't get to choose" uses "don't get to" + infinitive to express that the choice is not allowed.

• Take a step forward and you know she's looking

  ➔ imperative & present simple & present continuous

  ➔ "Take" is an imperative command; "you know" is present simple for a mental state; "she's looking" is present continuous for an ongoing action.

• Take a deep breath before you make it happen

  ➔ imperative & infinitive of purpose (after "before")

  ➔ "Take" is an imperative; "before you make" uses the infinitive clause after "before" to express purpose.

• You know it's getting closer, closer

  ➔ present simple & present continuous

  ➔ "You know" is present simple for a mental state; "it's getting" is present continuous indicating a process that is approaching.