Lyrics & Translation
Dive into Tokio Hotel and VIZE's rendition of 'Behind Blue Eyes,' a captivating cover that mixes rock origins with modern electronic elements. Explore the song's poignant lyrics about hidden emotions, and discover how the live music video was uniquely created during a TV show finale, offering a glimpse into German television production .
[English]
I let you goI'm holding on
I am here but you're long gone
You think you own me, you are wrong again
Blinding lights, impounding veins
Trying to escape our fate
You're pouring gas into the flame again
No one knows what it's like to be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
No one knows what it's like to be hated
To be faded
To telling only lies
But my dreams, they are as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours
Only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
No turning back
No moving on
In the end, I'm on my own
But I don't wanna be alone again
No one knows what it's like to be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
No one knows what it's like to be hated
To be faded
To telling only lies
But my dreams, they are just empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours
Only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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I let you go
➔ Present Perfect
➔ The phrase "I let you go" uses the Present Perfect to indicate an action that occurred in the past but has results relevant to the present.
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You think you own me, you are wrong again
➔ Present Simple in Indirect Speech
➔ The phrase "You think you own me" uses the Present Simple in indirect speech to report a thought or belief without changing the tense.
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No one knows what it's like to be the bad man
➔ Present Simple with 'to be'
➔ The phrase uses the Present Simple with 'to be' to describe a general truth or state.
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My love is vengeance
➔ Present Simple with 'to be'
➔ The phrase uses the Present Simple with 'to be' to equate 'my love' with 'vengeance'.
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That's never free
➔ Present Simple with Adverb
➔ The phrase uses the Present Simple with the adverb 'never' to emphasize a continuous state or condition.
