Believer – English Lyrics

• By: Imagine Dragons
• Album: Evolve

Lyrics & Translation

"Believer" by Imagine Dragons offers a compelling journey through personal adversity, showcasing how pain can forge strength and belief. Its impactful lyrics and dynamic sound make it an excellent song to explore English, teaching vocabulary related to emotions, struggle, and resilience, and inspiring listeners with its universal message of overcoming challenges.

[English]

First things first, I'ma say all the words inside my head

I'm fired up, and tired of the way that things have been, oh-ooh

The way that things have been, oh-ooh

Second thing second, don't you tell me what you think that I can be

I'm the one at the sail, I'm the master of my sea, oh-ooh

The master of my sea, oh-ooh

I was broken from a young age

Taking my sulking to the masses

Writing my poems for the few

That look at me, took to me, shook to me, feelin' me

Singing from heartache from the pain

Taking my message from the veins

Speaking my lesson from the brain

Seeing the beauty through the

Pain!

You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

...

Pain!

You break me down, and build me up, believer, believer

Pain!

Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain

My life, my love, my drive it came from

Pain!

You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Third things third, send a prayer to the ones up above

All the hate that you've heard has turned your spirit to a dove, oh-ooh

Your spirit up above, oh-ooh

I was choking in the crowd

Building my rain up in the cloud

Falling like ashes to the ground

Hoping my feelings, they would drown

But they never did, ever lived, ebbin' and flowin'

Inhibited, limited, 'til it broke open, and it rained down

It rained down like

Pain!

You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Pain!

You break me down, and build me up, believer, believer

Pain!

Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain

My life, my love, my drive it came from

Pain!

You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Last things last, by the grace of the fire and the flames

You're the face of the future, the blood in my veins, oh-ooh

The blood in my veins, oh-ooh

But they never did, ever lived, ebbin' and flowin'

Inhibited, limited, 'til it broke open, and it rained down

It rained down like

Pain!

You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

...

Pain!

You break me down, and build me up, believer, believer

Pain!

Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain

My life, my love, my drive it came from

Pain!

You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pain /peɪn/ A1	noun - physical suffering or discomfort
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - to separate into pieces verb - to damage
build /bɪld/ A2	verb - to construct something
drive /draɪv/ B1	noun - motivation, ambition verb - to operate a vehicle
believe /bɪˈliːv/ B1	verb - to accept something as true
fly /flaɪ/ A2	verb - to move through the air
rain /reɪn/ A2	noun - water falling from the sky verb - to fall as rain
spirit /ˈspɪrɪt/ B2	noun - the non-physical part of a person
grace /ɡreɪs/ B2	noun - elegance or beauty of movement
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ B1	noun - time yet to come
veins /veɪnz/ B2	noun - blood vessels
flames /fleɪmz/ B1	noun - burning gases
crowd /kraʊd/ B1	noun - a large number of people
ashes /ˈæʃɪz/ B2	noun - the residue of burning
inhibited /ɪnˈhɪbɪtɪd/ C1	adjective - restrained or prevented
limited /ˈlɪmɪtɪd/ B1	adjective - restricted in size or amount

Key Grammar Structures

• First things first, I'ma say all the words inside my head

  ➔ Contraction (I'ma)

  ➔ 'I'ma' is a colloquial contraction of 'I am going to', used informally to express future intention.

• I'm the one at the sail, I'm the master of my sea, oh-ooh

  ➔ Metaphor

  ➔ 'At the sail' and 'master of my sea' are metaphors for being in control of one's life.

• I was broken from a young age

  ➔ Passive voice

  ➔ The sentence uses the passive voice to emphasize the state of being broken rather than the cause.

• Taking my message from the veins

  ➔ Personification

  ➔ 'Veins' are personified as a source of inspiration or message.

• You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

  ➔ Repetition

  ➔ The word 'believer' is repeated for emphasis and rhythmic effect.

• All the hate that you've heard has turned your spirit to a dove, oh-ooh

  ➔ Metaphor

  ➔ 'Turned your spirit to a dove' is a metaphor for becoming peaceful or pure despite adversity.

• My life, my love, my drive it came from Pain!

  ➔ Apposition

  ➔ 'My life, my love, my drive' are in apposition to 'it', explaining what 'it' refers to.

• You're the face of the future, the blood in my veins, oh-ooh

  ➔ Metaphor

  ➔ 'The face of the future' and 'the blood in my veins' are metaphors for importance and vitality.