Bleach – English Lyrics

• By: 5 Seconds of Summer
• Album: 5SOS5

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw emotion of 5 Seconds of Summer's "Bleach," a poignant song about the desire to erase past relationship memories and find a fresh start. Its heartfelt lyrics and somber tone make it a compelling piece for understanding English expressions of longing and regret.

[English]

I wanna occupy your brain

Be the only living space in your head

And when you're filling up your lungs

Mine's the only name that's under your breath

Brought a knife to a gun fight

But the hurting is all mine

When the feeling is airtight

I know it takes time to let go

But I can't take it no more

Can I make up for lost time?

If there's bleach in the hallways, I can start over

Bleaching my hair just to get a way

I'm washing it out 'til I've figured out

Living without you

(Everything I was spinning down the drain)

If there's bleach in the hallways, I can start over

Bleaching my hair every Saturday

I'm washing it out 'til I've figured out

Living without you

(Everything I was spinning down the drain)

...

I feel you underneath my tongue

Next to every word that I should have said

No matter how far that I've run

Memories always seem to catch up again

Brought a knife to a gun fight

But the hurting is all mine

When the feeling is airtight

I know it takes time to let go

But I can't take it no more

Can I make up for lost time?

If there's bleach in the hallways, I can start over

Bleaching my hair just to get a way

I'm washing it out 'til I've figured out

Living without you

(Everything I was spinning down the drain)

If there's bleach in the hallways, I can start over

Bleaching my hair every Saturday

I'm washing it out 'til I've figured out

Living without you

(Everything I was spinning down the drain)

It's so hard to watch everything I want

(Everything I was spinning down the drain)

It's so hard to watch everything I want

(Everything I was spinning down the drain) drain

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
brain /breɪn/ A2	noun - the organ inside the head that controls thought and action
knife /naɪf/ A1	noun - a cutting tool with a sharp blade
gun /gʌn/ A2	noun - a firearm that shoots bullets
fight /faɪt/ B1	verb - to engage in a physical or verbal struggle noun - a violent confrontation
hurt /hɜːrt/ B1	verb - to cause pain or injury adjective - feeling pain or distress
airtight /ˈɛərˈtaɪt/ C1	adjective - sealed so that no air can pass through
lost /lɒst/ A2	adjective - unable to find one's way; missing
living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ B1	adjective - currently alive; existing
memory /ˈmɛməri/ B1	noun - the faculty of remembering past events
drain /dreɪn/ B2	verb - to cause liquid to flow away; to deplete noun - a pipe that lets out liquid
spin /spɪn/ B2	verb - to turn around rapidly noun - a rapid turning movement
wash /wɒʃ/ A1	verb - to clean with water or other liquid
bleach /bliːtʃ/ B2	noun - a chemical used to whiten or disinfect verb - to make something whiter or cleaner by using bleach
hallway /ˈhɔːlweɪ/ B1	noun - a passage in a building that connects rooms
tongue /tʌŋ/ B2	noun - the muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting and speaking
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move swiftly on foot noun - a short distance covered quickly
hard /hɑːrd/ A1	adjective - solid, firm, or difficult to do
catch /kætʃ/ A2	verb - to capture or seize something that is moving
start /stɑːrt/ A1	verb - to begin or set in motion

Key Grammar Structures

• I wanna occupy your brain

  ➔ Present simple with 'wanna' (informal contraction of 'want to')

  ➔ The use of 'wanna' is an informal way to express desire, typical in conversational English.

• Be the only living space in your head

  ➔ Infinitive form after 'be'

  ➔ The infinitive form 'to be' is used here to express purpose or result, following the verb 'be'.

• Mine's the only name that's under your breath

  ➔ Contraction ('Mine's') and present simple

  ➔ 'Mine's' is a contraction of 'mine is', and the present simple is used to state a fact or habitual action.

• If there's bleach in the hallways, I can start over

  ➔ Second conditional

  ➔ The second conditional is used to talk about hypothetical situations and their imaginary results.

• I'm washing it out 'til I've figured out

  ➔ Present continuous with future meaning and 'til (contraction of 'until')

  ➔ The present continuous is used here to indicate a future action, and 'til is a shortened form of 'until'.

• Living without you

  ➔ Gerund as subject

  ➔ The gerund 'living' functions as the subject of the sentence, representing an action in progress.

• Everything I was spinning down the drain

  ➔ Past continuous

  ➔ The past continuous is used to describe an action that was in progress during a specific time in the past.

• It's so hard to watch everything I want

  ➔ Adjective 'hard' after 'It's so...to'

  ➔ The adjective 'hard' is used to emphasize the difficulty of the action following 'It's so...to'.