Break The Fall – English Lyrics

• By: Papa Roach
• Album: Crooked Teeth

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the raw energy of Papa Roach's "Break The Fall" and explore the English language through its powerful and emotive lyrics. This song offers a great opportunity to learn vocabulary related to struggle and perseverance, all within a dynamic blend of rock and hip-hop that makes it a compelling track for any language learner.

[English]

(If I lose it all)

(If I lose it all)

I got my back to the wall

And now I'm slippin'

Been tryna deal with the thoughts and my condition

And still I try to hang on to what I'm missin'

But something's setting me off, somebody listen

(Listen)

I been running from fate without a lifeline

But now I'm in the wrong place at the wrong time

Tryna find an escape, looking to get by

From never getting a break, cutting the brake lines

I've been hanging by a thread

With my feet over the edge

Got my back against the wall

Will this nightmare ever end?

Will I break before I bend?

If I slip and lose it all

Nothing's gonna break the fall

(If I lose it all)

(Nothing's gonna break the fall)

I got my head in the game, I'm on a mission

But every day is the same, a demolition

We are the marginalized but not the victims

Fighting the fight of our lives to make you listen

You got me losing my breath

It's been a long run

I'm trying hard to forget

But I know the outcome

I got a thousand regrets

And now I'm on one

I might be losing my head

Before the sun's down

I've been hanging by a thread

With my feet over the edge

Got my back against the wall

Will this nightmare ever end?

Will I break before I bend?

If I slip and lose it all

Nothing's gonna break the fall

Gotta get my head together, my head together

I been tryna keep my head together, beat down

Gotta get my head together, my head together

I been tryna keep my head together, I'm beat down

Gotta get my head together, my head together

I been tryna keep my head together, beat down

Gotta get my head together, my head together

I been tryna keep my head together, I'm beat down

I've been hanging by a thread

With my feet over the edge

Got my back against the wall

Will this nightmare ever end?

Will I break before I bend?

If I slip and lose it all

Nothing's gonna break the fall

Break the fall

(If I lose it all)

(Nothing's gonna break the fall)

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Key Grammar Structures

• I got my back to the wall

  ➔ Present Perfect with 'have got'

  ➔ The phrase 'I got my back to the wall' uses the present perfect with 'have got' to describe a current state resulting from a past action.

• And now I'm slippin'

  ➔ Present Continuous

  ➔ The phrase 'And now I'm slippin'' uses the present continuous to describe an action happening at the moment of speaking.

• Been tryna deal with the thoughts and my condition

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The phrase 'Been tryna deal with the thoughts and my condition' uses the present perfect continuous to emphasize the ongoing nature of the action.

• Will this nightmare ever end?

  ➔ Simple Future with 'will'

  ➔ The question 'Will this nightmare ever end?' uses the simple future with 'will' to express a future possibility or prediction.

• If I slip and lose it all

  ➔ First Conditional

  ➔ The phrase 'If I slip and lose it all' uses the first conditional to describe a likely future result based on a present condition.

• Nothing's gonna break the fall

  ➔ Future with 'be going to'

  ➔ The phrase 'Nothing's gonna break the fall' uses the future with 'be going to' to express a future action that is certain or planned.

• I been tryna keep my head together

  ➔ Non-standard contraction

  ➔ The phrase 'I been tryna keep my head together' uses a non-standard contraction of 'trying to' as 'tryna', common in informal speech.