Burnin' Up – English Lyrics

• By: Judas Priest

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw energy of Judas Priest's "Burnin' Up" and ignite your English language learning! This powerful heavy metal track offers a fantastic opportunity to explore vivid, direct language used to express intense emotions like desire and passion. The forceful lyrics and driving rhythm will help you connect with English in an engaging way, making vocabulary and phrases about strong feelings more memorable. Discover how the 'Metal Gods' convey their message and let this song be your guide to understanding expressive English within the world of classic metal.

[English]

You stitch me up good, and you cut me down

So I string you up to keep you hanging around

You dish the hot stuff up but you keep me waiting

So I'll play it dirty 'til your body is breaking

We've got to make love, the time is right

We've got to make love tonight

'Cause we're burnin' up

You make me greedy, you won't feed me my food

But I'll make out easy, 'cause I see straight through you

You cool me off and hot me up and that's not right

'Cause you'll get hungry in the heat of the night

And then we'll make love, just when it's right

And when we make love tonight

We'll be burnin' up

I know you feel the same

I know you feel the flame

Staring deep inside of you

Burnin' you up, breaking you down

Breakin' you out in a cold sweat

And as you lose control, of your very soul

Your desire takes over

You'll feel the heat sway

You're 'round to my way

And suddenly you'll know that you're burnin' up

You stitch me up good, and you cut me down

So I string you up to keep you hanging around

You dish the hot stuff up but you keep me waiting

So I'll play it dirty 'til your body is breaking

We've got to make love, the time is right

We've got to make love tonight

'Cause we're burnin' up

We're burnin' up

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
burn /bɜːn/ B1	verb - to be on fire; to cause to be hot noun - a fire; intense heat
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection or strong emotional attachment
heat /hiːt/ A2	noun - high temperature
body /ˈbɒdi/ A2	noun - the physical structure of a person or animal
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
desire /dɪˈzaɪər/ C1	noun - a strong feeling of wanting to have something
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being
stitch /stɪtʃ/ B2	verb - to join or fasten with a needle and thread
cut /kʌt/ A2	verb - to divide something with a sharp instrument
keep /kiːp/ A1	verb - to retain or continue to have
play /pleɪ/ A1	verb - to engage in an activity for enjoyment
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - to separate into pieces, often suddenly
greedy /ˈɡriːdi/ C1	adjective - excessively desirous of more than one needs
hungry /ˈhʌŋɡri/ A2	adjective - feeling the need for food
sweat /swet/ B2	noun - moisture excreted through the skin
control /kənˈtroʊl/ B2	noun - the power to direct or manage
sway /sweɪ/ C1	verb - to move back and forth or side to side
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to be aware of, to have knowledge about
string /strɪŋ/ C1	verb - to tie or fasten with a string or similar material

Key Grammar Structures

• You stitch me up good, and you cut me down

  ➔ Simple present tense

  ➔ The verbs "stitch" and "cut" are in the "simple present" to describe habitual actions.

• So I string you up to keep you hanging around

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose (to keep)

  ➔ "to keep" is an "infinitive of purpose" showing why the action is done.

• You dish the hot stuff up but you keep me waiting

  ➔ Gerund after keep (keep + gerund)

  ➔ "waiting" is a "gerund" that follows the verb "keep" to describe a continuous state.

• So I'll play it dirty 'til your body is breaking

  ➔ Future with will (I'll) and present progressive for future (is breaking)

  ➔ "I'll" is the contracted future form of "I will"; "is breaking" uses the present progressive to refer to a future ongoing action.

• We've got to make love, the time is right

  ➔ "Have got to" for strong obligation

  ➔ "We've got to" means "we must"; it expresses a strong necessity.

• I know you feel the same

  ➔ Simple present with a that‑less clause

  ➔ "you feel" is a subordinate clause that follows the verb "know" without the conjunction "that".

• Staring deep inside of you

  ➔ Present participle phrase used as an adverbial

  ➔ "Staring" is a present participle that modifies the whole sentence, indicating the manner of the action.

• And as you lose control, of your very soul

  ➔ "As" + simple present for simultaneous action

  ➔ "as you lose" uses "as" + present simple to show that the losing of control happens at the same time as the main clause.

• You're 'round to my way

  ➔ Contraction of "you are" (you're) and colloquial "'round" (around)

  ➔ "You're" is the contracted form of "you are"; "'round" is a colloquial shortening of "around".

• And suddenly you'll know that you're burnin' up

  ➔ Future with will (you'll) + that‑clause; present progressive in complement (you're burnin')

  ➔ "you'll" is the contracted future of "you will"; the clause "that you're burnin' up" contains "you're" (you are) + present progressive to describe an ongoing state.