dead inside – English Lyrics

• By: blackbear
• Album: in loving memory

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw emotional landscape of blackbear's 'dead inside,' a pop-punk anthem that encapsulates feelings of internal struggle and emotional disconnect. Learning the lyrics of this song can help you explore modern English expressions of vulnerability, self-reflection, and the nuanced ways artists convey complex feelings, all set to an infectious, rock-influenced sound.

[English]

There's a picture in my head, running through my brain

My heart's a burning shed, don't let me in, I'll never stay

These scars I cover up, I carry all this pain

Numb this broken world, I feel you in my veins

I'm already fakin' the words I say

I've already taken too much today

I'm in love with all the voices inside my head

You're so beautiful inside, but inside I'm dead

Just another broken dream in my lonely bed

You're so beautiful inside, but inside I'm dead

I'm so dead inside

There's a memory on my mind, it keeps on coming back

Made a promise to myself I wouldn't let it get this bad

Now I'm lying wide awake, sleepless in my bed

My heart's a frozen lake, there's ice inside my chest

I'm already fakin' the words I say

I've already taken too much today

I'm looking for love in an empty space

Every stranger that I meet

I swear to God, I see your fucking face

I'm in love with all the voices inside my head

You're so beautiful inside, but inside I'm dead

Just another broken dream in my lonely bed

You're so beautiful inside, but inside I'm dead

Even though I'm still alive, I feel dead inside

It's the fact that it's so wrong, but it feels so right

Why do I feel all alone when I'm by your side?

Even though I'm still alive, I feel dead inside

I'm so dead inside

Tell me how it's gonna be

When you don't know me at all

Remember how you used to feel

Now I wake up, stare at the wall

Tell me how it's gonna be

Better off if I'm not around

Six feet under the ground

Even though I'm still alive, I feel dead inside

The fact that it's so wrong, but it feels so right

Why do I feel all alone when I'm by your side?

Even though I'm still alive, I feel dead inside

I'm so dead inside

I'm so dead inside

I'm so dead inside

I'm so dead inside, yeah

I'm in love with all the voices inside my head

You're so beautiful inside, but inside I'm dead

Another broken dream in my lonely bed

You're so beautiful inside, but inside I'm dead

I'm so dead inside

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dead /dɛd/ B2	adjective - not alive; lacking life noun - a dead person
broken /ˈbroʊ.kən/ B1	adjective - damaged; not whole verb (past participle) - to have broken something
lonely /ˈloʊn.li/ B2	adjective - feeling sad because one has no friends or company
heart /hɑrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body
brain /breɪn/ B1	noun - the organ inside the skull that controls thought and actions
pain /peɪn/ B1	noun - physical suffering or discomfort caused by injury or disease verb - to cause physical suffering
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection or strong feeling of attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone
voice /vɔɪs/ A2	noun - the sound produced by a person’s vocal cords verb - to express something in spoken words
beautiful /ˈbjuː.tɪ.fəl/ B1	adjective - pleasing to the senses or mind; attractive
memory /ˈmem.ər.i/ B2	noun - the mental ability to store, retain and recall information
scar /skɑːr/ B2	noun - a mark left on the skin after a wound has healed verb - to mark with a scar
numb /nʌm/ B2	adjective - lacking physical sensation or emotional feeling verb - to make someone feel numb
frozen /ˈfroʊ.zən/ B2	adjective - turned into ice; very cold verb - to turn into ice or become solid from cold
empty /ˈɛm.ti/ B1	adjective - containing nothing; not occupied verb - to remove contents from something
alone /əˈloʊn/ B1	adjective - by oneself; without others
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A1	adjective - living; not dead
wrong /rɔːŋ/ B1	adjective - not correct; erroneous
right /raɪt/ A1	adjective - correct; true or appropriate
side /saɪd/ A1	noun - a surface or part forming a border of an object
ground /graʊnd/ A1	noun - the solid surface of the earth verb - to place something on the ground or to prevent it from moving

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm already fakin' the words I say

  ➔ Present Continuous (Progressive) with adverb “already”

  ➔ The verb "am" + "fakin'" shows a present continuous action, while "already" emphasizes that the action has been happening for some time.

• I've already taken too much today

  ➔ Present Perfect with adverb “already”

  ➔ "I've" = "have" + "I" shows the present perfect; "already" indicates that the action happened earlier than expected.

• Even though I'm still alive, I feel dead inside

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction “even though” + Present Simple

  ➔ "Even though" introduces a contrastive clause; both verbs "am" and "feel" are in the present simple to describe current states.

• Why do I feel all alone when I'm by your side?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with do‑support + adverbial clause “when …”

  ➔ "Why do I feel…" uses the auxiliary "do" to form a question in the present simple; "when I'm by your side" is an adverbial clause indicating time.

• I'm looking for love in an empty space

  ➔ Present Continuous for ongoing action

  ➔ "I'm looking" combines "am" + "‑ing" form, showing that the speaker is actively searching at this moment.

• Tell me how it's gonna be

  ➔ Future intention with informal “gonna” (going to)

  ➔ "gonna" is the colloquial contraction of "going to"; it expresses a planned or expected future state: "how it will be".

• The fact that it's so wrong, but it feels so right

  ➔ Noun clause introduced by “that”

  ➔ "that it's so wrong" functions as a noun phrase (object of "fact"); the clause explains the content of the fact.

• I'm in love with all the voices inside my head

  ➔ Idiomatic phrase “be in love with” + prepositional phrase “inside my head”

  ➔ "in love with" is a fixed expression meaning strong affection; "inside my head" is a prepositional phrase indicating location of the voices.