LEECHES – English Lyrics

• By: Melanie Martinez - LEECHES
• Album: PORTALS

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

we just

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surrounded conscious throbbing they

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can't sleep at night oh their pillows

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tight caught in the rivers of the

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tears that I

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cry bound for harvest they flocked to my

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garden push their way inside

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i go running and hide it all the covers

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pull me

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in to their

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[Music]

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side slime me in

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supericial straining with

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all yeah

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they seem official

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make

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it official

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dare

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cause you with your claws from the flesh

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that's not yours my hands are yours in

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the dark of my bones no m left to keep

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you

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in i guess that is the luck to

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draw let all their friends in the

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enemy's presence they don't think too

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hard about your fragile heart they eat

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off the table that you

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set till you

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[Music]

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start stop all your breathing no don't

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let them see you they find any way just

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to make you stay they really want you in

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their

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piss covered

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games slime

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me

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supericial straighting

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their official

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they

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see the soul

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making

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the

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cause with your claws from the flesh not

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yours is

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my bones

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no to keep

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you i guess that

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is oh no are you alone Mr

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leak i know how that

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feels we can be best friends

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and we never have to be alone ever again

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
surrounded /səˈraʊndɪd/ B1	verb - to be all around something or someone
conscious /ˈkɒnʃəs/ B2	adjective - aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake
throbbing /ˈθrɒbɪŋ/ B2	adjective - pulsating or beating strongly
sleep /sliːp/ A1	verb - to rest with your eyes closed and your mind not active noun - a condition of body and mind which typically recurs for several hours every night
pillows /ˈpɪləʊz/ A1	noun - a soft cushion to support the head
tight /taɪt/ A2	adjective - fitting closely; taut
rivers /ˈrɪvəz/ A1	noun - a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river.
tears /tɪərz/ A1	noun - a drop of clear salty liquid secreted from the eyes
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - shed tears noun - an act of crying
harvest /ˈhɑːvɪst/ B1	noun - the process or period of gathering in crops verb - gather (a crop) as a harvest.
garden /ˈɡɑːdn/ A1	noun - a piece of ground, typically near a house, used for growing flowers or vegetables.
hide /haɪd/ A2	verb - put or keep out of sight; conceal
covers /ˈkʌvəz/ A1	noun - a thing that lies on, over, or around something else, especially to protect or conceal it.
side /saɪd/ A1	noun - a position to the left or right of something
slime /slaɪm/ B2	noun - a moist, viscous substance, typically of a foul or unpleasant nature. verb - cover or coat with slime
official /əˈfɪʃəl/ B1	adjective - relating to a position of authority noun - a person holding public office or a position of authority, especially one with specific duties
dare /deər/ A2	verb - have the courage to do something
claws /klɔːz/ B1	noun - a sharp, curved structure on the toes of an animal
flesh /fleʃ/ B1	noun - the soft substance of the body of a person or animal
bones /bəʊnz/ A1	noun - any of the pieces of hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates.
enemy /ˈenəmi/ A2	noun - a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
heart /hɑːt/ A1	noun - an organ which pumps blood through the body
eat /iːt/ A1	verb - to take food into the mouth and swallow it
table /ˈteɪbl/ A1	noun - a piece of furniture with a flat top supported by one or more legs.
start /stɑːt/ A1	verb - begin or be reckoned from a particular time or place. noun - the beginning of something.
stop /stɒp/ A1	verb - to cease moving or doing something noun - an act of stopping or being stopped.
breathing /ˈbriːðɪŋ/ A1	noun - the action of taking air into and expelling it from the lungs.
games /ɡeɪmz/ A1	noun - a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules
soul /səʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal
friends /frendz/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
alone /əˈləʊn/ A1	adjective - having no one else present

Key Grammar Structures

• caught in the rivers of the tears that I cry

  ➔ Relative Clause with 'that'

  ➔ Here, 'that' introduces a relative clause modifying 'tears'. The clause 'that I cry' specifies which tears are being referred to. Using 'that' as a relative pronoun to define the noun tears

• bound for harvest they flocked to my garden

  ➔ Reduced Relative Clause

  ➔ 'Bound for harvest' is a reduced relative clause. The full clause would be 'they who are bound for harvest'. The relative pronoun and auxiliary verb ('who are') are omitted for brevity.

• no m left to keep you in

  ➔ Passive Voice (Implied)

  ➔ The sentence implies a passive construction. It suggests 'There is no *more* left to keep you in', implying that *nothing* is left (by me/by someone) to hold 'you' back or confine them. The passive subject is implied, not explicitly stated.

• I guess that is the luck to draw

  ➔ Infinitive as a Noun

  ➔ The infinitive phrase 'to draw' acts as a noun, completing the sentence. 'the luck to draw' (is) equivalent 'the luck (of) drawing', and it functions as a subjective complement.