LEECHES – English Lyrics

• By: Melanie Martinez - LEECHES
• Album: PORTALS

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Melanie Martinez's "LEECHES," a powerful song from her album "PORTALS," to explore how music can tell a deep story about human connections. This track offers a unique blend of ethereal sounds and raw emotion, making it an excellent way to grasp English vocabulary related to feelings and relationships, all wrapped in Martinez's distinct artistic vision.

[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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[Music]

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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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[Music]

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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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[Music]

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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
sleep /sliːp/ A1	verb - to be in a state of rest noun - a condition of rest
tears /tɪərz/ A1	noun - drops of salty liquid from eyes
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - to shed tears
hide /haɪd/ A2	verb - to conceal oneself
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - organ that pumps blood
friends /frɛndz/ A1	noun - people whom one knows
bones /boʊnz/ A2	noun - rigid parts of the skeleton
alone /əˈloʊn/ A1	adjective - separated from other people
conscious /ˈkɒnʃəs/ B2	adjective - aware of one's surroundings
harvest /ˈhɑːrvɪst/ B2	noun - process of gathering crops verb - gather a crop
garden /ˈɡɑːrdən/ A2	noun - a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
enemy /ˈɛnəmi/ B1	noun - a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
fragile /ˈfrædʒaɪl/ B2	adjective - easily broken or damaged
table /ˈteɪbəl/ A1	noun - a piece of furniture
official /əˈfɪʃəl/ B1	adjective - approved or authorized
soul /soʊl/ B1	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being

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.