Did My Time – English Lyrics

• By: Korn

Lyrics & Translation

Unlock the raw emotion of nu-metal with Korn's "Did My Time." This song offers a powerful entry point into the genre's expressive potential and provides a visceral way to learn English phrases related to struggle, perseverance, and frustration. Its connection to a major Hollywood film and its straightforward, impactful lyrics make it a unique and memorable learning tool.

[English]

(upbeat heavy metal music)

♪ Realized I can never win ♪

♪ Sometimes feel like I have failed ♪

♪ Inside, where do I begin ♪

♪ My mind is laughing at me ♪

♪ Tell me, why am I to blame ♪

♪ Aren't we supposed to be the same ♪

♪ That's why I will never tame ♪

♪ This thing that's burning in me ♪

♪ I am the one who chose my path ♪

♪ I am the one who couldn't last ♪

♪ I feel the life pulled from me ♪

♪ I feel the anger changing me ♪

♪ Sometimes I can never tell ♪

♪ If I've got something after me ♪

♪ That's why I just beg and plead ♪

♪ For this curse to leave me ♪

♪ Tell me, why am I to blame ♪

♪ Aren't we suppose to be the same ♪

♪ That's why I will never tame ♪

♪ This thing that's burning in me ♪

♪ I am the one who chose my path ♪

♪ I am the one who couldn't last ♪

♪ I feel the life pulled from me ♪

♪ I feel the anger changing me ♪

(slow rock music)

♪ Betrayed, I feel so enslaved ♪

♪ I really tried ♪

♪ I did my time ♪

♪ I did my time ♪

♪ I did my time ♪

♪ I did my time ♪

♪ I did my time ♪

♪ I am the one who chose my path ♪

♪ I am the one who couldn't last ♪

♪ I feel the life pulled from me ♪

♪ I feel the anger changing me ♪

♪ Oh, God, the anger's changing me ♪

♪ Oh, God, the anger's changing me ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - a point or period when something occurs; a nonspatial continuum in which events occur in an apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
anger /ˈæŋɡər/ A2	noun - a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.
changing /ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/ A1	verb - making or becoming different; transforming.
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - experience an emotion or sensation.
path /pæθ/ A2	noun - a way or track made by the repeated tread of people or animals; a course of action or conduct.
last /læst/ A2	verb - continue for a specified period of time; endure.
blame /bleɪm/ A2	verb - assign responsibility for a fault or wrong. noun - responsibility for a fault or wrong.
tame /teɪm/ B2	verb - curb, control, or subjugate (an animal or a person or a force).
burning /ˈbɜːrnɪŋ/ A2	verb - on fire; producing or feeling intense heat; feeling a strong emotion.
same /seɪm/ A1	adjective - identical; not different.
pulled /pʊld/ A1	verb - exert a force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement toward oneself or the source of the force; extract.
chose /tʃoʊz/ A2	verb - select (someone or something) from a number of alternatives.
realized /ˈriːəlaɪzd/ B1	verb - become fully aware of (something) as a fact; understand clearly.
win /wɪn/ A1	verb - be successful or victorious in (a contest or conflict).
failed /feɪld/ A2	verb - be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal; not succeed.
mind /maɪnd/ A1	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel.
curse /kɜːrs/ B2	noun - an appeal to a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something; a cause of great trouble or suffering. verb - invoke a curse upon; utter offensive words.
Betrayed /bɪˈtreɪd/ B2	verb - expose (one's country, a group, or a person) to danger by treacherously giving information to an enemy; be disloyal to.
enslaved /ɪnˈsleɪvd/ B2	verb - make (someone) a slave; deprive of freedom.
plead /pliːd/ B2	verb - make an emotional appeal; beg.

Key Grammar Structures

• Tell me, why am I to blame

  ➔ Subject‑auxiliary inversion in a direct question

  ➔ In a question we invert the auxiliary "am" before the subject: "why "am" I".

• I am the one who chose my path

  ➔ Relative clause with the relative pronoun "who"

  ➔ "who" introduces a clause that describes "the one": "who "chose" my path".

• I feel the life pulled from me

  ➔ Passive voice with past participle used as an adjective

  ➔ "pulled" is a past participle that describes "life": "life "pulled" from me".

• If I've got something after me

  ➔ Present perfect with contraction "I've" (I have)

  ➔ "I've" = "I have" and introduces a present‑perfect clause: "I have got".

• Sometimes I can never tell

  ➔ Modal verb "can" + infinitive

  ➔ "can" expresses ability/possibility and is followed by the base verb "tell".

• That's why I will never tame

  ➔ Future simple with "will" + base verb

  ➔ "will" marks a future intention: "I will never "tame"".

• I feel the anger changing me

  ➔ Present participle (verb‑ing) as object complement

  ➔ "changing" describes the effect on "me": "anger "changing" me".

• Betrayed, I feel so enslaved

  ➔ Fronted past‑participle clause functioning as an adjective

  ➔ "Betrayed" modifies the subject "I" and sets the emotional state: "Betrayed, I feel...".

• I did my time

  ➔ Simple past of the idiomatic phrase "do one's time"

  ➔ "did" is the past form of "do" in the idiom "do one's time" meaning "serve a punishment".