Drama – English Lyrics

• By: Rex Orange County
• Album: The Alexander Technique

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Laying down inside

And you say you're not surprised but you were

Whoa

Now it's raining outside

But if there's rain or not

You can tell you're not okay

From the way you hide

And you're not knowing what the cure is tonight

You can get all defensive silently

Or you can try and accept it all

Let's go

You'll see

The latter's me

I open both my eyes

And nothing's gonna get in the way

I kept the stress alive

I need a change, alright

There's something wrong if you're calm in your life

And you suddenly think

That you're not feeling quite as you were last week

If you stare at the state of your yesterdays

Problems await

I'll keep the drama out my head

I could hang with my friends

And be present, instead, for a while

Keep the drama out my life

Get distracted and high for the moment, yeah

I think that's enough stress for one day

No one hears what we say

Either way, they can think what they like

I open up and trust my choice

I'm gon' hang with my boys

And just take time, yeah

Fuck my to-do list and my plans

I'm gon' go to Japan

Take the train, Tokyo to Kyoto

Explore the world, hit Hawaii onto Lanai

We can leave life behind, no problemo

(No, oh-oh)

No, it wouldn't mean shit to me

See, the point I'm at right now

What's about to go down

Is uncertain, it seems, every time

So I'm not wasting anymore

Time to explore, for sure, yeah, yeah

(Uh-uh, uh-uh)

I paid the price

I let my feelings get the best of me

And I left myself tonight

Embarrassment delivered

And it comes as no surprise

Feelin' pain right to the limit

And it still won't sympathize

I'll keep the drama out my head

I'm gon' hang with my friends

And just write

I'll keep the drama out my life

We can go where we like, that's right

(Woah)

Turn off the phone and keep it off

It's okay to ignore and log off

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
drama /ˈdrɑːmə/ B1	noun - an exciting event or set of events, or a situation in which people's emotions are very excited
stress /stres/ B1	noun - worry caused by a difficult situation
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A2	noun - the act of becoming different
problems /ˈprɒbləmz/ A2	noun - situations or things that are difficult to deal with
feelings /ˈfiːlɪŋz/ A2	noun - emotions that you experience
surprise /səˈpraɪz/ A2	noun - an unexpected event adjective - causing surprise
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - a feeling of physical or emotional suffering
embarrassed /ɪmˈbærəst/ B1	adjective - feeling ashamed or shy
friends /frendz/ A1	noun - people you like and enjoy being with
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the period between birth and death
explore /ɪkˈsplɔːr/ B1	verb - to investigate a place or area
keep /kiːp/ A1	verb - to continue to have or do something
get /ɡet/ A1	verb - to obtain or receive something
open /ˈəʊpən/ A1	verb - to become open or to make something become open
trust /trʌst/ B1	verb - to believe that someone is good and honest
calm /kɑːm/ B1	adjective - peaceful and not worried
uncertain /ʌnˈsɜːtən/ B2	adjective - not knowing what to do or believe
defensive /dɪˈfensɪv/ B2	adjective - protecting yourself from criticism