Drown – English Lyrics

• By: Theory of a Deadman
• Album: Wake Up Call

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Ebb and flow, the sea is cold

But my blood comes to boil

I feel it filling up my lungs

The weight pulls me to soil

Current takes me, breath escapes me

Inducing coma sleep

Close my eyes, I'm paralyzed

Finally at peace.

Another sunny day

I feel like getting in the water

Why did you have to let me, go?

...

Such a perfect way

To spend my time and swim out farther

Why did you have to let me, drown?

Drown

Drown

Lay there floating, body bloating

Skin turning to gray

I built my castle, the dirty rascal

Finally got his way

Waves roll in and clean my sins

Now everything is clear

I'm having fun, under the sun

Wishing you were here

Another sunny day

I feel like getting in the water

Why did you have to let me, go?

Such a perfect way

To spend my time and swim out farther

Why did you have to let me, drown?

Drown

Drown

...

A thousand leagues, I live and breathe

Along the ocean floor

Now submersed, I join the cursed

To float here evermore

Another sunny day

I feel like getting in the water

Why did you have to let me, go?

Such a perfect way

To spend my time and swim out farther

Why did you have to let me, drown?

Drown

Drown

Drown.

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Ebb and flow, the sea is cold

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The verb 'is' is in the present simple tense, used to describe a general truth or state.

• I feel it filling up my lungs

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase 'am feeling' is in the present continuous tense, indicating an action happening now.

• Why did you have to let me, go?

  ➔ Past simple tense with emphasis

  ➔ The verb 'did' is used for emphasis in the past simple tense, highlighting the action of letting go.

• Such a perfect way

  ➔ Adjective in predicative position

  ➔ 'Perfect' is an adjective used predicatively to describe the noun 'way'.

• To spend my time and swim out farther

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The infinitive 'to spend' and 'to swim' indicate purpose after the expression 'such a perfect way'.

• Lay there floating, body bloating

  ➔ Present participle as adjective

  ➔ 'Floating' and 'bloating' are present participles used as adjectives to describe 'body'.

• Now everything is clear

  ➔ Adverb of time

  ➔ 'Now' is an adverb of time, indicating the present moment.

• Wishing you were here

  ➔ Subjunctive mood

  ➔ 'Were' is used in the subjunctive mood to express a wish or hypothetical situation.