East of Eden – English Lyrics

• By: Zella Day
• Album: Kicker

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Pink toes pressed against the carpet

Show your face and finish what you started

The record spins down the alley, late night

Be my friend, surround me like a satellite

Tiger on the prowl

East of Eden

Coming for you now

Keep me from the cages under the control

Running in the dark to find East of Eden

Keep me from the cages under the control

Running in the dark to find East of Eden

Find East of Eden (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-oh)

To find East of Eden (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-oh)

To find East of Eden (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-oh)

To find East of Eden (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-oh)

Call me wild, drinking up the sunshine

Be my man and show me what it feels like

Denim sky unbuttoned down the middle

Spilling out little by little

Tiger on the prowl

East of Eden

Coming for you now

Keep me from the cages under the control

Running in the dark to find East of Eden

Keep me from the cages under the control

Running in the dark to find East of Eden

Find East of Eden (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-oh)

To find East of Eden (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-oh)

To find East of Eden (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-oh)

To find East of Eden (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-oh)

If I wanted to stay

You don't mind, you're a true believer

Take it up with the badlands

Creep on in like the concrete fever

If I wanted to stay

You don't mind, you're a true believer

Take it up with the badlands

Creep on in like the concrete fever

...

Keep me from the cages under the control

Running in the dark to find East of Eden

Keep me from the cages under the control

Running in the dark to find East of Eden

Find East of Eden (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-oh)

To find East of Eden (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-oh)

To find East of Eden (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-oh)

To find East of Eden (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-oh)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - move quickly by foot
find /faɪnd/ A2	verb - discover or locate
control /kənˈtroʊl/ B1	noun - the power to influence or direct verb - to exercise restraint or direction over
dark /dɑːrk/ A2	adjective - with little or no light
cages /keɪdʒɪz/ B1	noun - enclosures made of bars or mesh
wild /waɪld/ B1	adjective - untamed or uncontrolled
believe /bɪˈliːv/ B1	verb - accept something as true
sky /skaɪ/ A1	noun - the atmosphere seen from Earth
denim /ˈdenɪm/ B2	noun - a sturdy cotton twill fabric
fever /ˈfiːvər/ B2	noun - a state of elevated body temperature
creep /kriːp/ B1	verb - move slowly and carefully
badlands /ˈbædlændz/ C1	noun - barren, eroded land
spilling /ˈspɪlɪŋ/ B1	verb - to cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container
prowl /praʊl/ B2	verb - wander slowly and stealthily
stay /steɪ/ A1	verb - remain in a place

Key Grammar Structures

• Pink toes pressed against the carpet

  ➔ Past Participle as Adjective

  ➔ "Pressed" is a past participle of the verb 'press' and modifies 'toes', describing their state. It functions as an adjective. The structure is **'noun + past participle'**.

• Be my friend, surround me like a satellite

  ➔ Imperative Mood & Simile

  ➔ "Be" is in the imperative mood, giving a command. "like a satellite" is a simile, comparing the way someone should surround the speaker to the orbit of a satellite. The structure is **'verb (base form) + object + like + noun'**.

• If I wanted to stay

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ This is a second conditional sentence, expressing an unreal or hypothetical situation. The structure is **'If + past simple, would + base verb'**. It implies the speaker *doesn't* want to stay.

• Take it up with the badlands

  ➔ Phrasal Verb & Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ "Take it up with" is a phrasal verb meaning to complain to or deal with someone about something. "The badlands" is likely an idiomatic reference to a difficult or problematic place/people.