Empty Hands – English Lyrics

• By: Poppy
• Album: Public Domain

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw, cathartic energy of Poppy’s "Empty Hands." This metalcore track offers a unique linguistic lesson, juxtaposing the artist's signature clean, pop-sensible vocals with intense, black-metal-style screams and low-register growls. Listening closely to the dynamic shifts will help you learn English vocal expressions for extreme anger, acceptance, and powerful conviction, delivered via complex genre-blending metaphors of loss and ultimate justice.

[English]

You can't be spared from Hell's routine

Beneath my feet into the ground

In life, you wallow with indifference

In death, you shall not make a sound

Downward, they fall in the ash

Breathe it in 'til it blackens their lungs

The curse, the marks they adorn

May it all get worse until your dying day

You will return with empty hands if you return at all

Can't carry all you've stolen from me

Got taken in vain, so may the torment never stop

Our ill-fated dreams open doors to nowhere that I haven't been

In thе scene, the gnashin' of my teeth, thе fiddlin' of insanity

Now what's become of you

Is lurking under me

Sulk in sorrow, now you're losin' sleep

May the reaper greet you suddenly

All the eyes are harrowing

Look away, look the fuck away

You're losing me

The terror's on repeat

You'd die to never be

Forgotten

You can't be spared from Hell's routine

Beneath my feet into the ground

In life, you wallow with indifference

In death, you shall not make a sound

Empty hands

Can't take it with you

...

Key Grammar Structures

• You can't be spared from Hell's routine

  ➔ Modal verb (can't) for impossibility

  ➔ 'Can't' is used to express impossibility or inability in this context.

• In life, you wallow with indifference

  ➔ Present simple with 'with' for a state

  ➔ The present simple with 'with' describes a habitual or ongoing state of indifference.

• May it all get worse until your dying day

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with 'may'

  ➔ 'May' is used in the subjunctive mood to express a wish or desire.

• You will return with empty hands if you return at all

  ➔ Conditional sentence (Type 1)

  ➔ This is a Type 1 conditional sentence, indicating a likely result if the condition is met.

• May the torment never stop

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with 'may' for a strong wish

  ➔ 'May' in the subjunctive mood emphasizes a strong wish or curse.

• You're losing me

  ➔ Present continuous for a current action

  ➔ The present continuous tense highlights an action happening now.

• The terror's on repeat

  ➔ Present simple with apostrophe for possession

  ➔ The apostrophe in 'terror's' shows possession, meaning 'the terror of something'.