Everybody’s Fool – English Lyrics

• By: Evanescence
• Album: Fallen

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
lie /laɪ/ B2	noun - a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive verb - to be in a horizontal position on a surface
truth /truːθ/ C1	noun - the real facts about something
face /feɪs/ B1	noun - the front part of the head that includes the eyes, nose, and mouth
betray /bɪˈtreɪ/ C1	verb - to be disloyal to someone or to reveal secrets
pretend /prɪˈtɛnd/ B2	verb - to act as if something is true when it is not
hide /haɪd/ B1	verb - to put or keep out of sight
mask /mæsk/ B2	noun - a covering for the face verb - to cover or conceal
shame /ʃeɪm/ B2	noun - a painful feeling of humiliation or distress
worthy /ˈwɜːr.ði/ C1	adjective - deserving effort, attention, or respect
truthful /ˈtruːθ.fəl/ C2	adjective - telling or expressing the truth
illusion /ɪˈluːʒən/ C1	noun - a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived
hypocrisy /hɪˈpɒkrəsi/ C2	noun - pretending to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs they do not actually possess

Key Grammar Structures

• Have you no shame?

  ➔ Inversion for emphasis with 'have you no' meaning 'do you have no...'

  ➔ "Have you no" is a question form using inversion to emphasize the negative implication.

• Never was and never will be

  ➔ Use of negative inversion in present and future tense to emphasize impossibility

  ➔ This phrase uses negative inversion to express that something is impossible or does not exist.

• You don't know how you've betrayed me

  ➔ Use of present perfect to describe an action that has ongoing relevance or impact

  ➔ The present perfect 'have betrayed' indicates the action was completed in the past but is relevant to the present situation.

• Look, here she comes now

  ➔ Use of simple present tense after 'look' to indicate a near future or imminent action

  ➔ This construction implies the speaker is pointing out or observing something that is about to happen or is happening now.

• You're not real and you can't save me

  ➔ Use of present simple with modal 'can't' to express inability

  ➔ The present simple 'are' and 'can't' express a general state of non-existence and inability.