God Save The Rave – English Lyrics

• By: Scooter, Harris & Ford

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

We'll never give up

Never come down

We'll never sleep

We're gonna rave till the end of the time

We'll never give up

Never come down

We'll never sleep

We're gonna rave till the end of the time

I am the captain

My name is Dave

...

Keep calm and behave

We'll never give up

Never come down

We'll never sleep

We're gonna rave till the end of the time

God save the rave

...

Rave till the end

...

We are here, we are back

Because real life lags

I'm the last man standing

On a party never ending

Harris and Ford and the screaming lord

Michael and Sim, speed it up, come on in

Take a step back for the next attack

Dress black, come and check

It's the ultimate effect

Yeah

We'll never give up

Never come down

We'll never sleep

We're gonna rave till the end of the time

We'll never give up

Never come down

We'll never sleep

We're gonna rave till the end of the time

We love the party and the sound

Turn it up for the crowd

From the cradle to the grave

God save the rave

...

Rave till the end

We'll never give up

Never come down

We'll never sleep

We're gonna rave till the end of the time

God save the rave

We'll never give up

Never come down

We'll never sleep

We're gonna rave till the end of the time

...

Key Grammar Structures

• We'll never give up

  ➔ Future simple (negative) with "will"

  ➔ The contraction "We'll" = "we will" shows future intention, while "never" makes the action negative.

• We're gonna rave till the end of the time

  ➔ Future intention with "going to" (informal "gonna")

  ➔ "We're" = "we are" + "gonna" (colloquial for "going to") expresses a planned future action.

• I am the captain

  ➔ Present simple of the verb "to be"

  ➔ "am" is the first‑person singular present form of "to be" used for identification.

• My name is Dave

  ➔ Present simple of "to be" for identification

  ➔ "is" links the subject "My name" with the complement "Dave".

• Keep calm and behave

  ➔ Imperative mood (bare infinitive)

  ➔ "Keep" and "behave" are bare infinitives giving a command.

• We love the party and the sound

  ➔ Present simple for habitual action

  ➔ "love" is in the simple present, showing a regular feeling.

• Because real life lags

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction "because" introducing a clause

  ➔ "Because" links the reason "real life lags" to the previous statement.

• Turn it up for the crowd

  ➔ Imperative with phrasal verb "turn up"

  ➔ "Turn" is an imperative verb, and "up" forms the phrasal verb meaning "increase".

• From the cradle to the grave

  ➔ Prepositional phrase expressing a time span

  ➔ "From" and "to" mark the start and end points of a period: "the cradle" (birth) to "the grave" (death).