Goodbye Agony – English Lyrics

• By: Black Veil Brides
• Album: Black Veil Brides

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
goodbye /ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/ A1	noun - an expression of farewell
agony /ˈæɡəni/ B2	noun - extreme physical or mental suffering
battles /ˈbætəlz/ B1	noun - a sustained fight between organized armed forces
won /wʌn/ A2	verb - past tense of win - to achieve victory
fable /ˈfeɪbəl/ B2	noun - a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel verb - be annoyed or disturbed by something
blood /blʌd/ A2	noun - the red fluid circulating in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body
pride /praɪd/ B1	noun - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that one admires
misery /ˈmɪzəri/ B2	noun - a state or feeling of great distress or discomfort of mind or body
haunting /ˈhɔːntɪŋ/ C1	verb - to visit (a place) frequently or habitually adjective - difficult to ignore or forget
killing /ˈkɪlɪŋ/ B1	verb - to cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing)
dead /ded/ A2	adjective - no longer alive
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun
suns /sʌnz/ A1	noun - the star that provides light and heat to Earth
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen verb - want something to happen or be the case
fatal /ˈfeɪtl/ B2	adjective - causing death
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
angels /ˈeɪndʒəlz/ A2	noun - a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God
die /daɪ/ A1	verb - stop living

Key Grammar Structures

• HEAVENS GONE, THE BATTLES WON.

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of words)

  ➔ The sentences are short and impactful due to the omission of auxiliary verbs like "is" or "are". It's technically "Heaven is gone, the battles are won."

• LIVED AND LEARNED FROM EVERY FABLE

  ➔ Past Participle as Adjective, Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ "Lived" and "learned" are past participles, functioning as adjectives to describe the speaker's experience. "From every fable" is a prepositional phrase modifying the verb.

• AND I WONDER HOW TO MOVE ON

  ➔ Indirect Question, Infinitive Phrase

  ➔ "How to move on" is an indirect question functioning as the object of the verb "wonder". "To move on" is an infinitive phrase.

• PLACED MY CARDS UPON THE TABLE

  ➔ Simple Past Tense, Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ "Placed" is in the simple past tense. "Upon the table" is a prepositional phrase providing location.

• IN BLOOD I DRAW THE LINE..

  ➔ Inversion (emphasizing "In blood"), Simple Present Tense

  ➔ The sentence is inverted for emphasis. The standard word order would be "I draw the line in blood." The use of simple present implies a decisive, ongoing action.

• DEAD AND GONE AND WHATS DONE IS DONE.

  ➔ Parallel Structure, Idiom

  ➔ "Dead and gone" uses parallel structure, with two adjectives joined by "and". "What's done is done" is a common idiom.

• YOU WERE ALL I HAD BECOME.

  ➔ Past Perfect Continuous (implied)

  ➔ While the surface grammar is simple past, the sentence implies a process that has been ongoing. You can interpret it as 'You were all I had *been becoming*'.

• I'M LETTING GO OF WHAT I ONCE BELIEVED

  ➔ Present Continuous, Relative Clause with Embedded Past Simple

  ➔ "I'm letting go" is in the present continuous tense, indicating an action in progress. "What I once believed" is a relative clause acting as the object of "letting go". "Once believed" is simple past and describes a past belief.

• I NEVER KNOW THAT HOPE WAS FATAL

  ➔ Past Simple, Noun Clause as Object

  ➔ "I never knew" is in the past simple tense. "That hope was fatal" is a noun clause, acting as the object of the verb "knew".