Heads Will Roll – English Lyrics

• By: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Album: It's Blitz

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a fantastic journey, and "Heads Will Roll" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs offers a unique and energetic starting point. The song's repetitive and catchy chorus, "Off with your head, dance 'til you're dead," is easy to pick up and sing along to, helping with pronunciation and rhythm. The vivid and somewhat surreal lyrics about glitter, alchemy, and chrome will expand your vocabulary in a creative way. What makes this song special for learners is its blend of dark humor and pure energy, making the learning process both memorable and incredibly fun.

[English]

Off with your head

Dance til you're dead

Heads will roll

Heads will roll

Heads will roll

On the floor

Glitter on the wet streets

Silver over everything

The river's all wet

You're all chrome

Dripping with alchemy

Shiver stop shivering

The glitter's all wet

You're all chrome

The men cry out the girls cry out

The men cry out the girls cry out

The men cry out, oh no

The men cry out the girls cry out

The men cry out the girls cry out

The men cry out, oh no

Oh oh! Oh!

Oh oh! Oh!

Off, off with your head

Dance, dance til you're dead (dead)

Heads will roll

Heads will roll

Heads will roll

On the floor

Looking glass

Take the past

Shut your eyes

Realize

Looking glass

Take the past

Shut your eyes

Realize

...

Glitter on the wet streets

Silver over everything

The river's all wet

You're all chrome

You're all chrome

...

Oh!

Oh oh!

Off, off, off with your head

Dance, dance dance til you're dead

Off, off, off with your head

Dance, dance, dance til you're dead

Off, off, off with your head

Dance, dance, dance til you're dead

Off, off, off with your head

Dance, dance, dance til you're dead

Off, off, off with your head

Dance, dance, dance til you're dead

Off, off, off with your head

Dance, dance, dance til you're dead

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Off with your head

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The phrase uses the imperative mood to give a direct command, 'off' acting as the command with 'with your head' as the object.

• Dance til you're dead

  ➔ Present Simple with Future Meaning

  ➔ The present simple verb 'dance' is used to describe a future action, implying continuity until the condition 'you're dead' is met.

• Heads will roll

  ➔ Future Simple

  ➔ The future simple tense 'will roll' predicts an action that will happen in the future, emphasizing inevitability.

• Glitter on the wet streets

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ The prepositional phrase 'on the wet streets' provides additional information about the location of the glitter.

• You're all chrome

  ➔ Present Continuous for a State

  ➔ The present continuous 'you're all chrome' describes a current state rather than an action, emphasizing the appearance.

• The men cry out, oh no

  ➔ Interjection

  ➔ The interjection 'oh no' expresses sudden emotion or reaction, adding emphasis to the sentence.

• Looking glass, take the past

  ➔ Imperative Mood with Object

  ➔ The imperative 'take' is used with an object 'the past', giving a direct command to act upon something specific.

• Shut your eyes, realize

  ➔ Coordinate Clause

  ➔ The two imperative verbs 'shut' and 'realize' are coordinated without a conjunction, indicating two separate but related actions.