Hi-Lo – English Lyrics

• By: Evanescence, Lindsey Stirling
• Album: Synthesis

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I don't know your heart

I don't know where to begin

But I could feel you erasing the rivers I'd drawn in

The more I stood still

The faster you were running

You don't know how it feels crawling under your skin

So far, so far away

Don't you know we could be

High or low

You never fell beneath me

And I gave up on you, but I never forgot you

I can't be your friend

Hold your hand while you bleed

There's nothing left to give you

Nothing more I need

Time to let it sleep

Oh, the damage was real

But nothing cut me so deep I could not heal

Don't you know we could be

High or low

You never fell beneath me

And I gave up on you, but I never forgot you

High or low

You never fell beneath me

And I gave up on you

But I never forgot

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
feel /fiːl/ B1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
know /nəʊ/ A2	verb - to have information about something
heart /hɑːt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood; emotional center
begin /bɪˈɡɪn/ A2	verb - to start something
river /ˈrɪvər/ A2	noun - a large natural stream of water
draw /drɔː/ B1	verb - to produce a picture or diagram
running /ˈrʌnɪŋ/ B1	verb (gerund) - to move swiftly on foot
crawl /krɔːl/ B2	verb - to move forward on hands and knees
skin /skɪn/ B2	noun - the outer layer of an organism
fell /fɛl/ B2	verb (past tense of fall) - to drop intentionally or by accident
deep /diːp/ B2	adjective - extending far down from the surface
heal /hiːl/ C1	verb - to become healthy or healthy again
damage /ˈdæmɪdʒ/ B2	noun/verb - physical harm caused to something

Key Grammar Structures

• I could feel you erasing the rivers I'd drawn in

  ➔ Past Continuous + Past Perfect

  ➔ "erasing" shows ongoing past action. "I'd drawn" (I had drawn) indicates action completed before another past action

• The more I stood still, the faster you were running

  ➔ Comparative Structure (The more... the more...)

  ➔ Parallel structure showing proportional relationship. "The more" modifies "stood still", "the faster" modifies "were running"

• Don't you know we could be High or low

  ➔ Negative Question + Modal Verb

  ➔ "Don't you know" creates rhetorical emphasis. "Could" expresses hypothetical possibility

• I gave up on you, but I never forgot you

  ➔ Coordinating Conjunction (Contrast)

  ➔ "But" contrasts two opposing ideas: "gave up" vs "never forgot"

• Hold your hand while you bleed

  ➔ Imperative + Time Clause

  ➔ "Hold" is imperative mood. "While" introduces simultaneous action in subordinate clause

• There's nothing left to give you

  ➔ Existential 'There' + Adjective Infinitive

  ➔ "There's" indicates existence. "Left" functions as adjective modifying "nothing". Infinitive "to give" shows purpose

• Nothing cut me so deep I could not heal

  ➔ Result Clause (Implied 'that')

  ➔ "So deep" introduces result clause "I could not heal" without explicit conjunction "that"

• I never forgot you

  ➔ Simple Past (Negative)

  ➔ "Forgot" is irregular past tense. "Never" emphasizes permanent negation of the action