Hush – English Lyrics

• By: Muse, Ellie Goulding
• Album: The Wow! Signal

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the powerful world of English alternative rock and pop with 'Hush'. This collaboration is perfect for learners to practice understanding emotional nuance and atmospheric storytelling in English, while experiencing the unique vocal chemistry between Muse and Ellie Goulding.

[English]

I

It's coming closer. Quiet. The cobra

can't keep composure.

I want to feel it. Silence the giant.

Just let the light in. Secrets to keep.

I want to feel it. Forget the world

together. Choke out the noise forever.

Forget the world together just for a

moment. It's getting too loud.

yourself. Free yourself.

Take a breath and

It's coming closer. Please still brea

slower. Show some composure.

I want to feel the silence is

everything.

To focus adrenaline.

The silence is everything.

I know you need it. Forget the together.

You got the noise forever. Forget the

world

just forever.

yourself.

Take a breath.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat up here.

Take a breath and hush.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Closer /ˈkloʊsər/ A2	adjective - nearer in distance or time
Cobra /ˈkoʊbrə/ C1	noun - a highly venomous snake
Composure /kəmˈpoʊʒər/ C1	noun - the state or feeling of being calm and in control
Silence /ˈsaɪləns/ A2	noun - complete absence of sound verb - to prohibit or prevent from speaking
Giant /ˈdʒaɪənt/ B1	noun - a person or thing of unusually great size
Secrets /ˈsiːkrɪts/ A2	noun - things that are kept hidden from others
Choke /tʃoʊk/ B2	verb - to have difficulty breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat
Moment /ˈmoʊmənt/ A1	noun - a very brief period of time
Loud /laʊd/ A1	adjective - producing or capable of producing much noise
Breath /brɛθ/ B1	noun - air taken into or expelled from the lungs
Slower /ˈsloʊər/ A1	adjective - moving or happening at a low speed
Focus /ˈfoʊkəs/ B2	verb - to pay particular attention to
Adrenaline /əˈdrɛnəlɪn/ C1	noun - a hormone secreted in response to stress
Heat /hiːt/ A2	noun - the quality of being hot; high temperature verb - to make or become warm or hot
Hush /hʌʃ/ C1	verb - to make or become quiet

Key Grammar Structures

• It's coming closer.

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The structure "is coming" describes an action that is currently in progress near the speaker.

• The cobra can't keep composure.

  ➔ Modal verb of inability

  ➔ "Can't" (cannot) is used here to indicate that the subject lacks the ability to maintain composure.

• I want to feel it.

  ➔ Infinitive as an object

  ➔ "To feel" is an infinitive phrase acting as the direct object of the verb "want."

• Just let the light in.

  ➔ Imperative mood (Command/Suggestion)

  ➔ The verb "let" is in the base form to give a command or suggest an action to the listener.

• Forget the world together.

  ➔ Imperative sentence

  ➔ The speaker uses the imperative "forget" to invite someone to share an experience of detachment.

• It's getting too loud.

  ➔ Present Continuous (Change of state)

  ➔ "Is getting" indicates a gradual change or an increasing intensity of the situation.

• Please still breathe slower.

  ➔ Adverb modifying a verb

  ➔ "Slower" is a comparative adverb modifying how the action of breathing should be performed.

• I know you need it.

  ➔ Relative clause with omitted 'that'

  ➔ The relative pronoun "that" is implied between "know" and "you," connecting the main clause to the object clause.