Imagination – English Lyrics

• By: Labrinth
• Album: Imagination & The Misfit Kid

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Imagination

Imagination

Only in my

imagination

Imagination

Imagination

Only in my

imagination

As the sun's lopsided and the birds fly sideways

And I shake the sky with a Heavenly smile on my face

And I draw the castles

And I spray paint Banksys and we live on L-O-V-E like it was our salaries

Imagination

Imagination

I live in this imagination

Now

Ain't you got a family to feed?

Fear

Ain't you got a momma to please?

Martin Luther I have a dream

I could put your face on the screen

So now that we're all done and you've finally made your decision, little one

We need you to sign here

here

and here

Guess you figured my two times two will always equate to one

Dream as a selfish

when it all comes down to it

I hope one of you come back to remind me of who I was

when I go disappearing

into that good night

Good night, good night

Sold my soul so my momma don't have to cry

Wondering when this feather gon' take me right back up to the sky

'Cause it's been too long

Usually, I wouldn't do this but uh

Say it!

Woo!

We made it

Hey, I love it when a plan comes together

Say it!

Woo!

We made it!

Say, I love it when a plan comes together

Hey, say it

Be careful what you wish for, son

You may wake up and one day you'll fucking get it

Oh, this shit is like a movie

Oh, I feel like Scorsese

Yeah, this shit is like a movie

I'm 'bout to find me some fake friends

Looking around for some yes men

They're gonna tell me that everything's alright

Start a party without them

Oh, this shit is like a movie

Mount Everest ain't got shit on me

Let your motherfucking...

Mount Everest ain't got shit on me

'Cause I'm on top of the world

I'm on top of the world, yeah

Mount Everest ain't got shit on me

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
imagination /ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən/ A2	noun - the ability to imagine things or form new ideas
lopsided /ˈlɒp.saɪdɪd/ B2	adjective - uneven or unbalanced in shape or proportions
sideways /ˈsaɪd.weɪz/ A2	adverb - toward one side; not forward or backward
shake /ʃeɪk/ A1	verb - to move or cause to move rapidly back and forth
heavenly /ˈhevənli/ B1	adjective - relating to heaven; extremely beautiful or delightful
spray /spreɪ/ A2	verb - to scatter (liquid) in drops
salary /ˈsæləri/ A2	noun - a fixed regular payment earned for work
disappearing /ˌdɪsəˈpɪrɪŋ/ A2	verb - to stop being visible or present
remind /rɪˈmaɪnd/ A2	verb - to make someone remember something
feather /ˈfɛðər/ A1	noun - one of the light, horny structures growing on the skin of birds
Scorsese /skɔːrˈsɛsi/ B2	noun - a reference to the filmmaker Martin Scorsese
Everest /ˈɛvərɪst/ B1	noun - the highest mountain in the world
top /tɒp/ A1	noun - the highest point of something
world /wɜːld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features

Key Grammar Structures

• And I shake the sky with a Heavenly smile on my face

  ➔ Simple present tense (habitual action) + prepositional phrase

  ➔ The verb "shake" is in the **simple present** to describe a repeated or vivid image.

• I could put your face on the screen

  ➔ Modal verb "could" + bare infinitive (ability or possibility)

  ➔ "could" expresses a **possibility** or conditional ability in the past or future.

• Guess you figured my two times two will always equate to one

  ➔ Imperative verb "Guess" + present simple + future "will" (prediction)

  ➔ "will" marks a **future certainty**: "will always equate".

• I hope one of you come back to remind me of who I was

  ➔ Verb "hope" + present simple clause (subjunctive-like) without "that"

  ➔ "come" is in the **present simple** after "hope" to express a wish about the future.

• Sold my soul so my momma don't have to cry

  ➔ Negative clause with "don't" + infinitive (purpose)

  ➔ "don't have" is a **negative present** form meaning “do not have”.

• Be careful what you wish for, son

  ➔ Imperative sentence + embedded indirect question "what you wish for"

  ➔ "what you wish for" functions as an **indirect question** acting as the object of "be careful".

• You may wake up and one day you'll fucking get it

  ➔ Modal verb "may" + base verb (possibility) + future "will" (certainty)

  ➔ "may" expresses **possibility**, while "will" signals a **future certainty**.

• I'm 'bout to find me some fake friends

  ➔ Construction "be about to" + infinitive (near future)

  ➔ "'bout to" is a colloquial contraction of "about to", indicating an action **about to happen**.

• Mount Everest ain't got shit on me

  ➔ Colloquial negative "ain't" + present perfect "got" (absence of something)

  ➔ "ain't got" is informal for **"does not have"**; the sentence means “nothing compares to me”.