Immortal – English Lyrics

• By: MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
• Album: FROOT

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the profound meaning behind Marina's "Immortal," a song that explores the desire for everlasting life and the importance of cherishing memories. Delve into its themes of love, loss, and legacy, and improve your English vocabulary through its evocative lyrics .

[English]

I wanna be immortal

Like a god in the sky

I wanna be a silk flower

Like I'm never gonna die

I wanna live forever

Forever in your heart

And we'll always be together

From the end to the start

That's what we do it for, to reserve a place

It's just another part of the human race

That's what we do it for, to reserve a space

In history, it's just part of the human race

Race

Race

I'm forever chasing after time

But everybody dies, dies

If I could buy forever at a price

I would buy it twice, twice

But if the Earth ends in fire

And the seas are frozen in time

There'll be just one survivor

The memory that I was yours and you were mine

Everybody dies, dies

Chasing after time, time

When you love somebody

They'll always leave too soon

But a memory, a memory

Can make a flower bloom

We wanna be remembered

Don't wanna live in vain

But nothing lasts forever

This world is in a losing game

I wanna mean something to somebody else

Feel a significance in the real world

It's not enough to live out a lucky life

I'm forever chasing after time

But everybody dies, dies

If I could buy forever at a price

I would buy it twice, twice

But if the Earth ends in fire

And the seas are frozen in time

There'll be just one survivor

The memory that I was yours and you were mine

Everybody dies, dies

Chasing after time, time

No, I don't wanna be afraid, afraid to die, die

I just wanna be able to say that I have lived my life, life

Oh, all these things that humans do

To leave behind a little proof

But the only thing that doesn't die is love, love, love, love, love

I'm forever chasing after time

But everybody dies, dies

If I could buy forever at a price

I would buy it twice, twice

But if the Earth ends in fire

And the seas are frozen in time

There'll be just one survivor

The memories of our lifetime, life

Everybody dies, dies, life

Chasing after time, time

So keep me alive

So keep me alive

So keep me alive, alive

Race, race, race, race

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Key Grammar Structures

• I wanna be immortal

  ➔ Modal verb 'wanna' (informal contraction of 'want to')

  ➔ The use of 'wanna' is informal and common in spoken English, replacing 'want to' for a more casual tone.

• Like a god in the sky

  ➔ Simile using 'like'

  ➔ The word 'like' is used to compare the speaker's desire to be immortal with the idea of being a god in the sky.

• If I could buy forever at a price

  ➔ Second conditional

  ➔ The second conditional is used to talk about hypothetical situations in the present or future that are unlikely to happen.

• But everybody dies, dies

  ➔ Emphasis through repetition

  ➔ The repetition of 'dies' emphasizes the inevitability of death, reinforcing the theme of mortality.

• The memory that I was yours and you were mine

  ➔ Relative clause

  ➔ The relative clause 'that I was yours and you were mine' provides additional information about the memory, specifying its nature.

• But nothing lasts forever

  ➔ Negative statement with 'nothing'

  ➔ The use of 'nothing' in a negative statement emphasizes the idea that no thing or situation can last indefinitely.

• So keep me alive, alive

  ➔ Imperative mood with repetition

  ➔ The imperative mood is used to give a command, and the repetition of 'alive' emphasizes the urgency and intensity of the request.