In Pieces – English Lyrics

• By: Linkin Park
• Album: Minutes to Midnight

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw energy of Linkin Park's early work. 'In Pieces' is a perfect example of early 2000s alternative rock, offering a great opportunity to learn English vocabulary related to emotions, mental states, and internal conflict through its powerful lyrics.

[English]

Telling me to go

But hands beg me to stay

Your lips say that you love

...

Your eyes say that you hate

There's truth in your lies

Doubt in your faith

What you build you lay to waste

There's truth in your lies

Doubt in your faith

All I've got's what you didn't take

So I, I won't be the one

Be the one to leave this

In pieces

And you, you will be alone

Alone with all your secrets

And regrets, don't lie

...

You promised me the sky

Then tossed me like a stone

You wrap me in your arms

And chill me to the bone

There's truth in your lies

Doubt in your faith

All I've got's what you didn't take

So I, I won't be the one

Be the one to leave this

In pieces

And you, you will be alone

Alone with all your secrets

And regrets, don't lie

...

So I, I won't be the one

Be the one to leave this

In pieces

And you, you will be alone

Alone with all your secrets

And regrets, don't lie

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
telling /ˈtɛlɪŋ/ A1	verb - To communicate information or instructions
hands /hændz/ A1	noun - The end part of a person's arm
hate /heɪt/ A2	verb - To feel intense dislike for
truth /truːθ/ A2	noun - The quality of being in accordance with fact or reality
lies /laɪz/ A2	noun - Intentionally false statements
doubt /daʊt/ B1	noun - A feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction
faith /feɪθ/ B1	noun - Complete trust or confidence in someone or something
build /bɪld/ A2	verb - To construct something
waste /weɪst/ B1	verb - To use or expend carelessly or extravagantly
pieces /ˈpiːsɪz/ A2	noun - Portions or parts of a whole
secrets /ˈsiːkrɪts/ A2	noun - Things that are kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others
regrets /rɪˈɡrɛts/ B1	noun - Feelings of sadness or disappointment over something that has happened
promised /ˈprɒmɪst/ A2	verb - To assure someone that one will do something
tossed /tɒst/ B2	verb - To throw something somewhere lightly or casually
chill /tʃɪl/ B2	verb - To make someone feel very cold

Key Grammar Structures

• Telling me to go

  ➔ Participle phrase acting as an adverbial clause

  ➔ "Telling" is a present participle used here to describe an ongoing action or a state, equivalent to 'While you are telling me...'

• All I've got's what you didn't take

  ➔ Relative clause with 'what' (nominal relative clause)

  ➔ "What you didn't take" acts as the complement of the verb 'is', meaning 'the thing(s) that you didn't take'.

• I won't be the one to leave this in pieces

  ➔ Infinitive phrase as an adjective modifier

  ➔ "To leave this in pieces" modifies "the one", specifying what type of person the subject will not be.

• You will be alone with all your secrets

  ➔ Prepositional phrase expressing state/condition

  ➔ "With all your secrets" describes the condition in which "you" will be alone.

• You promised me the sky

  ➔ Ditransitive verb (Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object)

  ➔ "Me" is the indirect object (receiver) and "the sky" is the direct object (thing given/promised).

• Then tossed me like a stone

  ➔ Simile using 'like'

  ➔ "Like a stone" is used to vividly compare the way the subject was discarded to the act of throwing a stone.

• You wrap me in your arms

  ➔ Prepositional phrase denoting inclusion/containment

  ➔ "In your arms" indicates the space or vessel where the action (wrap) occurs.

• And chill me to the bone

  ➔ Idiomatic expression with preposition of degree/extent

  ➔ "To the bone" is an idiomatic way to describe an intense depth of feeling, meaning 'deeply' or 'thoroughly'.