KILL YOUR CONSCIENCE – English Lyrics

• By: Shinedown
• Album: ATTENTION ATTENTION

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Beast mode, everybody striking a pose

Everybody's taxing my soul

They say it's all the rage, to never act your age

So what you're gonna hit me with next?

Darwin or a Crucifix?

So why you wanna do me like this?

It's always so extreme, but what's it really mean?

When you're begging for a brick

Just to throw it back and forth

And you call each other sick

Yeah, you're coming back for more

Back for more of what you love

Back for more of what you hate

You can't stop (stop, stop)

'Cause you're already too late

So you kill your conscience, cry yourself to sleep

Kill your conscience, better you than me

You're all plugged in, ready and rehearsed

Do your best, do your worst, show me where it hurts

Kill your conscience

Kill your conscience

Yeah, you're all plugged in, ready and rehearsed

Do your best, do your worst, show me where it hurts

Good luck (good luck)

Everybody's passing the buck (the buck)

Praying that they're making the cut (the cut)

They'll sell you by the pound and keep you underground

While you're scratching at the gates

Sscreaming, "Come on, let me in!"

Like a fully-loaded zombie throwing caution to the wind

Back for more of what you love

Back for more of what you hate

You can't stop, stop, stop

'Cause you're already too late

So you kill your conscience, cry yourself to sleep

Kill your conscience, better you than me

You're all plugged in, ready and rehearsed

Do your best, do your worst, show me where it hurts

Kill your conscience

Kill your conscience

Yeah, you're all plugged in, ready and rehearsed

Do your best, do your worst, show me where it hurts

...

Kill your conscience, cry yourself to sleep

Kill your conscience, better you than me

You're all plugged in, ready and rehearsed

Do your best, do your worst, show me where it hurts

Kill your conscience

Kill your conscience

Yeah, you're all plugged in, ready and rehearsed

Do your best, do your worst, show me where it hurts

Kill your conscience

Kill your conscience

Kill your conscience

Kill your conscience

Kill your conscience

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
kill /kɪl/ B1	verb - to cause the death of verb - to destroy or end something
conscience /ˈkɒnʃəns/ C1	noun - a person's moral sense of right and wrong
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being
extreme /ɪkˈstriːm/ B2	adjective - very great or intense
begging /ˈbeɡɪŋ/ A2	verb - to ask for something earnestly or humbly
brick /brɪk/ A2	noun - a rectangular block of baked clay used for building
hate /heɪt/ A2	noun - intense dislike verb - to feel intense dislike for
stop /stɒp/ A1	verb - to cease an action
sleep /sliːp/ A1	noun - a natural state of rest verb - to rest with eyes closed
plugged /plʌɡd/ B1	adjective - connected to a power source
rehearsed /rɪˈhɜːrst/ B2	adjective - practiced beforehand
worst /wɜːrst/ A2	adjective - of the lowest quality or most undesirable
hurts /hɜːts/ A2	verb - to cause pain
buck /bʌk/ B1	noun - responsibility
sell /sel/ A2	verb - to exchange for money
scratching /ˈskrætʃɪŋ/ A2	verb - to scrape or rub with a rough object
wind /wɪnd/ A1	noun - moving air
zombie /ˈzɒmbi/ B2	noun - a reanimated corpse

Key Grammar Structures

• You're all plugged in, ready and rehearsed

  ➔ Adjective + and + adjective (coordinate adjectives)

  ➔ This structure links two adjectives that equally describe the noun, emphasizing multiple qualities.

• Do your best, do your worst, show me where it hurts

  ➔ Imperative verb + object + conjunction + imperative verb + object

  ➔ This pattern issues commands or requests, often listing multiple actions or options connected by commas.

• It's always so extreme, but what's it really mean?

  ➔ Interrogative + noun + , + coordinating conjunction + interrogative + verb

  ➔ This structure forms a question by starting with an interrogative, then includes additional elements to seek clarification.

• When you're begging for a brick

  ➔ Conditional clause + present participle + for + noun

  ➔ This construction describes an action happening under certain conditions, often using present participles to indicate ongoing actions.

• So why you wanna do me like this?

  ➔ Interrogative + subject + auxiliary verb + base verb + object

  ➔ This is a question structure that inquiries about the reason or motivation behind an action, often using informal language.