Killing Time – English Lyrics

• By: Papa Roach
• Album: EgoTrip

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Papa Roach's "Killing Time" and discover the raw emotion and creative energy born from pandemic isolation. Explore how the band blends nu-metal with personal reflection, offering listeners a powerful anthem about the search for purpose and the struggle against feeling lost. Perfect for understanding emotional expression and musical evolution in times of uncertainty.

[English]

Why do I feel

Like I'm constantly scratching the surface

I hate how I deal

With myself when I don't have a purpose

I have been killing my time

I've been in my bedroom losing my mind

Trying treat a head wound that I can't find

That I can't find

Where is it?

Yeah I've been killing my time

Put me in a grave, bury me alive

I don't wanna lay down, no I won't lie

No I won't lie

In the blink, of an eye

Of a storm, I feel nothing

Is it me, or am I

Falling off, into nothing

I have been killing my time

I have been, I have been killing my time

Killing my time, killing my time

I have been, I have been killing my time

I have been killing my time

I have been, I have been killing my time

Killing my time, killing my time

I have been, I have been killing my time

Straight to the core

Cut the chase, set the pace, let me face it

With my face to the floor

And my teeth biting down on the pavement

I have been killing my time

Spinning these plates up inside my mind

Gotta keep up never fall behind, never fall behind

No slipping yeah

I have been killing my time

Put it on a tombstone after I die

No I wasn't perfect but I still tried

To lead a good life

In the blink, of an eye

Of a storm, I feel nothing

Is it me, or am I

Falling off, into nothing

I have been killing my time

I have been, I have been killing my time

Killing my time, killing my time

I have been, I have been killing my time

I have been killing my time

I have been, I have been killing my time

Killing my time, killing my time

I have been, I have been killing my time

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
killing /ˈkɪlɪŋ/ B1	verb - to cause the death of verb - to destroy or end something
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
purpose /ˈpɜːrpəs/ B2	noun - the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experience.
wound /wuːnd/ B1	noun - an injury, typically a cut, contusion, or break in the skin.
grave /ɡreɪv/ B2	noun - a hole dug in the ground for burying a corpse. adjective - serious or solemn in manner or appearance.
storm /stɔːrm/ A2	noun - a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ A2	verb - move downwards, typically rapidly and without control.
core /kɔːr/ B2	noun - the central or most important part of something.
pace /peɪs/ B1	noun - the speed or rate at which someone or something moves.
face /feɪs/ A1	noun - the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin. verb - to confront or deal with a problem or difficult situation.
teeth /tiːθ/ A1	noun - hard, bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of most vertebrates, used for biting and chewing.
pavement /ˈpeɪvmənt/ B1	noun - a hard surface on a road or in a public place.
plates /pleɪts/ A2	noun - a flat dish, typically circular, from which food is eaten or served.
behind /bɪˈhaɪnd/ A1	adverb - at or to the back of.
perfect /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/ B1	adjective - having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.

Key Grammar Structures

• Why do I feel

  ➔ Inversion with question word

  ➔ This sentence uses inversion because it starts with the question word "Why". The auxiliary verb "do" comes before the subject "I".

• Like I'm constantly scratching the surface

  ➔ Present Continuous with adverb of frequency.

  ➔ The phrase "I'm constantly scratching" uses the present continuous tense ("am scratching") with the adverb of frequency "constantly" to describe an action happening repeatedly or continuously.

• I have been killing my time

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  ➔ This sentence uses the present perfect continuous tense "have been killing" to describe an action that started in the past and is continuing to the present or has recently stopped.

• Put me in a grave, bury me alive

  ➔ Imperative sentences and passive voice.

  ➔ This line contains two imperative sentences ("Put" and "bury") giving commands. Although not explicit here, the passive voice is implied in "bury me alive" (I am being buried).

• I don't wanna lay down, no I won't lie

  ➔ Contractions and modal verb

  ➔ Uses contractions like "don't" and "won't." "Won't" is the contracted form of "will not", a modal verb expressing future.

• In the blink, of an eye

  ➔ Noun phrase with prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase consists of a noun phrase "the blink" modified by the prepositional phrase "of an eye" which provides context.

• Is it me, or am I

  ➔ Subject-auxiliary inversion in a question (or indirect question)

  ➔ The question uses subject-auxiliary inversion. "Is" (auxiliary verb) comes before "it" and "am" (auxiliary verb) comes before "I", signaling a question.

• Falling off, into nothing

  ➔ Gerunds and prepositional phrase

  ➔ "Falling" is a gerund. It's followed by the prepositional phrase "into nothing", indicating the direction or result.

• Straight to the core

  ➔ Adverbial phrase of direction

  ➔ The phrase "straight to the core" functions as an adverbial phrase, indicating the direction or destination. "Straight" is an adverb modifying the action described or understood.