Lonely In Your Nightmare – English Lyrics

• By: Duran Duran
• Album: Rio

Lyrics & Translation

Unlock the poetic and heartfelt world of Duran Duran's "Lonely In Your Nightmare." This atmospheric ballad, with its intimate lyrics and evocative synth-pop sound, offers a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in English. You can learn expressive vocabulary related to emotions and relationships, and understand how the band crafts a powerful, narrative mood through carefully chosen words and a unique musical style. Discover the beauty of its plea for connection and let this song guide you through a rich linguistic and emotional experience.

[English]

Even on the darkest night

When empty promise means empty hand

Soldiers coming home

Like shadows turning red

And when the lights of hope

Are fading quickly then look to me

I'll be your homing angel

I'll be in your head

Because you're lonely in your nightmare

Let me in

And there's heat beneath your winter

Let me in

I see the delta traces

Living lonely out on the limb

And a passing glimmer

Warm beneath your skin

Please tread gently on the ground

When all around you earth turns to fire

Only get a second chance

When danger's on the wind

Because you're lonely in your nightmare

Let me in

Because there's heat beneath your winter

Let me in

And there's silence on your stone field

Let me in

Must be lucky weather

When you find the kind of wind that you need

Come on, show me all the light

And shade that made your name

I know you've got it in your head

I've seen that look before

You've built your refuge

Turns you captive all the same

Because you're lonely in your nightmare

Let me in

And it's barren in your garden

Let me in

Because there's heat beneath your winter

Let me in

Because you're so lonely in your nightmare

Let me in

Cause you've weathered through your ice days

Let me in

And it's cold out on your stone range

Let me in

Because there's heat beneath your winter

Let me in

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
nightmare /ˈnaɪt.mɛər/ B1	noun - a frightening dream; a very unpleasant or difficult experience
lonely /ˈloʊn.li/ A2	adjective - unhappy because you are not with other people; without companions
glimmer /ˈɡlɪm.ər/ B2	noun - a faint or wavering light; a faint or brief indication of something verb - to shine faintly or with a wavering light
tread /trɛd/ B1	verb - to walk in a specified way; to set foot
refuge /ˈrɛf.juːdʒ/ B2	noun - a safe place, especially from danger or difficulty; shelter or protection
captive /ˈkæp.tɪv/ B2	adjective - held as a prisoner; unable to escape or get away noun - a person who has been taken prisoner or confined
barren /ˈbær.ən/ C1	adjective - (of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation; (of a place or period) bleak and lifeless
weathered /ˈwɛð.ərd/ B2	verb - to survive a difficulty or danger; to be worn away or altered by exposure to the elements adjective - worn or damaged by exposure to the weather
delta /ˈdɛl.tə/ B2	noun - a triangular area of land formed at the mouth of a river where it splits into several distributaries
limb /lɪm/ B2	noun - a large branch of a tree; an arm or leg of a person or animal
homing /ˈhoʊ.mɪŋ/ B2	adjective - (of an animal) having the ability to return home; (of a device) designed to guide to a target
promise /ˈprɒm.ɪs/ A2	noun - a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen verb - to assure someone that one will or will not do something or that something will or will not happen
shadows /ˈʃæd.oʊz/ A2	noun - dark areas or shapes produced by an object blocking light; an area of darkness
fading /ˈfeɪd.ɪŋ/ B1	verb - gradually grow faint, dark, or disappear; lose color or brightness
silence /ˈsaɪ.ləns/ A2	noun - complete absence of sound; a period of not speaking
stone /stoʊn/ A1	noun - a hard, solid, nonmetallic mineral matter that forms rock; a piece of rock adjective - made of stone
heat /hiːt/ A2	noun - the quality of being hot; high temperature; warmth
winter /ˈwɪn.tər/ A1	noun - the coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring