Never Again – English Lyrics

• By: Breaking Benjamin
• Album: Dark Before Dawn

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is an immersive experience, and Breaking Benjamin's "Never Again" offers a gateway into the emotive and powerful world of modern rock. The song's lyrics, while accessible, are filled with intense verbs and evocative adjectives that can enrich your vocabulary. What makes this song special for learners is its clear, passionate vocal delivery, allowing you to easily follow along and grasp the raw emotion, which is a key aspect of mastering any language.

[English]

[electric guitar]

♪ Carry me under ♪

♪ Leave me abandoned ♪

♪ Show me what's left ♪

♪ Beautiful anger ♪

♪ Breaking the pattern ♪

♪ Show me what's left ♪

♪ Show me what's left ♪

♪ Take the color from your eyes ♪

♪ I bleed for you ♪

♪ I bleed for you ♪

♪ Bring the broken back to life ♪

♪ We'll make it through ♪

♪ Empty and perfect ♪

♪ Shattered and worthless ♪

♪ Show me what's left ♪

♪ Dragging me further ♪

♪ Forget to remember ♪

♪ Show me what's left ♪

♪ Take the color from your eyes ♪

♪ I bleed for you ♪

♪ Bring the broken back to life ♪

♪ We'll make it through ♪

♪ Never again ♪

♪ Time will not take the life from me ♪

♪ Never again ♪

♪ Time will not take the life from me ♪

♪ And after this world is out of reach ♪

♪ Sober and silent faded and violent ♪

♪ Hopeless I fight to fall between ♪

♪ Never surrender out of the embers ♪

♪ Save a space inside for me ♪

♪ Take the color from your eyes ♪

♪ I bleed for you ♪

♪ Bring the broken back to life ♪

♪ We'll make it through ♪

♪ Never again ♪

♪ Time will not take the life from me ♪

♪ Never again ♪

♪ Time will not take the life from me ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
carry /ˈkæri/ A2	verb - to hold something while moving it from one place to another
abandoned /əˈbændənd/ B2	adjective - left behind; deserted verb (past participle) - to leave someone or something behind
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfl/ B1	adjective - pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically
anger /ˈæŋɡər/ B1	noun - a strong feeling of displeasure or hostility verb - to make someone angry
pattern /ˈpætərn/ B2	noun - a repeated decorative design or a regular way in which something happens
bleed /bliːd/ B1	verb - to lose blood from the body noun (informal) - a period of loss, especially of money or resources
broken /ˈbroʊkən/ B2	adjective - having been fractured or damaged and no longer whole verb (past participle of break) - to cause something to separate into pieces
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the existence of an individual human being or animal
empty /ˈɛmpti/ A2	adjective - containing nothing; not filled or occupied
perfect /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/ B1	adjective - without any flaws or defects; complete
shattered /ˈʃætərd/ C1	adjective - broken into many pieces; completely destroyed
worthless /ˈwɜːrθləs/ C1	adjective - having no value or usefulness
forget /fərˈɡɛt/ B1	verb - to fail to remember
remember /rɪˈmɛm.bər/ B1	verb - to bring to mind again; retain in memory
hopeless /ˈhoʊplɪs/ C1	adjective - without hope; despairing
fight /faɪt/ B1	verb - to engage in physical or verbal conflict noun - a violent confrontation or struggle
surrender /sərˈɛndər/ B2	verb - to give up or hand over to another noun - the act of giving up or yielding
embers /ˈɛmbərz/ C1	noun (plural) - small glowing pieces of coal or wood in a dying fire
save /seɪv/ B1	verb - to keep safe from harm, loss, or danger noun (informal) - a successful defensive play in sports, or a saved data file
space /speɪs/ A1	noun - a continuous area that is free, available, or unoccupied verb - to arrange with spaces between items

Key Grammar Structures

• ♪ Leave me abandoned ♪

  ➔ Causative verb 'leave' + object + past participle (adjective).

  ➔ The structure "leave + object + past participle" means to cause someone or something to remain in a particular state. Here, "abandoned" describes the state the speaker is left in.

• ♪ Show me what's left ♪

  ➔ Imperative verb + indirect object + noun clause (embedded question).

  ➔ "Show" is an imperative verb. "me" is the indirect object. The phrase "what's left" functions as a noun clause, acting as the direct object and representing an embedded question (What is left?).

• ♪ Breaking the pattern ♪

  ➔ Present participle phrase acting descriptively or as a gerund phrase.

  ➔ The phrase "Breaking the pattern" uses a present participle ("-ing" form) which can describe an ongoing action or function as a gerund, referring to the act itself. In this context, it likely describes an action being performed or a concept.

• ♪ Bring the broken back to life ♪

  ➔ Imperative verb + phrasal verb + nominalized adjective.

  ➔ "Bring" is an imperative verb. "Bring back" is a phrasal verb meaning to restore. "The broken" is a nominalized adjective, referring to 'broken people' or 'broken things' as a group.

• ♪ We'll make it through ♪

  ➔ Future simple (contraction) + phrasal verb.

  ➔ "We'll" is the contraction of "we will", indicating the future simple tense. "Make it through" is a phrasal verb meaning to succeed in dealing with a difficult situation.

• ♪ Forget to remember ♪

  ➔ Imperative verb + infinitive complement, highlighting contrasting meanings.

  ➔ This line uses two verbs with opposite meanings, "forget" and "remember", with "to remember" acting as an infinitive complement to "forget", creating a paradoxical or ironic statement.

• ♪ Time will not take the life from me ♪

  ➔ Future simple (negative) + phrasal verb.

  ➔ "Will not take" expresses a negative future action. "Take from" is a phrasal verb meaning to remove something from someone or something.

• ♪ And after this world is out of reach ♪

  ➔ Temporal clause with 'after' + idiomatic expression.

  ➔ The clause "after this world is out of reach" specifies a time. "Out of reach" is an idiom meaning no longer accessible or attainable.

• ♪ Hopeless I fight to fall between ♪

  ➔ Adjective placed at the beginning of a clause for emphasis, followed by subject-verb-infinitive.

  ➔ The adjective "Hopeless" is placed at the start of the clause for dramatic effect or emphasis, instead of the more typical "I fight hopelessly". The verb "fight" is followed by an infinitive phrase "to fall between", indicating purpose or result.

• ♪ Never surrender ♪

  ➔ Negative imperative.

  ➔ This is a strong command or instruction not to do something. "Never" is used to emphasize the absolute prohibition.