Oblivion – English Lyrics

• By: Bastille
• Album: &

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[ON RADIO]: ♪ We'll see that we need them to be who we are ♪

♪ Without them, we'd be doomed ♪ -[BREATHES ANXIOUSLY]

♪ There's a hole in my soul ♪

♪ I can't fill it, I can't fill it ♪

♪ And there's a hole in my soul ♪

♪ Can you fill it? Can you fill it? ♪

[MUSIC FADES] - [ENGINES RUMBLE]

[MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY OVER PA]

[CROWD CHEERS FAINTLY]

[CROWD WHOOP]

♪ When you fall asleep ♪

♪ With your head upon my shoulder ♪

♪ When you're in my arms ♪

♪ But you've gone somewhere deeper ♪

♪ Are you going to age with grace? ♪

♪ Are you going to age without mistakes? ♪

♪ Are you going to age with grace? ♪

♪ Or only to wake and hide your face? ♪

♪ When oblivion ♪

♪ Is calling out your name ♪

♪ You always take it further ♪

♪ Than I ever can ♪

♪ When you play it hard ♪

♪ And I try to follow you there ♪

♪ It's not about control ♪

♪ But I turn back when I see where you go ♪

♪ Are you going to age with grace? ♪

♪ Are you going to leave a path to trace? ♪

♪ When oblivion ♪

♪ Is calling out your name ♪

♪ You always take it further ♪

♪ Than I ever can ♪

♪ When oblivion ♪

♪ Is calling out your name ♪

♪ You always take it further ♪

♪ Than I ever can ♪

[♪♪♪]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
oblivion /əˈblɪv.i.ən/ C1	noun - the state of being forgotten or unknown
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being
hole /hoʊl/ A2	noun - an opening or empty space in something
fill /fɪl/ A2	verb - to make something full or to occupy all of its space
age /eɪdʒ/ B1	verb - to grow older noun - a particular period of someone's life
grace /ɡreɪs/ C1	noun - elegant beauty of movement or form; also a favor or blessing
mistake /mɪˈsteɪk/ B1	noun - an error or fault verb - to do something incorrectly
hide /haɪd/ A2	verb - to conceal or keep out of sight
face /feɪs/ A2	noun - the front part of the head verb - to confront or deal with something
call /kɔːl/ A2	verb - to utter a name or to summon noun - a phone conversation; a shout
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word by which a person or thing is known verb - to give a name to something
take /teɪk/ A1	verb - to acquire possession of something
further /ˈfɜːrðər/ B2	adjective - more distant in space or time
control /kənˈtroʊl/ B2	noun - the power to direct or influence something verb - to manage or direct
turn /tɜːrn/ A2	verb - to rotate or change direction noun - an opportunity to act or a period of time in a sequence
path /pæθ/ B1	noun - a way or track made for walking or traveling
trace /treɪs/ B2	verb - to follow or find the course of something noun - a very small amount or sign of something
deeper /ˈdiːpər/ B2	adjective - more profound or farther down
asleep /əˈsliːp/ B1	adjective - not awake; sleeping