One Day The Only Butterflies Left Will Be In Your Chest As You March Towards Your Death – English Lyrics

• By: Bring Me The Horizon
• Album: POST HUMAN : SURVIVAL HORROR

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into "One Day The Only Butterflies Left Will Be In Your Chest As You March Towards Your Death," a powerful and emotional journey through themes of environmental destruction and the delicate balance between humanity and nature. Its profound lyrics, delivered through the captivating duet of Oli Sykes and Amy Lee, offer a rich opportunity to explore English vocabulary related to environmentalism, human impact, and deep emotional expression. The unique collaboration and the song's atmospheric, ballad-like style make it a compelling piece for language learners to engage with and understand nuanced English storytelling.

[English]

On the verge of no return, why'd you keep fucking it up?

Don't wanna have to bury you, but nothing seems to get through your skull

One day, the only butterflies left will be in your chest

As you march towards your death, breathing your last breath

I hate to say, "I told you so", but look how the bruises show

Tell me, how is it gonna feel without my arms wrapped around, wrapped around you?

Bet it feels pretty real when your skin starts to peel from the bone

You were dead to the world, now I'm dead to you

Haunting your own house, nothing to lose

How did I let you sink your fangs so deep? Ah

You know you can't breathe on your own

Past the point of rescuing, why'd I keep pushing my luck?

The hole I wore into your soul has got too big to overlook

One day, the only butterflies left will be in our chests

As we march towards our death, breathing our last breath

I thought we had a future, but we ain't got a chance in hell

So tell me, how is it gonna feel without my arms wrapped around, wrapped around you?

Bet it feels pretty real when your skin starts to peel from the bone

You were dead to the world, now I'm dead to you

Haunting your own house, nothing to lose

I let you sink your fangs so deep, ah

You know you can't breathe on your own

How can you breathe on your own?

The sun is setting on our love, I fear

Letting our loneliness out into the atmosphere

The tides have turned in on our chance to turn it 'round

I never thought I'd see my fingernails fall out

Love isn't in the air, love isn't in the air

Love isn't in the air, love isn't in the air

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
butterfly /ˈbʌtərflaɪ/ B1	noun - a flying insect with large, often colorful wings
march /mɑːrtʃ/ B1	verb - to walk with regular and measured steps
death /dɛθ/ A2	noun - the end of life
breathe /briːð/ B1	verb - to take air into the lungs and then expel it
skin /skɪn/ A1	noun - the outer covering of a person or animal
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being
bruise /bruːz/ B2	noun - an injury appearing as a purple or blue mark on the skin
loneliness /ˈloʊnlinəs/ B2	noun - the state of being alone and feeling sad about it
atmosphere /ˈætməsfɪr/ B2	noun - the envelope of gases surrounding the earth
chance /tʃæns/ A2	noun - a possibility of something happening
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ A2	noun - the time that will come after the present
fear /fɪr/ A2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous

Key Grammar Structures

• Why'd you keep fucking it up?

  ➔ contraction of 'why did you'

  ➔ Uses the contraction "Why'd" which combines 'why' and 'did' to form a question in past tense.

• the hole I wore into your soul has got too big to overlook

  ➔ present perfect tense for 'has got'

  ➔ 'has got' is used here as an informal equivalent of 'has' indicating possession or state, in the present perfect tense.

• how is it gonna feel without my arms wrapped around, wrapped around you?

  ➔ informal future intention with 'gonna'

  ➔ 'gonna' is an informal contraction of 'going to', indicating future intention or prediction.

• Love isn't in the air, love isn't in the air

  ➔ present simple tense for negation

  ➔ Uses the present simple tense with negation 'is not' to state a general truth or fact in the negative form.

• The sun is setting on our love, I fear

  ➔ present continuous tense for 'is setting'

  ➔ 'is setting' is in the present continuous tense, indicating an ongoing action happening now.

• The tides have turned in on our chance to turn it 'round

  ➔ present perfect tense for 'have turned'

  ➔ 'have turned' is in the present perfect tense, indicating an action that has recently completed with relevance to the present.

• Love isn't in the air, love isn't in the air

  ➔ present simple tense for negation

  ➔ Uses the present simple tense with negation 'is not' to state a general truth or fact in the negative form.