Parasite Eve – English Lyrics

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

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the English language with Bring Me The Horizon's "Parasite Eve," a song that masterfully blends vivid, apocalyptic imagery with pressing social commentary. This track offers a unique opportunity to explore vocabulary related to crisis, society, and technology, all while being carried by a powerful and dynamic rock sound. Its direct and thought-provoking lyrics make it a compelling piece for language learners to dissect and discuss.

[English]

(choir singing in Bulgarian)

(brooding electronic music) ♪ I've got a fever ♪

♪ Don't breathe on me ♪

♪ I'm a believer in nobody ♪

♪ Won't let me leave 'cause I've seen something ♪

♪ Hope I don't sneeze, I don't ♪

♪ Achoo ♪

♪ Really, we just need to fear something ♪

♪ Only pretending to feel something ♪

♪ I know you're dying to run ♪

♪ I wanna turn you around ♪

♪ Please remain calm ♪

♪ The end has arrived ♪

♪ We cannot save you ♪

♪ Enjoy the ride ♪

♪ This is the moment you've been waiting for ♪

♪ Don't call it a warning ♪

♪ This is a war ♪

(lively metal music) ♪ It's the Parasite Eve ♪

♪ Got a feeling in your stomach ♪

♪ 'Cause you know that it's coming for you ♪

♪ Leave your flowers and grieve ♪

♪ Don't forget what they told you, hey, hey ♪

♪ When we forget the infection ♪

♪ Will we remember the lesson ♪

♪ If the suspense doesn't kill you ♪

♪ Something else will, hey, hey ♪

♪ Move ♪

♪ I heard they need better signal ♪

♪ Put chip and pins in the needles ♪

♪ Quarantine all of those secrets ♪

♪ In that black hole you call a brain before it's too late ♪

♪ Really, we just wanna scream something ♪

♪ Only pretend to believe something ♪

♪ I know you're baying for blood ♪

♪ I wanna turn you around ♪

♪ Please remain calm ♪

♪ The end has arrived ♪

♪ We cannot save you ♪

♪ Enjoy the ride ♪

♪ This is the moment you've been waiting for ♪

♪ Don't call it a warning ♪

♪ This is a war ♪

♪ It's the Parasite Eve ♪ ♪ Got a feeling in your stomach ♪

♪ 'Cause you know that it's coming for you ♪

♪ Leave your flowers and grieve ♪

♪ Don't forget what they told you, hey, hey ♪

♪ When we forget the infection ♪

♪ Will we remember the lesson ♪

♪ If the suspense doesn't kill you ♪

♪ Something else will, hey, hey ♪

♪ It's the Parasite Eve ♪ ♪ Got a feeling in your stomach ♪

♪ 'Cause you know that it's coming for you ♪

♪ Leave your flowers and grieve ♪

♪ Don't forget what they told you, hey, hey ♪

♪ When we forget the infection ♪

♪ Will we remember the lesson ♪

♪ If the suspense doesn't kill you ♪

♪ Something else will ♪

♪ You can board up your windows ♪

♪ You can lock up your doors, yeah ♪

♪ But you can't keep washing your hands of this shit anymore ♪

♪ When all the king's sources and all the king's friends ♪

♪ Don't know their arses from their pathogens ♪

♪ When life is a prison and death is the door ♪

♪ This ain't a warning ♪

♪ This is a war ♪

♪ War ♪

♪ This is a war ♪

♪ Hey, hey, oh, oh ♪

(brooding electronic music)

(lively metal music)

♪ It's the Parasite Eve ♪ ♪ Got a feeling in your stomach ♪

♪ 'Cause you know that it's coming for you ♪

♪ Leave your flowers and grieve ♪

♪ Don't forget what they told you, hey, hey ♪

♪ When we forget the infection ♪

♪ Will we remember the lesson ♪

♪ If the suspense doesn't kill you ♪

♪ Something else will, hey, hey ♪

♪ It's the Parasite Eve ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

♪ It's the Parasite Eve ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

♪ It's the Parasite Eve ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

(brooding music) ♪ We cannot save you ♪

♪ We cannot save you ♪

♪ We cannot save you ♪

♪ We cannot save you ♪

♪ We cannot save you ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
fever /ˈfiːvər/ A2	noun - a high body temperature, often during illness
sneeze /sniːz/ A2	verb - to suddenly blow air out through the nose
infection /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/ B1	noun - contamination with a disease-causing organism
signal /ˈsɪgnəl/ B1	noun - a sound or gesture that conveys information
quarantine /ˈkwɒrənˌtiːn/ B2	noun - a period of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
door /dɔːr/ A1	noun - a movable barrier that opens and closes to allow access
kill /kɪl/ A2	verb - to cause death
blood /blʌd/ A1	noun - the red liquid in the body
war /wɔːr/ B2	noun - a state of armed conflict between nations or groups
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - an emotional state or sensation
moment /ˈmoʊmənt/ A2	noun - a very short period of time
lesson /ˈlɛsn/ B1	noun - a period of teaching or learning
truth /truːθ/ B2	noun - the real facts about something

Key Grammar Structures

• I've got a fever

  ➔ Present Perfect tense

  ➔ The structure "I've got" is a contraction of "I have got," indicating possession or a condition that has relevance to the present.

• Don't breathe on me

  ➔ Imperative mood with negation

  ➔ The phrase is an imperative sentence with "Don't" (do not) initiating a command to not breathe on the speaker.

• I'm a believer in nobody

  ➔ Noun phrase with 'believer in' structure

  ➔ The phrase "a believer in nobody" is a noun phrase indicating someone who does not have faith in anything or anyone.

• Hope I don't sneeze, I don't

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with negation

  ➔ The phrase "Hope I don't sneeze" uses a subjunctive-like expression to express a wish or hope in the negative form.

• We cannot save you

  ➔ Modal verb 'cannot' indicating inability or prohibition

  ➔ The modal verb "cannot" expresses inability to perform the action or prohibition against it.

• Enjoy the ride

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The phrase "Enjoy the ride" is an imperative sentence, giving a command or encouragement to experience something positively.

• The end has arrived

  ➔ Present perfect with 'has arrived'

  ➔ The phrase "has arrived" uses the present perfect tense to indicate that the end has come and is relevant to the present moment.