PRESSURE – English Lyrics

• By: Conquer Divide
• Album: Slow Burn

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into 'PRESSURE' by Conquer Divide, a powerful metalcore track that vividly expresses the universal struggle with self-doubt and societal expectations. Through its raw lyrics and dynamic vocals, this song offers a unique opportunity to connect with English vocabulary related to mental fortitude, frustration, and overcoming challenges, making it an engaging and relatable piece for language learners.

[English]

Blank pages, caffeine, and late nights

Running circles in your own mind

Invisible and you don't feel right

Wishing they could see straight through to you

Maybe the stars will all collide

But they're losing light from 9 to 5

Chasin' gold but where's the silver line?

Wishin' you were still twenty-two

Gotta get away right now

Gotta find a way somehow

To not let anybody hold you down

Wish I knew then what I know now

I'm tired of feeling lost inside

This pressure's eating me alive

Gotta find a way to free myself now

Your voice is getting too loud

This pressure's eating me alive

Head filled with big dreams and city lights

But your mind is always preoccupied

Easy saying that you're alright

It's anything and everything but true

You feel like dying on the inside

Chasing demons to get a rise

Why do we tell ourselves lies?

The ones that we could never live up to

I'm tired of feeling lost inside

This pressure's eating me alive

Gotta find a way to free myself now

Your voice is getting too loud

This pressure's eating me alive

I've been tested and beat down

And pushed to the brink

And my God, they waged all their wars on me

But I pulled myself up

Right out of the ruins

And I will build this empire, but I'm only human

Embrace the pressure

It's screaming out your name

Embrace the pressure

When it hits you like a tidal wave

I'm tired of feeling lost inside

This pressure's eating me alive

Gotta find a way to free myself now

Your voice is getting too loud

This pressure's eating me alive

I'm tired of feeling lost inside

This pressure's eating me alive

Gotta find a way to free myself now

Your voice is getting too loud

This pressure's eating me alive

It's eating me alive

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
mind /maɪnd/ A1	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - be aware of (something) through touching or being touched.
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
lost /lɒst/ A2	adjective - unable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts.
voice /vɔɪs/ A2	noun - the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song.
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
city /ˈsɪti/ A1	noun - a large town or urban area.
true /truː/ A1	adjective - in accordance with fact or reality.
alive /əˈlaɪv/ B1	adjective - living; not dead.
gold /ɡoʊld/ A1	noun - a yellow precious metal.
pressure /ˈpreʃər/ B2	noun - the exertion of force on something by something else that is in contact with it.
human /ˈhjuːmən/ A2	adjective - relating to or characteristic of people or human beings.
wars /wɔːrz/ B1	noun - a state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country.
ruins /ˈruːɪnz/ B2	noun - the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being decayed.

Key Grammar Structures

• Wishing they could see straight through to you

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (Type 2 - Unreal Past/Present)

  ➔ Uses "could see" (past subjunctive) to express a wish about a present situation that is contrary to reality. "Wishing" implies a desire for something that is currently not true. This is a common structure for expressing hypothetical or unreal desires.

• Chasin' gold but where's the silver line?

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of words) and Rhetorical Question

  ➔ The full sentence could be "We are chasin' gold, but where is the silver line?". The subject "We are" is omitted (ellipsis). The question is not intended to be answered but to make a point (rhetorical question).

• Wish I knew then what I know now

  ➔ Mixed Conditional (regret about the past)

  ➔ Expresses a wish/regret about a past action and its current consequence. "knew then" refers to a past state, and "what I know now" refers to the present. This structure is used to imagine how the present would be different if something had been different in the past.

• This pressure's eating me alive

  ➔ Present Continuous (metaphorical usage)

  ➔ "Eating me alive" is a metaphor. The present continuous emphasizes that the pressure is ongoing and actively destroying the speaker.

• Gotta find a way to free myself now

  ➔ "Gotta" (informal contraction of "got to") expressing necessity

  ➔ "Gotta" is an informal contraction meaning "have got to" or "have to", indicating a strong need or obligation. It emphasizes the urgency of the action.

• Head filled with big dreams and city lights

  ➔ Past Participle as Adjective

  ➔ "Filled" is a past participle acting as an adjective to describe the noun "head". It shows that the head is in a state of being filled.

• Easy saying that you're alright

  ➔ Subject-Verb Inversion (Ellipsis)

  ➔ The full sentence could be "It is easy saying that you're alright." The "It is" is omitted, creating a more informal and direct tone. This omission creates a structure where the adjective (Easy) comes before the implied subject (It).

• And my God, they waged all their wars on me

  ➔ Use of "waged" (past tense of "wage") to describe starting and continuing a war or conflict; Intensifier "all"

  ➔ "Waged" means "carried on" or "conducted." It suggests a sustained and deliberate effort to inflict harm or hardship. "All" emphasizes the totality and scale of the attacks, implying the speaker was subjected to every possible form of conflict.