Psycho in my Head – English Lyrics

• By: Skillet
• Album: Dominion: Day of Destiny

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the raw energy of Skillet's "Psycho in My Head" while exploring the English language through its powerful and emotive lyrics. This song offers a unique opportunity to learn vocabulary related to inner conflict and resilience. Its direct and honest portrayal of a universal struggle makes it a compelling and relatable track for language learners.

[English]

Maybe I'm just paranoid

Or maybe I'm just living a lie

Can't stop this screamin' voice

Or maybe I'm just sick inside

This is the face, I hate the other side of me

Out of this cage, he breaks to take the life from me

Tell me, tell me, tell me I'm not crazy

There's a psycho in my head, I'm closer to the edge

Makin' me feel like I'm livin' in misery, misery

Insane, these voices in my brain

Startin' to feel like it's gonna be the death of me, death of me

There's a psycho in my, there's a psycho in my head

Livin' in hysteria

Nothin' makes much sense tonight

Maybe I'm too scared to trust

To stop the chaos in my mind

This is the face, I hate the other side of me

Help me believe, I need to see the light in me

Tell me, tell me, tell me I'm not crazy

There's a psycho in my head, I'm closer to the edge

Makin' me feel like I'm livin' in misery, misery

Insane, these voices in my brain

Startin' to feel like it's gonna be the death of me, death of me

There's a psycho in my, there's a psycho in my-

Maybe I'm just paranoid

Or maybe I'm just living a lie

Can't stop this screamin' voice

Or maybe I'm just sick inside

Yeah

I'm not crazy, I'm not crazy

But I might be

'Cause there's a psycho in my head, I'm closer to the edge

Makin' me feel like I'm livin' in misery, misery

Insane, these voices in my brain

Startin' to feel like it's gonna be the death of me, death of me

There's a psycho in my-

There's a psycho in my head

(Livin' in misery, misery, insane)

There's a psycho in my head

(Gonna be the death of me, death of me)

There's a psycho in my, there's a psycho in my head

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
psycho /ˈsaɪ.koʊ/ C1	noun - a mentally unstable or violent person
head /hɛd/ A1	noun - the upper part of the body containing the brain
edge /ɛdʒ/ B1	noun - the border or margin of something
misery /ˈmɪz.ə.ri/ C1	noun - extreme suffering or unhappiness
insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ B2	adjective - not of sound mind; crazy
voices /ˈvɔɪ.sɪz/ B1	noun - sounds made by humans when speaking or singing
brain /breɪn/ B1	noun - the organ inside the skull that controls thoughts and actions
death /dɛθ/ A2	noun - the end of life
paranoid /ˈpær.ə.nɔɪd/ C1	adjective - excessively suspicious or fearful of others
living /ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/ A1	verb - to be alive; to exist
sick /sɪk/ A2	adjective - ill; not healthy
scared /skɛrd/ A2	adjective - frightened; afraid
trust /trʌst/ B1	verb - to rely on someone or something with confidence noun - confidence in the reliability of someone or something
chaos /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/ C1	noun - complete disorder and confusion
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - visible illumination that makes things visible
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - to separate into pieces or cause something to separate
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
start /stɑːrt/ A1	verb - to begin to do something
scream /skriːm/ B1	verb - to shout loudly, especially in pain or fear
believe /bɪˈliːv/ B1	verb - to accept something as true

Key Grammar Structures

• Maybe I'm just paranoid

  ➔ Modal verb 'maybe' + 'be' + adjective (expressing possibility/speculation)

  ➔ 'Maybe' combined with 'I'm' (the verb 'to be') and an adjective ("paranoid") expresses a possibility or speculation about the speaker's current state or feeling.

• Can't stop this screamin' voice

  ➔ Modal verb 'can't' + Present Participle as Adjective

  ➔ 'Can't stop' expresses inability. "Screamin'" (a colloquial form of "screaming") is a present participle acting as an adjective, describing the "voice" as one that screams.

• This is the face, I hate the other side of me

  ➔ Implied Relative Clause (object omission)

  ➔ This sentence contains an implied relative clause. The relative pronoun 'that' or 'which' is omitted before "I hate," as it functions as the object of the verb "hate" and refers back to "the face."

• he breaks to take the life from me

  ➔ Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ The infinitive phrase "to take the life from me" is used here to express the purpose or reason for the action "he breaks." It answers the question 'Why does he break?'

• Makin' me feel like I'm livin' in misery

  ➔ Causative Verb 'make' + Object + Base Form of Verb + Present Continuous (colloquial)

  ➔ "Makin' me feel" (making me feel) uses the causative verb "make" followed by an object ("me") and the base form of a verb ("feel"). "Livin'" (living) is a colloquial form of the present participle used in the present continuous tense.

• Startin' to feel like it's gonna be the death of me

  ➔ Informal Future 'gonna' + Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ 'Gonna be' is an informal contraction of 'going to be,' used to express a future prediction or intention. "The death of me" is an idiomatic expression meaning something will cause great trouble, suffering, or even actual death.

• Nothin' makes much sense tonight

  ➔ Negative Subject ('Nothing') + Simple Present Tense + Quantifier ('much')

  ➔ "Nothin'" (nothing) acts as a singular negative subject, requiring a singular verb ("makes"). "Much" is used as a quantifier with uncountable nouns like "sense" in negative statements.

• Help me believe, I need to see the light in me

  ➔ Bare Infinitive after 'Help' + Infinitive of Necessity

  ➔ After the verb "help," a bare infinitive ("believe") can be used (without "to"). "I need to see" uses "need" followed by the infinitive "to see" to express necessity or a strong requirement.

• But I might be

  ➔ Modal Verb 'might' + Ellipsis (Omission of Main Verb)

  ➔ 'Might be' expresses possibility. The main verb (e.g., "crazy" from the previous line "I'm not crazy") is omitted for conciseness, a common grammatical device known as ellipsis, where the meaning is understood from context.