RADIOACTIVE – English Lyrics

• By: MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
• Album: Electra Heart

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Marina and the Diamonds' "Radioactive" to explore the electrifying world of 'Electra Heart' and expand your English vocabulary related to emotions, metaphors, and cultural commentary. This track offers a unique blend of pop sensibilities with deeper thematic explorations, making it a captivating listen for language enthusiasts.

[English]

 ♪♪ 

 ♪ Lying on a fake beach ♪ 

 ♪ You'll never get a tan ♪ 

 ♪ Baby I'm gonna leave you drowning until you reach for my hand ♪ 

 ♪ In the night your heart is full and by the morning empty (Love, love, oh, oh oh) ♪ 

 ♪ But baby I'm the one who left you ♪ 

 ♪ You're not the one who left me (Love, love, oh, oh oh) ♪ 

 ♪ When you're around me, I'm radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ My blood is burning, radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ I'm turning radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ My blood is radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ My heart is nuclear ♪ 

 ♪ Love is all that I fear ♪ 

 ♪ I'm turning radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ My blood is radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ Waiting for the night fall, for my heart to light up ♪ 

 ♪ Oh baby I want you to die for, for you to die for my love ♪ 

 ♪ In the night your heart is full and by the morning empty (Love, love, oh oh oh) ♪ 

 ♪ But baby I'm the one who left you ♪ 

 ♪ You're not the one who left me (Love, love, oh oh oh oh) ♪ 

 ♪ When you're around me, I'm radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ My blood is burning, radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ I'm turning radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ My blood is radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ My heart is nuclear ♪ 

 ♪ Love is all that I fear ♪ 

 ♪ Ready to be let down ♪ 

 ♪ Now I'm heading for a meltdown ♪ 

 ♪♪ 

 ♪ Tonight I feel like neon gold ♪ 

 ♪ I take one look at you and I grow cold ♪ 

 ♪ And I grow cold ♪ 

 ♪ And I grow cold ♪ 

 ♪♪ 

 ♪ When you're around me, I'm radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ My blood is burning, radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ I'm turning radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ My blood is radioactive ♪ 

 ♪ My heart is nuclear ♪ 

 ♪ Love is all that I fear ♪ 

 ♪ Ready to be let down ♪ 

 ♪ And now I'm heading for a meltdown ♪ 

 ♪♪ 

 ♪ My heart is nuclear ♪ 

 ♪ Love is all that I fear ♪ 

♪♪ 

Key Grammar Structures

• Lying on a fake beach

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous tense with 'lying' to describe an action happening now.

• You'll never get a tan

  ➔ Future Simple with 'will'

  ➔ The sentence uses 'will' to express a future prediction or certainty.

• In the night your heart is full and by the morning empty

  ➔ Present Simple with 'is'

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple with 'is' to describe a general truth or habitual action.

• When you're around me, I'm radioactive

  ➔ Present Contracted Form

  ➔ The sentence uses contracted forms 'you're' and 'I'm' for a more informal and natural sound.

• My heart is nuclear

  ➔ Adjective Placement

  ➔ The adjective 'nuclear' follows the noun 'heart' to describe its quality.

• Ready to be let down

  ➔ Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ The phrase uses the to-infinitive 'to be let down' to express purpose or result.

• Tonight I feel like neon gold

  ➔ Simile with 'like'

  ➔ The phrase uses 'like' to compare the feeling to 'neon gold'.

• And now I'm heading for a meltdown

  ➔ Present Continuous for Future

  ➔ The present continuous 'I'm heading' is used to describe a future action that is planned.