Ribcage – English Lyrics

• By: Bella Poarch
• Album: Picnic at the Cemetery

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the atmospheric world of Bella Poarch with 'Ribcage.' This song is a perfect tool for English learners to study emotive vocabulary and metaphorical language, helping you understand how artists use body imagery to express complex psychological states.

[English]

[music]

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>> I think I sleep too much. Flowers

[music] have overgrown

under my bed.

>> [music]

>> My thoughts turn into dust. I watch them

decompose

inside [music] my head.

Come along. Do [music] you want to see?

Don't know what is wrong. What is wrong

with me? Think it's been too

long and I'm in too deep.

>> [music]

>> Think I'm

living in a dream.

>> [music]

>> Or

maybe it's a nightmare.

Is there another two? [music]

I think I want to die here.

>> [music]

>> I'm looking for my

remedy. I'm dying for my

>> [music]

>> promises. I don't want to

stay here.

>> [music]

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>> I don't like medicine.

I'd rather eat my brain cuz [music]

what's the use?

When [music] I wake up again, I'm

pouring down the drain. It's nothing

[music] new.

Come along. Do you want

to see? Don't [music] know what is

wrong. What is wrong with me? Think it's

been too

long

>> [music]

>> and I'm in too deep.

Oh.

Think I'm

living in a dream.

Or

>> [music]

>> maybe it's a nightmare.

Is there another [music]

two?

I think I want

to die here.

>> [music]

>> I'm looking for my

remedy. I'm dying for my

>> [music]

>> promises. I don't want to

stay here. I don't have a

home.

>> [music]

>> Or maybe it's a nightmare.

>> [music]

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
overgrown /ˌoʊvərˈɡroʊn/ B2	adjective - covered with plants that have grown too much
decompose /ˌdiːkəmˈpoʊz/ C1	verb - to decay or break down into parts
nightmare /ˈnaɪtˌmɛər/ B1	noun - a frightening or unpleasant dream or experience
remedy /ˈrɛmɪdi/ B2	noun - a medicine or treatment for a disease or condition
promises /ˈprɑməsɪz/ A2	noun - statements that something will be done or given
medicine /ˈmɛdəsən/ A2	noun - substances used to treat or prevent disease
pouring /ˈpɔːrɪŋ/ B1	verb - to flow rapidly in a steady stream
drain /dreɪn/ B2	noun - a pipe or channel for carrying off liquid
dust /dʌst/ A2	noun - fine, dry powder consisting of tiny particles
brain /breɪn/ A2	noun - the organ of soft nervous tissue in the skull
flowers /ˈflaʊərz/ A1	noun - the seed-bearing part of a plant
thoughts /θɔːts/ B1	noun - ideas or opinions produced by thinking