Rise Again – English Lyrics

• By: Apocalyptica, Epica

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

My world is caving in

It holds me back and I can't breathe

Let me go

The shadow's closing in

And takes the light away from me

I am fading

Can I fight this pain inside or forever hide?

Have I lost my mind? I'm falling

All this time I didn't see what you did to me

Couldn't break me free, you're holding

Oh, dear world, can you see me now?

There's no more air left here to breathe

I don't know what to believe

Won't you hear me screaming out?

I feel so lost and numb inside

Will I ever rise again?

How can I face the truth

When I'm alone with all the guilt

That you gave me?

Your judgment tore me down

Cutting through just like a sword

And I let you

Is it me or is it you? Everything falls apart

If I won't believe you

My heart, racing, letting go of my past, of your grasp

All the weight that you put on me

And I know now I fight this pain inside, I will never hide

I have found my mind, I'm flying higher

Oh, dear world, can you see me now?

There's no more air left here to breathe

I don't know what to believe

Won't you hear me screaming out?

I feel so lost and numb inside

Will I ever rise?

Oh, dear world, now you'll see me clear

There's so much air left here to breathe

Now I know what to believe

You shall hear me scream and shout

I feel so loved and strong inside

You will see me rise again

I will rise again

The rain inside my heart

Has gone away, no tears will flow

I let you go

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rise /raɪz/ A1	verb - to move from a lower to a higher position
pain /peɪn/ A1	noun - a strongly unpleasant bodily sensation
fight /faɪt/ A1	verb - to take part in a physical conflict
lost /lɔst/ A1	adjective - unable to find one's way or whereabouts
numb /nʌm/ B1	adjective - deprived of the power of sensation or feeling
guilt /ɡɪlt/ B1	noun - a feeling of having done wrong or failed in a duty
judgment /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/ B2	noun - the ability to judge or make decisions
torn /tɔːrn/ B1	adjective - split or ripped into pieces
grasp /ɡræsp/ B1	verb - to take hold of something firmly
weight /weɪt/ A1	noun - a measure of how heavy an object is
fading /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/ B1	verb - to gradually grow faint or disappear
screaming /ˈskriːmɪŋ/ A2	verb - to utter a long, loud, piercing cry
sword /sɔːrd/ A1	noun - a weapon with a long blade for cutting or thrusting
flying /ˈflaɪɪŋ/ A1	verb - to move through the air with wings
breath /brɛθ/ A1	noun - the air taken into or expelled from the lungs

Key Grammar Structures

• My world is caving in

  ➔ Present continuous passive / progressive verb phrase

  ➔ The verb "caving" is in the **present continuous** form showing an ongoing action, and the whole phrase "is caving in" acts as a **passive** description of the world.

• Can I fight this pain inside or forever hide?

  ➔ Modal verb + base verb (infinitive without 'to') and parallel infinitives

  ➔ The modal **can** is followed by the base verbs **fight** and **hide** (without "to"), forming a question that presents two possible actions in parallel.

• Will I ever rise again?

  ➔ Future simple with modal verb "will" + base verb

  ➔ The auxiliary **will** forms the **future simple**; it is followed by the base verb **rise**, asking about a future possibility.

• I don't know what to believe

  ➔ Negative present simple + noun clause with infinitive "to"

  ➔ The verb phrase **don't know** is in the negative present simple. It is followed by a **noun clause** "what to believe", where **to** introduces the infinitive **believe**.

• If I won't believe you

  ➔ First conditional with future in the if‑clause (using "won't")

  ➔ The clause **If I won't believe you** uses the future negative **won't** in the **if‑clause**, which is a less common but possible form of the **first conditional** expressing a future condition.

• I'm flying higher

  ➔ Present continuous (progressive) for ongoing action

  ➔ The contraction **I'm** + **flying** forms the **present continuous**, indicating that the speaker is in the middle of the action of "flying" and that the altitude is increasing.

• There’s so much air left here to breathe

  ➔ "There is/are" + quantifier + infinitive phrase

  ➔ The existential construction **There’s** (there is) is followed by the quantifier **so much**, the noun **air**, and the infinitive phrase **to breathe**, indicating the amount of air available for breathing.

• I let you go

  ➔ Phrasal verb "let go" (causative) + object pronoun

  ➔ The verb **let** followed by the object **you** and the infinitive **go** forms the phrasal verb **let you go**, meaning to allow someone to leave or release them.