Risk – English Lyrics

• By: Metric
• Album: Art of Doubt

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into Metric's introspective track 'Risk' and uncover the nuances of love, loss, and modern connection. This song serves as a poignant exploration of relationship dynamics, inviting listeners to reflect on their own experiences while learning the language of emotional complexity .

[English]

So you've gone away

Something brought you back

To the kid that you were

For a couple days

Everything you lacked

You possessed, it was yours

Started slow, started late

Started strong, then we lost faith

Started slow, started to lose control

The more we accelerate

...

With your hollow eyes

You keep coming back

It begins to transform

Can you spend the night?

Can you be the raft

In the eye of the storm?

Started slow, started late

Started strong, then we lost faith

Started slow, started to lose control

The more we accelerate, the more we accelerate

Can I send this kiss right to you now?

'Cause the risk belongs with you somehow

Can I return this kiss that you gave?

Already know it's borrowed anyway

Was the risk I sent to you received?

All the words we say to be believed

I'm already over the thrill of pursuit

Where can I take the risk I took with you?

Send this kiss to someone new

...

So you're beaten up

But you bounce back

It's all part of the pull

And the story runs

Like a soundtrack

We repeat 'til we're full

Started slow, started late

Started strong, then we lost faith

Started slow, started to lose control

The more we accelerate, the more we accelerate

...

Can I send this kiss right to you now?

'Cause the risk belongs with you somehow

Can I return this kiss that you gave?

Already know it's borrowed anyway

Was the risk I sent to you received?

All the words we say to be believed

I'm already over the thrill of pursuit

Where can I take the risk I took with you?

Send this kiss to someone new

...

So there's no way to hide

Find some daylight

There's another way to leave the Garden of Eden

And I'm inclined to try

Find some daylight

Hollow eyes

There's another way to leave the Garden of Eden

And I'm inclined to try

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
risk /rɪsk/ B2	noun - the possibility of loss or injury verb - to expose oneself to danger or risk
accelerate /əkˈsɛlrəˌdeɪt/ B2	verb - to increase in speed
transform /trænsˈfɔːrm/ B2	verb - to change in form or appearance
possess /pəˈzɛs/ B2	verb - to have or own something
control /kənˈtroʊl/ B2	noun - the power to influence or direct behavior verb - to regulate or supervise
believe /bɪˈliːv/ B2	verb - to accept as true or real
borrow /ˈbɒroʊ/ B2	verb - to take something temporarily
believe /bɪˈliːv/ B2	verb - to accept as true or real
hide /haɪd/ B2	verb - to put out of sight
leave /liːv/ A2	verb - to go away from
find /faɪnd/ A2	verb - to discover or locate
hide /haɪd/ B2	verb - to conceal or camouflage

Key Grammar Structures

• So you've gone away

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present perfect tense to indicate an action that has relevance to the present.

• Can you be the raft in the eye of the storm?

  ➔ Modal verb 'can'

  ➔ The use of 'can' expresses ability or possibility.

• The more we accelerate, the more we accelerate

  ➔ Comparative structure

  ➔ This structure emphasizes the relationship between two actions, indicating that as one increases, so does the other.

• I'm already over the thrill of pursuit

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The present continuous tense is used to describe an action that is currently ongoing or a state that is currently true.

• Was the risk I sent to you received?

  ➔ Passive voice

  ➔ The passive voice is used to focus on the action and the recipient rather than the doer.

• There's another way to leave the Garden of Eden

  ➔ Existential 'there'

  ➔ The existential 'there' is used to indicate the existence of something.