Rowing – English Lyrics

• By: Soundgarden

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into the metaphorical depths of Soundgarden's "Rowing", a compelling track that uses the imagery of rowing to explore life's persistent struggles. Through its evocative lyrics, discover how the song encourages perseverance, offering a unique perspective on facing life's uncertainties. It's a great song to learn the importance of metaphors and descriptive language.

[English]

(audience cheering)

(brooding rock music)

♪ Don't know where I'm going ♪

♪ I just keep on rowing ♪

♪ I just keep on pulling ♪

♪ Gotta row ♪

♪ Don't know where I'm going ♪

♪ I just keep on rowing ♪

♪ I just keep on pulling ♪

♪ Gotta row ♪

♪ Moving is breathing and living is life ♪

♪ Stopping is dying ♪

♪ You'll be all right ♪

♪ Life is a hammer waiting to drop ♪

♪ The boat's in the shallows and the rowing won't stop ♪

♪ Don't know where I'm going ♪

♪ I just keep on rowing ♪

♪ I just keep on pulling ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Gotta row ♪

♪ Don't know where I'm going ♪

♪ I just keep on rowing ♪

♪ I just keep on pulling ♪

♪ Gotta row ♪

♪ Can't see the sky ♪

♪ Nothing's on the horizon ♪

♪ Can't feel my hands, and the water keeps rising ♪

♪ Can't fall asleep or I'll wake up dead ♪

♪ I just keep pulling ♪

♪ I just keep rowing ♪

♪ Don't know where I'm going ♪

♪ I just keep on rowing ♪

♪ I just keep on pulling ♪

♪ Gotta row ♪

♪ Don't know where I'm going ♪

♪ I just keep on rowing ♪

♪ I just keep on pulling ♪

♪ Gotta row ♪

♪ Rowing is living, and living is hard ♪

♪ But living beats losing all that we are ♪

♪ All that we know of ♪

♪ All that we feel ♪

♪ All we remember ♪

♪ Imagined or real ♪

♪ All we remember, imagined or real ♪

♪ I heard an echo, but the answer had changed ♪

♪ From the word I remember I started out saying ♪

♪ Living is cheating if you're not pulling oars ♪

♪ But the current is leaving ♪

♪ I'll get mine ♪

♪ You'll get yours ♪

♪ Oh, you'll get yours ♪

♪ Rowing is bleeding ♪

♪ Bleeding is breathing ♪

♪ Breathing is feeling ♪

♪ Burning or freezing ♪

♪ Keep getting dirty, but I started out clean ♪

♪ Keep on pulling, I keep on pulling ♪

♪ I keep on rowing, I keep on rowing ♪

♪ I keep on rowing, I keep on rowing ♪

♪ I keep on rowing ♪

♪ Keep ♪

♪ Keep on rowing ♪

♪ Don't know where I'm going ♪

♪ I just keep on rowing ♪

♪ I just keep on pulling ♪

♪ Gotta row ♪

♪ Don't know where I'm going ♪

♪ I just keep on rowing ♪

♪ I just keep on pulling ♪

♪ Gotta row ♪

♪ Don't know where I'm going ♪

♪ I just keep on rowing ♪

♪ I just keep on pulling ♪

♪ Gotta row ♪

♪ Don't know where I'm going ♪

♪ I just keep on rowing ♪

♪ I just keep on pulling ♪

♪ Gotta row ♪

♪ Don't know where I'm going ♪

♪ I just keep on rowing ♪

♪ I just keep on pulling ♪

♪ Gotta row ♪

♪ Don't know where I'm going ♪

♪ I just keep on rowing ♪

♪ I just keep on pulling ♪

♪ Gotta row ♪

(audience cheering)

- Thank you very much.

Hopefully we'll see you soon.

Our record comes out tomorrow, all right. Thank you.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rowing /ˈroʊɪŋ/ B1	verb - to propel a boat through water using oars noun - the action or sport of propelling a boat using oars
pulling /ˈpʊlɪŋ/ A1	verb - to exert force on something to move it toward oneself
going /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/ A1	verb - to move or travel from one place to another
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter
breathing /ˈbriːðɪŋ/ A1	verb - taking air into the lungs and expelling it noun - the process of taking air into the lungs
living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ A1	verb - to be alive adjective - alive
dying /ˈdaɪɪŋ/ B1	verb - reaching the end of life
stopping /ˈstɑːpɪŋ/ A1	verb - ceasing to move or act
moving /ˈmuːvɪŋ/ A1	verb - changing position adjective - causing emotion
hammer /ˈhæmər/ A2	noun - a tool with a heavy metal head verb - to hit repeatedly
boat /boʊt/ A1	noun - a small vessel for traveling on water
shallows /ˈʃæloʊz/ B2	noun - areas of water that are not deep
sky /skaɪ/ A1	noun - the region of the atmosphere above the earth
horizon /həˈraɪzən/ B1	noun - the line where the earth meets the sky
water /ˈwɔːtər/ A1	noun - a colorless transparent liquid
rising /ˈraɪzɪŋ/ A2	verb - moving upward
dead /dɛd/ A1	adjective - no longer alive
echo /ˈɛkoʊ/ B1	noun - a sound caused by reflection of sound waves verb - to repeat a sound
answer /ˈænsər/ A1	noun - a response to a question verb - to respond to a question
oars /ɔːrz/ B2	noun - poles with flat blades used for rowing a boat