Surrender – English Lyrics

• By: Darude, Ashley Wallbridge, Foux

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the power of unity through the uplifting sounds of "Surrender." This progressive trance anthem by Darude and Ashley Wallbridge, featuring the soaring vocals of Foux, is a perfect song to learn about perseverance and mutual support. Its clear and repetitive chorus makes it a great tool for English language learners to pick up empowering vocabulary in a musical context.

[English]

I got no alibi

To save me anymore

We're breathing in the vices

That held us down before

It's taken all that I have

To keep believing that

Naked hearts made of glass

Won't stop beating

...

When the lights go out

You know that we're in this together

As I lose myself

Even when I'm falling, we won't surrender

...

When the lights go out

You know that we're in this together

As I lose myself

Even when I'm falling, we won't surrender

...

When the lights go out

You know that we're in this together

As I lose myself

Even when I'm falling, we won't surrender

When the lights go out

You know that we're in this together

As I lose myself

Even when I'm falling, we won't surrender

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
alibi /ˈælɪbaɪ/ B2	noun - Proof that you were in another place at the time a crime was committed; an excuse for an action.
save /seɪv/ A2	verb - To rescue someone or something from danger or harm; to keep safe or protect.
breathe /briːð/ A2	verb - To take air into the lungs and then expel it.
vice /vaɪs/ B2	noun - Immoral or wicked behavior; a bad habit or trait.
hold /həʊld/ A1	verb - To grasp, carry, or support something. verb - To keep someone or something in a particular position or state, often by force or suppression (as in 'held us down').
take /teɪk/ A1	verb - To acquire or get possession of something; to carry. verb - To exhaust or consume entirely (as in 'taken all that I have').
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A1	verb - To accept that something is true or real; to have faith in someone or something.
naked /ˈneɪkɪd/ B1	adjective - Without clothes; exposed or vulnerable; undisguised.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - The muscular organ that pumps blood through the body; the emotional or spiritual center of a person.
glass /ɡlɑːs/ A1	noun - A hard, brittle, transparent material; a drinking vessel made of this material.
stop /stɒp/ A1	verb - To cease an activity or movement; to prevent something from continuing.
beat /biːt/ A2	verb - To strike repeatedly; to pulsate rhythmically (like a heart).
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible; a device producing illumination.
lose /luːz/ A1	verb - To be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something); to be defeated.
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - To move downwards, typically rapidly and freely without control; to drop.
surrender /səˈrendər/ B1	verb - To cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority; to give up or yield. noun - The act of surrendering.

Key Grammar Structures

• I got no alibi

  ➔ Simple present (negative)

  ➔ I "got" no alibi.

• To save me anymore

  ➔ Infinitive phrase (purpose)

  ➔ "To save" me anymore.

• We're breathing in the vices

  ➔ Present continuous (progressive)

  ➔ We’re "breathing" in the vices.

• That held us down before

  ➔ Relative clause (past simple)

  ➔ That "held" us down before.

• It's taken all that I have

  ➔ Present perfect (has + past participle)

  ➔ It’s "taken" all that I have.

• To keep believing that

  ➔ Infinitive + gerund phrase (purpose)

  ➔ "To keep believing" that.

• Naked hearts made of glass

  ➔ Past participle used as adjective

  ➔ Naked hearts "made" of glass.

• When the lights go out

  ➔ Temporal clause with simple present

  ➔ When the lights "go" out.

• Even when I'm falling, we won't surrender

  ➔ Concessive clause + future simple (negative)

  ➔ Even when I'm falling, we "won't surrender".