Tangerine Rays – English Lyrics

• By: Zedd, Bea Miller, ellis
• Album: TELOS

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the nostalgic soundscape of “Tangerine Rays” by Zedd, Bea Miller, and Ellis, where electronic beats meet heartfelt lyrics about lost innocence. Explore the poignant use of imagery and metaphor, and discover how the artists blend genres to evoke a powerful sense of longing and the desire to return to simpler times .

[English]

Sweet innocent child asleep

Deep in a starless retreat

I never knew what to believe in

So every other dream

Shadows a bad memory

Shaped like a darkening breeze

Praying on angels still breathing

Your silent touch awakes

A vision entangled in faith

The pain, fire unraveling waves

Turn me around

Break me down

I need you to take me right back to the beginning

Sweet innocent child at peace

Dawn a vermillion street

Heard a familiar greeting

So every other day

Signs of a dangerous change

All of my tangerine rays

Frozеn in moments of grieving

Your silent touch awakes

A chеmical cleanse in my brain

The pain, I wish it was fading way

Turn me around

Break me down

I need you to take me right back to the beginning

I miss the waves

Of tangerine rays

I need you to take me right back to the beginning

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Sweet innocent child asleep

  ➔ Predicative Adjective

  ➔ The adjective "asleep" describes the "child" and follows the noun it modifies, often implying a verb like "is" or "was".

• I never knew what to believe in

  ➔ Noun Clause with "what to + infinitive"

  ➔ The phrase "what to believe in" functions as the direct object of the verb "knew", acting like a noun.

• Shaped like a darkening breeze

  ➔ Participles as Adjectives (Past & Present)

  ➔ "shaped" (past participle) describes the form of the memory, while "darkening" (present participle) describes the quality of the "breeze".

• Praying on angels still breathing

  ➔ Present Participle Phrase (Adverbial/Adjectival)

  ➔ "Praying on angels" describes an ongoing action related to the subject. "still breathing" is a present participle phrase modifying "angels", indicating their state.

• A vision entangled in faith

  ➔ Past Participle as an Adjective

  ➔ "entangled" (past participle) describes the "vision", indicating its state or characteristic.

• I need you to take me right back to the beginning

  ➔ Verb + Object + Infinitive & Adverbial Phrase for Emphasis

  ➔ The verb "need" is followed by an object ("you") and then an infinitive clause ("to take me..."). "Right back" emphasizes the return to the original position.

• Frozen in moments of grieving

  ➔ Past Participle as an Adjective & Gerund as a Noun

  ➔ "Frozen" describes the state of the "tangerine rays". "grieving" is a gerund functioning as a noun within the prepositional phrase "moments of grieving".

• The pain, I wish it was fading way

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood / Unreal Past with "wish"

  ➔ "I wish it was fading way" uses the past tense "was" to express a desire for a current situation to be different, implying it is not actually fading (away).