The Antidote – English Lyrics

• By: Simple Plan

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Simple Plan's "The Antidote," a powerful pop-punk anthem about finding your lifeline in challenging times. Explore the song's heartfelt lyrics and discover how it offers a message of hope and connection, reminding us that we're not alone in our struggles and that music can be 'the antidote' .

[English]

I'm caught up in a life that I wish I could erase

I want to disappear, want to leave without a trace

I'm looking in the mirror but I can't see through the pain

So I take another pill and I hope it goes away

'Cause my broken pieces don't fit in

Every time I feel alone

Like the walls are caving in

Like I never win

Like it's crawling under my skin

You're the antidote

Even when it hurts the most

And I'm trying to find a way

But there's no escape

Like a poison filling my veins

You're the antidote (you're the antidote)

How do I go on when my dreams are ripped and torn?

I'm tired and I don't wanna fake it anymore

When it's all too much and I feel like I'm about to break

You always come around and the darkness fades away, fades away

Every time I feel alone

Like the walls are caving in

Like I never win

Like it's crawling under my skin

You're the antidote

Even when it hurts the most

And I'm trying to find a way

But there's no escape

Like a poison filling my veins

You're the antidote

You're the antidote

Every time I feel alone

Like the walls are caving in

Like I never win

Like it's crawling under my skin

You're the antidote

Even when it hurts the most (even when it hurts the most)

And I'm trying to find a way

But there's no escape

Like a poison filling my veins

You're the antidote

(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh) you're the antidote

(Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh) you're the antidote

You're the antidote

You're the antidote

You're the antidote

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
erase /ɪˈreɪs/ B1	verb - to rub out or remove writing or marks.
disappear /ˌdɪsəˈpɪər/ B1	verb - to cease to be visible.
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort.
pill /pɪl/ A2	noun - a small, solid dose of medicine.
pieces /ˈpiːsɪz/ A1	noun - fragments or parts of something broken.
alone /əˈloʊn/ A1	adjective - having no one else present.
walls /wɔːlz/ A1	noun - vertical structures defining an area.
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B1	verb - to get away from confinement. noun - the act of getting away.
poison /ˈpɔɪzən/ B1	noun - a substance that causes illness or death.
veins /veɪnz/ B2	noun - blood vessels that carry blood to the heart.
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
torn /tɔːrn/ B1	adjective - damaged by being pulled apart.
tired /ˈtaɪərd/ A1	adjective - feeling a need to rest.
fake /feɪk/ B1	verb - pretend to be something one is not. adjective - not genuine.
break /breɪk/ A1	verb - to separate into pieces.
darkness /ˈdɑːrknəs/ B1	noun - the state or quality of being dark.
fade /feɪd/ B1	verb - to gradually become less visible.
antidote /ˈæntɪdoʊt/ C1	noun - a medicine to counteract a poison.

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm caught up in a life that I wish I could erase

  ➔ Present Simple passive with a relative clause and wish

  ➔ The sentence uses 'I'm **caught up**' (present simple passive) and a relative clause 'that I wish I could erase' to describe a situation. 'Wish' expresses a desire for something unreal.

• I'm looking in the mirror but I can't see through the pain

  ➔ Present Continuous and modal verb of ability

  ➔ Uses the **present continuous** 'I'm looking' and modal verb 'can't' to describe an ongoing action and a lack of ability.

• So I take another pill and I hope it goes away

  ➔ Present Simple and conjunctions

  ➔ Uses present simple 'I **take**' and 'I **hope**', linked by the conjunction 'and' and 'so'.

• 'Cause my broken pieces don't fit in

  ➔ Cause (short for because) and Present Simple with negative form

  ➔ Uses 'Cause' (short for because) and 'don't fit' (present simple, negative form) to provide a reason.

• Every time I feel alone

  ➔ Every time + Present Simple

  ➔ Uses the phrase 'Every time' followed by the present simple tense 'I **feel**' to describe a repeated action or situation.

• Like the walls are caving in

  ➔ Present Continuous, figurative language (simile)

  ➔ Uses present continuous 'are **caving in**' to describe a metaphoric situation and expresses a simile with the word 'like'.

• You're the antidote

  ➔ Present Simple - to be

  ➔ A simple statement using the present simple tense of the verb 'to be'.

• Even when it hurts the most

  ➔ Subordinating Conjunction

  ➔ Uses the subordinating conjunction 'when' to introduce a dependent clause, describing the condition under which the antidote works.

• And I'm trying to find a way

  ➔ Present Continuous with infinitive

  ➔ Uses the present continuous tense and an infinitive verb 'to find' to describe an ongoing action with a purpose.