The Rocks – English Lyrics

• By: 5 Seconds of Summer
• Album: EVERYONE’S A STAR!

Lyrics & Translation

Ready to dive into a track that captures the raw emotional power of modern pop-rock? Listen to 5 Seconds of Summer's 'The Rocks' to learn vocabulary related to anxiety, isolation, and emotional honesty (e.g., *isolation*, *reeling*, *catharsis*). Its gritty guitars and soaring, anthemic chorus make it a perfect song for practicing listening skills and understanding metaphors of shared struggle, such as the powerful central phrase, *'Throw myself onto the rocks.'*

[English]

作词 : Jake Sinclair/Luke Hemmings/Ashton Irwin/Simon Wilcox

作曲 : Jake Sinclair/Luke Hemmings/Ashton Irwin/Simon Wilcox

Keep waking up at 3 a.m.

I face regrets and plan revenge

You said that life's one hell of a ride

So why, why, why, why's it passing me by?

I feel a rush of emptiness

I shut my heart up like a fist

I said I'm on one hell of a dive

My eye, eye, eyes keep dimming the light

...

Don't you get sick of it?

Living in isolation

Cut off, cut off

Like an island nation

...

I can tell you're lost

I can see you're reeling

Drowning in a flood of a thousand feelings

I'll tell you I'm lost

In the world unknown

Throw myself onto the rocks

To make you feel

Less alone

Less alone

Less alone

...

Can't kick my way up out of the ditch

Can't kill my mind, it's at it again

Like no one ever felt like this

A lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, but it sticks

It hurts to look outside of myself

I search the world for somebody else

'Cause I can't take, take this feeling alone

It's like, like, like, like, like nobody knows

...

Don't you get sick of it?

Living in isolation

Cut off, cut off

Like an island nation

...

I can tell you're lost

I can see you're reeling

Drowning in a flood of a thousand feelings

I'll tell you I'm lost

In the world unknown

Throw myself onto the rocks

To make you feel

Less alone

Less alone

...

Waves can kill, they crush

Watch me as I disappear

Waves wash over us

But you and I

Are still here

...

I can tell you're lost

I can see you're reeling

Drowning in a flood of a thousand feelings

...

I'll tell you I'm lost

In the world unknown

Throw myself onto the rocks

To make you feel

Less alone

Less alone

Less alone

Throw myself onto the rocks

To make you feel

Less alone

Less alone

Less alone

Throw myself onto the rocks

To make you feel

Less alone

Less alone

Less alone

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
regret /rɪˈɡrɛt/ B2	noun - a feeling of sadness or disappointment about something that happened or was done verb - to feel sorry about something you have done or failed to do
revenge /rɪˈvɛndʒ/ B2	noun - the act of doing something harmful to someone because they harmed you first
isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/ B2	noun - the state of being alone or separated from others
drown /draʊn/ B1	verb - to die or cause to die by being underwater
flood /flʌd/ B1	noun - a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry
island /ˈaɪlənd/ A2	noun - a piece of land surrounded by water
nation /ˈneɪʃən/ B1	noun - a large group of people united by language, culture, and territory
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - an emotional state or reaction
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - without other people; by oneself
unknown /ˌʌnˈnoʊn/ B2	adjective - not known or familiar
throw /θroʊ/ A2	verb - to send something through the air by hand
rock /rɒk/ A2	noun - a large piece of stone forming part of the earth’s surface
wave /weɪv/ A2	noun - a moving ridge or swell on the surface of water
disappear /ˌdɪsəˈpɪər/ B1	verb - to stop being visible or to go away completely
crush /krʌʃ/ B2	verb - to press something so hard that it breaks or loses shape
hurt /hɜːt/ A2	verb - to cause pain or injury

Key Grammar Structures

• Keep waking up at 3 a.m.

  ➔ Gerund phrase after 'keep'

  ➔ The verb 'keep' must be followed by a gerund form like 'waking', expressing continued action.

• I face regrets and plan revenge.

  ➔ Simple present tense

  ➔ The verbs 'face' and 'plan' describe habitual actions or states in the present.

• You said that life's one hell of a ride.

  ➔ Reported speech with contraction

  ➔ 'You said that life’s...' reports someone’s speech indirectly. The contraction 'life’s' means 'life is.'

• Why's it passing me by?

  ➔ Question form with inversion and contraction

  ➔ 'Why’s' is short for 'why is'. The subject and verb are inverted in English questions.

• I shut my heart up like a fist.

  ➔ Simile using 'like'

  ➔ The phrase 'like a fist' compares the speaker’s heart to a fist, showing emotional closure.

• Don't you get sick of it?

  ➔ Negative question for emphasis

  ➔ The question 'Don’t you…?' implies expectation of agreement or shared feeling.

• Drowning in a flood of a thousand feelings.

  ➔ Present participle phrase as description

  ➔ The phrase 'Drowning in…' describes the subject’s emotional state vividly using a participle.

• Throw myself onto the rocks.

  ➔ Reflexive pronoun with verb

  ➔ The reflexive pronoun 'myself' shows the subject performs and receives the action.

• Waves can kill, they crush.

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' for possibility or ability

  ➔ The modal 'can' shows that waves have the potential or power to kill.

• You and I are still here.

  ➔ Compound subject with linking verb

  ➔ The phrase 'You and I' forms a compound subject linked by the verb 'are'.