The Saints Of Violence And Innuendo – English Lyrics

• By: Shinedown
• Album: Planet Zero

Lyrics & Translation

Key Grammar Structures

• Not a hostage, not a scapegoat

  ➔ Elliptical negative noun phrase (copular verb omitted)

  ➔ The sentence drops the verb "is" – it could be expanded to "**is** not a hostage, **is** not a scapegoat".

• So get your hands up before the boat sinks

  ➔ Imperative + temporal clause with "before" + simple present for future

  ➔ The verb "**sinks**" is in the simple present, which is common after "before" to refer to a future event: "before the boat **sinks**".

• I guess we're on our own, ain't that a bitch, though?

  ➔ Tag question with colloquial contraction "ain't"

  ➔ The phrase "**ain't** that a bitch" is a negative tag question meaning "isn't it a bitch?" It adds a rhetorical confirmation.

• Tell me the truth or tell **me** a lie

  ➔ Coordinating conjunction "or" linking two imperatives

  ➔ The word "**or**" offers an alternative between two commands: "Tell me the truth **or** tell me a lie".

• Tell me what I've gotta say to get out of this room alive

  ➔ Informal "gotta" = "have got to" (modal-like necessity)

  ➔ The phrase "**gotta**" is a contraction of "have got to" meaning "must". It functions like a modal verb.

• There's not enough space in the miles between me and you

  ➔ Existential "there is/are" + negative quantifier "not enough"

  ➔ The word "**There’s**" introduces the existence of something, followed by the negative quantifier "not enough" indicating insufficiency.

• You live in a world where empathy goes to die

  ➔ Relative clause with "where" referring to a place (world)

  ➔ The word "**where**" introduces a relative clause describing "a world" – "where empathy goes to die".

• Kill the rich kids, shoot the sad boy, go buy some new toys

  ➔ Series of imperatives (parallel structure)

  ➔ Each clause begins with a verb in the base form – "**Kill**, **shoot**, **go**" – creating a rhythmic list of commands.

• Here come the saints of violence and innuendo

  ➔ Subject‑verb inversion after "here" for emphasis

  ➔ The adverb "**Here**" is fronted, causing the verb "come" to precede the subject "the saints..." – a common pattern in English for dramatic effect.