The Summoning – English Lyrics

• By: Sleep Token
• Album: Take Me Back To Eden

Lyrics & Translation

Learn English through the emotive and metaphorical language of Sleep Token. 'The Summoning' offers a masterclass in using evocative, visceral vocabulary to describe complex emotions and psychological states, making it a perfect track to study for those interested in poetic expression and modern lyrical structure.

[English]

I've got a river running right into you

I've got a blood trail, red in the blue

Something you say or something you do

A taste of the divine

You've got my body, flesh, and bone, yeah

The sky above, the earth below

Raise me up again

Take me past the edge

I want to see the other side

See the other side

You've got my body, flesh, and bone

The sky above, the earth below

Raise me up again

Take me past the edge

I want to see the other side

Won't you show me what it's like?

Won't you show me what it's like?

Oh, and my love

Did I mistake you for a sign from God?

Or are you really here to cast me off?

Or maybe just to turn me on

'Cause these days

I would be lying if I told you that

I didn't wish that I could be your man

Or maybe make a good girl bad

I've got a river running right into you

I've got a blood trail, red in the blue

Something you say or something you do

The taste of the divine

You've got my body, flesh, and bone

The sky above, the earth below

Nothing to say and nowhere to go

A taste of the divine

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
divine /dɪˈvaɪn/ B2	adjective - Relating to or coming from God or a god
flesh /flɛʃ/ B2	noun - The soft substance consisting of muscle and fat that is found between the skin and bones of an animal or a person
trail /treɪl/ B1	noun - A series of marks left by a person, animal, or thing as it moves along
mistake /mɪˈsteɪk/ A2	verb - To wrongly identify someone or something as someone or something else
summoning /ˈsʌmənɪŋ/ C1	noun - The act of ordering someone to be present or calling forth a spirit
cast /kɑːst/ B2	verb - To throw or send something in a particular direction
river /ˈrɪvər/ A1	noun - A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel
bone /boʊn/ A2	noun - Any of the pieces of hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton
edge /ɛdʒ/ A2	noun - The outside limit of an object, area, or surface
lying /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - Saying things that are not true
taste /teɪst/ A2	noun - The sensation of flavor perceived in the mouth
raise /reɪz/ A2	verb - To lift or move to a higher position
sign /saɪn/ A2	noun - An event or action that indicates the nature or existence of something
body /ˈbɒdi/ A1	noun - The physical structure of a person or animal
sky /skaɪ/ A1	noun - The region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth

Key Grammar Structures

• I've got a river running right into you

  ➔ Present perfect tense (I have got) / Participle phrase

  ➔ "I've got" is the colloquial present perfect form of "to have," indicating possession, while "running" acts as a present participle describing the river.

• Did I mistake you for a sign from God?

  ➔ Past simple tense / Phrasal verb "mistake for"

  ➔ The structure "mistake A for B" is used to express the act of incorrectly identifying or interpreting one thing as another.

• I would be lying if I told you that

  ➔ Second conditional

  ➔ The second conditional is used to talk about hypothetical or unlikely situations, using "would" + verb with a past tense clause.

• I didn't wish that I could be your man

  ➔ Modal verb "could" in subordinate clause

  ➔ "Could" is used here to express a possibility or desire that remains unrealized at the moment.

• Won't you show me what it's like?

  ➔ Negative interrogative / Noun clause "what it's like"

  ➔ The negative interrogative "Won't you" is often used to make a polite invitation or suggestion, followed by a noun clause.

• Or maybe make a good girl bad

  ➔ Causative structure (make + object + adjective)

  ➔ The causative verb "make" is followed by an object and an adjective to describe the change in the state of the object.

• Nothing to say and nowhere to go

  ➔ Infinitive as post-modifier

  ➔ Infinitive phrases "to say" and "to go" act as adjectives, modifying the indefinite pronouns "nothing" and "nowhere."

• Take me past the edge

  ➔ Imperative sentence

  ➔ The imperative mood is used to give a direct command or make a strong request, starting with the base form of the verb.