Time Is Running Out – English Lyrics

• By: Muse

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I think I'm drowning, asphyxiated

I wanna break this spell that you've created

Your something beautiful, a contradiction

I wanna play the game, I want the friction

You will be the death of me

Yeah, you will be the death of me

Bury it

I won't let you bury it

I won't let you smother it

I won't let you murder it

And our time is running out

And our time is running out

You can't push it underground

You can't stop it screaming out

...

I wanted freedom, bound and restricted

I tried to give you up, but I'm addicted

Now that you know I'm trapped, sense of elation

You'd never dream of breaking this fixation

You will squeeze the life out of me

Bury it

I won't let you bury it

I won't let you smother it

I won't let you murder it

And our time is running out

And our time is running out

You can't push it underground

You can't stop it screaming out

How did it come to this?

Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Ooh, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah

...

Yeah, you will suck the life out of me

Bury it

I won't let you bury it

I won't let you smother it

I won't let you murder it

And our time is running out

And our time is running out

You can't push it underground

You can't stop it screaming out

How did it come to this?

Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Ooh, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the measured period in which events occur
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the existence of an individual human or animal
death /dɛθ/ A1	noun - the end of a living being's existence
running /ˈrʌnɪŋ/ A2	verb - to move quickly on foot
bury /ˈbɛri/ B1	verb - to place something underground verb - to hide or keep out of sight
smother /ˈsmʌðər/ B2	verb - to suffocate by covering completely
murder /ˈmɜːrdər/ B2	verb - to kill someone intentionally
drowning /ˈdraʊnɪŋ/ B2	verb - to die because of submersion in water
asphyxiated /æˈsfɪkˌseɪtɪd/ C1	adjective - deprived of oxygen; suffocated
spell /spɛl/ B1	noun - a series of words believed to have magical power
contradiction /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən/ C1	noun - a situation in which two statements oppose each other
friction /ˈfrɪkʃən/ C1	noun - the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another
freedom /ˈfriːdəm/ B1	noun - the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants
addicted /əˈdɪktɪd/ B2	adjective - physically or mentally dependent on a habit-forming substance or activity
trapped /træpt/ B2	adjective - caught in a situation from which it is difficult to escape
elation /ɪˈleɪʃən/ C1	noun - great happiness and exhilaration
fixation /fɪkˈseɪʃən/ C1	noun - an obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something
squeeze /skwiːz/ B1	verb - to press something firmly
scream /skriːm/ B1	verb - to shout loudly, especially in fear or pain