Transmission – English Lyrics

• By: Zedd, Logic, X Ambassadors
• Album: True Colors

Lyrics & Translation

“Transmission” offers a fantastic opportunity to explore English language nuances through its blend of musical styles. The song combines the powerful, emotive vocals of X Ambassadors with the intricate, fast-paced rhyming of Logic, providing a rich tapestry of vocabulary and expression. Learners can study the storytelling in the lyrics, which offer advice and reflections on life, making it a special and motivating song for language practice.

[English]

We're smart enough to know that no one gets out alive (never, ever)

Hold on to someone close, friend

'Cause you're never too young

You're never too young, never too young to die

Remember the ghosts before you

And drink to their souls tonight

And don't forget what they told you

You're never too young

You're never too young, never too young to die

You're never too young

You're never too, never too

No, you're never too young

Never, never

Uh, tell me is it the day I made it?

Feel like the world is over,

Don't know why I've been created

I've been under pressure but nevertheless

I know nothing can measure

Feeling outdated, everybody inebriated

Feel like I'm automated, I'm automated, I'm automated

No, never faded, but debated, a visionary that made it

As it escalated, I elevated and feel like I raided the game

'Cause all of this, it just sounded the same in my mind

We're smart enough to know that no one gets out alive (never, ever)

Hold on to someone close, friend

'Cause you're never too young

You're never too young, never too young to die

Remember the ghosts before you

And drink to their souls tonight

And don't forget what they told you

You're never too young

You're never too young, never too young to die

You're never too young

You're never too young, never ever

You're never too young

No, you're never too young

Never, never

Never, never

Never, never

Never, never

You're never too young

Never, never

...

Too young, never never

You're never too young

We're smart enough to know that no one gets out alive (never, never)

Hold on to someone close, friend

'Cause you're never too young

You're never too young, never too young to die

Remember the ghosts before you

And drink to their souls tonight

And don't forget what they told you

You're never too young

You're never too young, never too young to die

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
smart /smɑːt/ B1	adjective - intelligent; clever
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - living; not dead
hold /hoʊld/ A2	verb - to grasp or keep something in the hand or arms verb - to keep or maintain a condition
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
young /jʌŋ/ A1	adjective - not old; in an early stage of life
die /daɪ/ B1	verb - to cease living; to stop existing
remember /rɪˈmɛm.bɚ/ B1	verb - to recall something from the past
ghosts /ɡoʊsts/ B2	noun - spiritual entities of dead people
drink /drɪŋk/ A1	verb - to consume a liquid noun - a liquid that can be consumed
souls /soʊlz/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being
forget /fərˈɡɛt/ B1	verb - to fail to remember
pressure /ˈprɛʃ.ɚ/ B2	noun - force exerted on an object or a feeling of urgency
outdated /aʊtˈdeɪ.tɪd/ C1	adjective - no longer current or fashionable
inebriated /ˌɪn.ɪˈbreɪ.tɪd/ C2	adjective - drunk; under the influence of alcohol
automated /ˈɔː.tə.meɪ.tɪd/ C1	adjective - operated by machines rather than people
visionary /ˈvɪʒ.ən.er.i/ C1	noun - a person with original ideas about the future adjective - relating to or characteristic of a visionary
escalated /ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɪd/ C1	verb - to increase rapidly in intensity or seriousness adjective - increased; having become more intense
elevated /ˈɛl.ɪˌveɪ.tɪd/ C1	verb - to raise to a higher position or level adjective - higher than usual; raised
raided /reɪdɪd/ C1	verb - to make a sudden attack on a place to steal or capture something

Key Grammar Structures

• We're smart enough to know that no one gets out alive (never, ever)

  ➔ Present Perfect with 'have/has been'

  ➔ The phrase 'We're smart enough to know' uses the present perfect to indicate a state of knowledge acquired over time, emphasizing the ongoing relevance of the idea.

• Hold on to someone close, friend

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The phrase 'Hold on to someone close, friend' is in the imperative mood, giving a direct command or advice to the listener.

• 'Cause you're never too young, never too young to die

  ➔ Negative Adverb 'never'

  ➔ The word 'never' is used as a negative adverb to emphasize the absence of a condition, here stressing that age is not a barrier to death.

• Remember the ghosts before you

  ➔ Imperative Mood with 'remember'

  ➔ The verb 'remember' is used in the imperative mood to give a direct instruction to recall something, in this case, the 'ghosts before you'.

• And drink to their souls tonight

  ➔ Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ The phrase 'to their souls' uses the infinitive of purpose with 'to', indicating the reason or intention behind the action of drinking.

• Feel like the world is over

  ➔ Subjective Feeling with 'feel like'

  ➔ The phrase 'feel like' is used to express a subjective feeling or perception, here indicating a sense of despair or finality.

• I've been under pressure but nevertheless

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The phrase 'I've been under pressure' uses the present perfect continuous to describe an action that started in the past and continues up to the present.

• I know nothing can measure

  ➔ Negative Construction with 'nothing'

  ➔ The phrase 'nothing can measure' uses a negative construction with 'nothing' to emphasize the impossibility of quantifying something, here the feeling described.