Utopia – English Lyrics

• By: Within Temptation, Chris Jones
• Album: An Acoustic Night At The Theatre

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the poignant beauty of "Utopia" by Within Temptation, a song that masterfully blends acoustic rock with symphonic elements to explore themes of longing and disillusionment. Delve into the thought-provoking lyrics and discover how the song uses the concept of 'Utopia' to question the presence of suffering in our world, offering a unique opportunity to reflect on the search for an ideal existence .

[English]

The burning desire to live and roam free

It shines in the dark and it grows within me

You're holding my hand but you don't understand

So where I am going, you won't be in the end

I'm dreamin' in colours, of getting the chance

Dreamin' of trying the perfect romance

The search of the door to open your mind

In search of the cure of mankind

Help us we're drowning

So close up inside

Why does it rain, rain, rain down on Utopia?

Why does it have to kill the ideal of who we are?

Why does it rain, rain, rain down on Utopia?

How will the lights die down, telling us who we are?

...

I'm searching for answers not given for free

They're hurting inside, is there life within me?

You're holding my hand but you don't understand

You're taking the road all alone in the end

I'm dreamin' in colours, no boundaries are there

I'm dreamin' the dream we all seem to share

In search of the door to open your mind

In search of the cure of mankind

Help us we're drowning

So close up inside

Why does it rain, rain, rain down on Utopia?

Why does it have to kill the ideal of who we are?

Why does it rain, rain, rain down on Utopia?

How will the lights die down, telling us who we are?

...

Why does it rain, rain, rain down on Utopia?

Why does it have to kill the ideal of who we are?

Why does it rain, rain, rain down on Utopia?

How will the lights die down, telling us who we are?

Why does it rain?

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
desire /dɪˈzaɪər/ B1	noun - a strong feeling of wanting something
shine /ʃaɪn/ A2	verb - to emit light
grow /ɡroʊ/ A1	verb - to develop or increase in size
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ A2	verb - to comprehend or grasp the meaning
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring in the mind during sleep verb - to experience dreams during sleep
search /sɜːrtʃ/ A2	noun - the act of looking for something verb - to try to find something
cure /kjʊər/ B1	noun - a remedy or treatment for a disease or illness verb - to relieve or heal a disease or illness
drown /draʊn/ B1	verb - to die by suffocation in water
ideal /aɪˈdiːəl/ B2	noun - a perfect or most suitable condition or quality adjective - satisfying one's idea of what is perfect
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - water falling in drops from the clouds verb - to fall as water from the clouds
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible adjective - not heavy or intense
answer /ˈænsər/ A1	noun - a reply to a question verb - to respond to a question
hurting /ˈhɜːrtɪŋ/ A2	verb - to cause physical pain or injury
boundary /ˈbaʊndəri/ B1	noun - a line that marks the limits of an area
mankind /ˈmænkaɪnd/ B1	noun - the human race
Utopia /juːˈtoʊpiə/ C1	noun - an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect

Key Grammar Structures

• The burning desire to live and roam free

  ➔ Present participle phrase as noun modifier

  ➔ “Burning” (present participle) modifies “desire”, describing its quality.

• It shines in the dark and it grows within me

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'it'

  ➔ “Shines” and “grows” are present simple verbs showing habitual actions.

• You're holding my hand but you don't understand

  ➔ Present continuous + simple present contrast

  ➔ “You're holding” (continuous) contrasts with “you don't understand” (simple) to show ongoing action vs. permanent state.

• Dreamin' of trying the perfect romance

  ➔ Gerund after preposition

  ➔ “Dreamin' of trying” uses the gerund “trying” after the preposition “of”.

• In search of the door to open your mind

  ➔ Prepositional phrase as adverbial

  ➔ “In search of” functions as an adverbial phrase describing purpose.

• Why does it rain, rain, rain down on Utopia?

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis

  ➔ “Rain, rain, rain” repeats for emotional emphasis.

• How will the lights die down, telling us who we are?

  ➔ Future simple + gerund

  ➔ “Will die down” (future simple) + “telling” (gerund) shows future action with simultaneous result.