VOID – English Lyrics

• By: Melanie Martinez
• Album: PORTALS

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

In the void, in the void, in the void, in the void

In the void, in the void, in the void, in the void

In the void, in the void, the void, the void, void, void...

Baby

I'm spinnin' around the corner

It's tastin' kinda lonely

And my mind wants to control me

Ah-ah-ah, empty

There's rotten things left in me

Injected by society

No one here but me to judge me

Pipe down with the noise, I cannot bear my sorrow

I hate who I was before

I fear I won't live to see the day tomorrow

Someone tell me if this is Hell

I gotta escape the void, there is no other choice, yeah

Tryna turn off the voices, the void ate me

Look at the mess I've done, there is nowhere to run, yeah

Holdin' a loaded gun, the void

Like a priest behind confession walls, I judge myself

Kneelin' on a metal grater

Bloody, like a body that has died, and it's myself

Tangled in my own intestines

I gotta escape the void, there is no other choice, yeah

Gotta escape the void

So strange

I'm tryin' to find the doorway

My eyes are starin' at me

And they seem so damn unhappy

C-c-c-collect

My fickle insecurities

And turn them into beauty

Alchemize the dark within me (ah)

Pipe down with the noise, I cannot bear my sorrow

I hate who I was before

I fear I won't live to see the day tomorrow

Someone tell me if this is Hell

I gotta escape the void, there is no other choice, yeah

Tryna turn down the voices, the void ate me

Look at the mess I've done, there is nowhere to run, yeah

Holdin' a loaded gun, the void

Like a priest behind confession walls, I judge myself

Kneelin' on a metal grater

Bloody, like a body that has died, and it's myself

Tangled in my own intestines

I gotta escape the void, there is no other choice, yeah

Tryna turn down the voices, the void ate me

Look at the mess I've done, there is nowhere to run, yeah

Holdin' a loaded gun, the void

...

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm spinnin' around the corner

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The use of 'spinnin'' (spelling variation of 'spinning') with 'am' indicates ongoing action in the present.

• It's tastin' kinda lonely

  ➔ Contraction and informal language

  ➔ 'It's' is a contraction of 'it is', and 'tastin'' is informal for 'tasting'.

• And my mind wants to control me

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement with a singular subject

  ➔ 'Mind' is singular, so 'wants' is the correct verb form.

• There's rotten things left in me

  ➔ Contraction and plural noun

  ➔ 'There's' is a contraction of 'there is', and 'things' is plural.

• No one here but me to judge me

  ➔ Emphatic structure with 'but'

  ➔ The phrase emphasizes the exclusivity of 'me' being the only one to judge.

• I gotta escape the void, there is no other choice

  ➔ Informal contraction 'gotta' and present simple 'is'

  ➔ 'Gotta' is informal for 'have got to', and 'is' is present simple tense.

• Like a priest behind confession walls, I judge myself

  ➔ Simile using 'like'

  ➔ The phrase compares the speaker's self-judgment to a priest's role behind confession walls.

• Tangled in my own intestines

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The prepositional phrase 'in my own intestines' describes the state of being tangled.