WE KNOW WHERE YOU FUCKING LIVE – English Lyrics

• By: Marilyn Manson
• Album: Heaven Upside Down

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the provocative world of Marilyn Manson with "WE KNOW WHERE YOU FUCKING LIVE." This song is a powerful tool for English learners to explore themes of modern-day paranoia and the consequences of online expression. Its direct and aggressive lyrics, combined with a dynamic musical structure, offer a unique and intense way to engage with contemporary English vocabulary and confrontational language in a musical context.

[English]

Let's make something clear

We're recording this as it happens

Those diamond bullets, storefront blood banks

Splinters and stained glass

Don't need to move a single prayer bone

Dodge bullets so loud and so low

Don't need to move a single prayer bone

Our death is still life

So what's a nice place like this

Doing 'round people like us?

So what's a nice place like this

Doing 'round people like us?

We know where you fucking live

We know where you fucking live

We'll burn it down, burn it down

They won't even recognise your corpse

The world was stripped of the superficial surfaces

We don't intend to just eat the street

The asphalt is the good meat

And we will sleep on the skin of his nightmares

We will sleep on the skin of his nightmares

Time to just kill this crowd, scream this fuckin' loud

We know where you fucking live

We know where you fucking live

We'll burn it down, burn it down

They won't even recognise your corpse

Fire fire fire fire fire away

Fire fire fire fire fire away

Fire fire fire fire fire away

Fire fire fire fire fire fire fire away

I love the sound of shells hitting the ground, man

I love the sound of shells hitting the ground

I love it

I love the sound of shells hitting the ground, man

I love the sound of shells hitting the ground

I love it

I love it

Fire fire fire away

Fire fire fire away

Fire fire fire, fire fire fire

Fire fire fire, fire fire fire, fire fire fire

We know where you fucking live

We know where you fucking live

We'll burn it down, burn it down

They won't even recognise your corpse

We know where you fucking live

We know where you fucking live

We know where you fucking live

We know where you fucking live

We know where you fucking live

We know where you fucking live

I know where you fucking live

We know where you fucking live

So what's a nice place like this

Doing 'round people like us?

So what's a nice place like this

Doing 'round people like us?

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
bullet /ˈbʊlɪt/ A2	noun - a small metal projectile fired from a gun
blood /blʌd/ A1	noun - the red liquid that circulates in the bodies of humans and animals
fire /ˈfaɪər/ A1	noun - combustion that produces heat and light verb - to set something alight
burn /bɜːn/ A2	verb - to be on fire; to cause to be on fire
kill /kɪl/ A2	verb - to cause death
corpse /kɔːrps/ C1	noun - a dead body, especially of a human
death /deθ/ B1	noun - the end of life
nightmare /ˈnaɪtmeər/ B2	noun - a frightening or unpleasant dream
dodge /dɒdʒ/ B2	verb - to move quickly aside to avoid something
recognise /ˈrekəɡnaɪz/ B2	verb - to identify someone or something seen before
asphalt /ˈæsfɔːlt/ C1	noun - a black, sticky substance used for paving roads
surface /ˈsɜːrfɪs/ B1	noun - the outermost layer of something
superficial /ˌsuːpərˈfɪʃəl/ C1	adjective - concerned only with what is obvious or apparent
prayer /prɛər/ B1	noun - a solemn request or expression of thanks addressed to a deity
bone /bəʊn/ A2	noun - the hard part of a vertebrate's skeleton
shell /ʃel/ B1	noun - a hard outer covering of an object such as a nut or a projectile
ground /ɡraʊnd/ A2	noun - the solid surface of the earth
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something noun - a deep feeling of affection
sound /saʊnd/ A2	noun - vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard
nice /naɪs/ A1	adjective - pleasant; agreeable

Key Grammar Structures

• We're recording this as it happens

  ➔ Conjunction "as" for simultaneous actions

  ➔ The conjunction "as" introduces a clause describing an event that is happening at the same time as another event, e.g., "as it happens".

• Don't need to move a single prayer bone

  ➔ "Don't need to" (lack of necessity)

  ➔ This phrase expresses that something is not necessary or obligatory, often implying that the action is pointless or irrelevant, as in "Don't need to move".

• Our death is still life

  ➔ Adverb "still" (meaning 'nevertheless' or 'even so')

  ➔ The adverb "still" emphasizes that something continues or is true despite a contrasting or challenging situation, as in "is still life".

• So what's a nice place like this Doing 'round people like us?

  ➔ Interrogative structure "What's [noun] doing [prepositional phrase]?"

  ➔ This is an informal and often rhetorical way to question the purpose, appropriateness, or presence of something/someone in a specific context. "Doing 'round" is a colloquialism for "doing around" or "doing in the vicinity of".

• They won't even recognise your corpse

  ➔ "won't even" (future negative with emphasis)

  ➔ "won't even" expresses a strong negative prediction, emphasizing the extent or severity of the negation, suggesting that something is so extreme that a certain action will not happen, not even a minor one.

• The world was stripped of the superficial surfaces

  ➔ Passive voice with phrasal verb "be stripped of"

  ➔ The passive voice focuses on the action and what happened to the subject ("The world"), rather than who performed the action. "stripped of" means to be deprived or removed of something completely.

• We don't intend to just eat the street

  ➔ "intend to" + infinitive (in negative form)

  ➔ "intend to" expresses a plan, purpose, or aim to do something. The negative form indicates a lack of such a plan or intention. "just" adds emphasis here.

• And we will sleep on the skin of his nightmares

  ➔ Future Simple ("will" for strong determination/prediction)

  ➔ "will" is used here to express a strong determination, a firm decision, or a confident prediction about a future action, often with a sense of inevitability.

• Time to just kill this crowd

  ➔ "Time to" + infinitive

  ➔ This phrase indicates that it is the appropriate, necessary, or designated moment to perform a particular action, as in "Time to just kill".

• I love the sound of shells hitting the ground, man

  ➔ Gerund ("hitting") as a complement within a noun phrase

  ➔ The gerund "hitting" functions as a complement to the noun phrase "the sound of", describing the action that constitutes the sound. This structure is common for describing what a sound is made of.