We're All To Blame – English Lyrics

• By: Sum 41

Lyrics & Translation

For those looking to learn English, “We’re All To Blame” by Sum 41 offers a powerful and direct lyrical style. The song's clear message about social responsibility and its use of strong, declarative sentences make it an excellent tool for understanding how language can be used to convey passionate arguments. The track is special not only for its intense energy but also for being born from the band's real-life experience in a conflict zone, giving its potent words an undeniable authenticity.

[English]

(explosion booming) (lively music)

- [Announcer] Welcome to "Solid Gold".

Tonight's special edition features Sum 41.

♪ Take everything left from me ♪

♪ All ♪

♪ To ♪

♪ Blame ♪

♪♪♪

♪ How can we still succeed taking what we don't need ♪

♪ Telling lies, alibis, selling all the hate that we breed ♪

♪ Super-size our tragedies ♪

♪ You can't define me, or justify greed ♪

♪ Bought in the land of the free ♪

♪ Land, free ♪

♪ And we're all to blame ♪

♪ We've gone too far ♪

♪ From pride to shame ♪

♪ We're trying so hard ♪

♪ We're dying in vain ♪

♪ We're hopelessly blissful and blind ♪

♪ To all we are ♪

♪ We want it all ♪

♪ With no sacrifice ♪

♪ Realize we spend our lives living in a culture of fear ♪

♪ Stand to salute say thanks to the man of the year ♪

♪ How did we all come to this ♪

♪ You can't define me, or justify greed ♪

♪ This greed that we just can't resist ♪

♪ Resist ♪

♪ And we're all to blame ♪

♪ We've gone too far ♪

♪ From pride to shame ♪

♪ We're trying so hard ♪

♪ We're dying in vain ♪

♪ We're hopelessly blissful and blind ♪

♪ To all we are ♪

♪ We want it all ♪

♪ Everyone ♪

♪ Wants it all ♪

♪ With no ♪

♪ Sacrifice ♪

♪ Tell me now, what have we done ♪

♪ We don't know, I can't allow ♪

♪ What has begun to tear me down, believe me now ♪

♪ We have no choice left with our backs against the wall ♪

♪ And now we're all to blame ♪

♪ We've gone too far ♪

♪ From pride to shame ♪

♪ We're hopelessly blissful and blind ♪

♪ When all we need ♪

♪ Is something true ♪

♪ To believe ♪

♪ Don't we all ♪

♪ Everyone ♪

♪ Everyone ♪

♪ We will fall ♪

♪ 'Cause we're all to blame ♪

♪ We've gone too far ♪

♪ From pride to shame ♪

♪ We're trying so hard ♪

♪ We're dying in vain ♪

♪ We want it all ♪

♪ Everyone ♪

♪ Don't we all ♪

(lively music)

- [Announcer] On the next episode of "Solid Gold",

you're not going to wanna miss Pain For Pleasure.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
blame /bleɪm/ B2	noun - responsibility for a fault or wrong verb - to assign blame or responsibility to someone
success /səkˈsɛs/ B2	noun - the achievement of a goal or purpose
tragedy /ˈtrædʒɪdi/ B2	noun - a disastrous event, often causing suffering or death
define /dɪˈfaɪn/ B1	verb - to explain the meaning of a word or concept
justify /ˈdʒʌstəˌfaɪ/ B2	verb - to show or prove to be right or reasonable
pride /praɪd/ B1	noun - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction from one's achievements
shame /ʃeɪm/ B2	noun - a painful feeling of humiliation or distress
vain /veɪn/ C1	adjective - having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance or abilities
culture /ˈkʌltʃər/ B2	noun - the social behavior and norms found in human societies
sacrifice /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/ B2	noun - the act of giving up something valued for the sake of someone else verb - to give up something valued for the sake of someone else
fear /fɪər/ B2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by threat or danger
truth /truːθ/ B2	noun - the real facts about something
fall /fɔːl/ B1	verb - to move downward rapidly

Key Grammar Structures

• ♪ How can we still succeed taking what we don't need ♪

  ➔ Present Simple in Questions

  ➔ The verb 'can' is used to form a question in the present simple tense, asking about ability or possibility.

• ♪ Telling lies, alibis, selling all the hate that we breed ♪

  ➔ Present Continuous for Actions in Progress

  ➔ The -ing form of verbs ('telling', 'selling') indicates actions happening now or around now.

• ♪ You can't define me, or justify greed ♪

  ➔ Modal Verb 'can't' for Ability

  ➔ 'Can't' is used to express inability or prohibition, here negating the ability to define or justify.

• ♪ We're trying so hard ♪

  ➔ Present Continuous for Current Effort

  ➔ The present continuous with 'trying' emphasizes an action that is ongoing and emphasizes the effort being made.

• ♪ We're hopelessly blissful and blind ♪

  ➔ Adverbs of Manner

  ➔ 'Hopelessly' is an adverb of manner describing the state of being blissful and blind.

• ♪ With no sacrifice ♪

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ 'With no sacrifice' is a prepositional phrase acting as an adverbial modifier, indicating a condition.

• ♪ What has begun to tear me down ♪

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The present perfect continuous with 'has begun' indicates an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

• ♪ And now we're all to blame ♪

  ➔ Present Continuous for Current State

  ➔ The present continuous with 'we're' emphasizes the current state of being to blame.