Woman – English Lyrics

• By: Scorpions

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the depths of emotion and the power of love with Scorpions' "Woman." This song offers a powerful message about overcoming personal struggles and finding hope in another person. Dive into the lyrics to discover themes of redemption, identity, and the potential for transformation, all while experiencing the Scorpions' signature hard rock sound.

[English]

(dramatic rock music)

♪ Woman ♪

♪ You can change my world ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ You can change my world ♪

♪ I'm chained to the fears inside these walls ♪

♪ The silence talks loud about the things I recall ♪

♪ Through the bricks in the window, I scream at the world ♪

♪ But when no one is listening, it's hard to be heard ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ You can change my world ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ There'll be no return ♪

♪ I see shadows coming through the walls ♪

♪ I hear voices, but no one's talking at all ♪

♪ I can feel the madness crawling up my spine ♪

♪ Reaching out to grab your mind ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Come and change my world ♪

♪ Do you remember all those fears ♪

♪ They won't leave me alone ♪

♪ Do you remember all those tears ♪

♪ I pretend to be strong ♪

♪ Do you remember all the pain ♪

♪ I'm getting tired of the game ♪

♪ I cannot live, I cannot die ♪

♪ I want to know who the hell am I ♪

♪ You've never seen me, but I know you so well ♪

♪ And before it kills me, I got to break the spell ♪

♪ The deeper we touch, the higher we'll go ♪

♪ The time has come to heal my soul ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ Yeah, you can change my world ♪

♪ Do you remember all those fears ♪

♪ They won't leave me alone ♪

♪ Do you remember all those tears ♪

♪ I pretend to be strong ♪

♪ Do you remember all the pain ♪

♪ I'm getting tired of the game ♪

♪ I cannot live, I cannot die ♪

♪ I want to know who the hell am I ♪

♪ Woman ♪

♪ I'm gonna change your world ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

I'm gonna take you away.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
woman /ˈwʊmən/ A1	noun - an adult female human being
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A2	verb - to make something different noun - the act or instance of making something different
world /wɜːld/ A1	noun - the earth and all its inhabitants
fears /fɪərz/ B1	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat
walls /wɔːlz/ A1	noun - a continuous vertical brick or stone structure
silence /ˈsaɪləns/ B1	noun - the absence of sound
loud /laʊd/ A2	adjective - producing or capable of producing a great volume of sound
shadows /ˈʃædəʊz/ A2	noun - a dark shape on a surface
voices /ˈvɔɪsɪz/ A1	noun - sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song.
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought.
strong /strɒŋ/ A2	adjective - having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks.
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury.
game /ɡeɪm/ A1	noun - a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules
die /daɪ/ A1	verb - stop living
soul /səʊl/ B1	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.
heal /hiːl/ B1	verb - become healthy or cause to become healthy; get better or make better.
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - come into or be in contact with
spell /spel/ B2	noun - a word or words said or believed to possess magic power.

Key Grammar Structures

• You can change my world

  ➔ Modal verb + infinitive

  ➔ The modal verb "can" is followed by the base verb "change", expressing ability.

• I'm chained to the fears inside these walls

  ➔ Present continuous passive

  ➔ "am" + "chained" forms the present continuous passive, showing a state caused by something else.

• The silence talks loud about the things I recall

  ➔ Simple present + adverbial modifier

  ➔ "talks" is in the simple present, and "loud" (should be "loudly") works as an adverbial modifier describing how the silence talks.

• I cannot live, I cannot die

  ➔ Modal verb "cannot" + bare infinitive

  ➔ "cannot" is a modal verb that is followed directly by the base verbs "live" and "die".

• I want to know who the hell am I

  ➔ Indirect question (embedded question) word order

  ➔ After "to know", the clause "who the hell am I" is an indirect question; notice the subject‑verb inversion "am I".

• You've never seen me, but I know you so well

  ➔ Present perfect + simple present

  ➔ "You've never seen" uses the present perfect to talk about an experience up to now; "I know" is simple present for a current state.

• The deeper we touch, the higher we'll go

  ➔ Comparative correlative structure

  ➔ "The deeper we touch, the higher we'll go" links two clauses with the "the ... the ..." pattern to show a proportional relationship.

• The time has come to heal my soul

  ➔ Idiomatic expression "has come to" + infinitive

  ➔ "has come to" is an idiom meaning "it is now the moment for"; it is followed by the infinitive "heal".

• I'm gonna change your world

  ➔ Informal future "going to" (gonna) + base verb

  ➔ "gonna" is the colloquial contraction of "going to", which together with the base verb "change" expresses a future intention.