Aqua Regia – English Lyrics

• By: Sleep Token
• Album: Take Me Back To Eden

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Sleep Token's "Aqua Regia," a track renowned for its intricate fusion of rock, R&B, and stunning jazz piano, making it sonically unique. By exploring the complex, dualistic meaning behind the title—a substance that refines gold—listeners can gain a deeper appreciation for the band's use of chemical and spiritual metaphors to convey profound emotional states, making it an excellent entry point to understanding their elaborate lyrical tapestry.

[English]

Well, my love is an animal call

Cutting through the darkness, bouncing off the walls

Between teeth on a broken jaw

Following a blood trail, frothing at the maw

These days I'm a circuit board

Integrated hardware you cannot afford

The perfect start to a perfect war

Putting down the roses, picking up the sword

Aqua regia

...

Aqua regia

...

Well, my past is a holy book

A call from Olympus, ringing off the hook

Between the pain and the way you look

I'm stuck in a time where the mountains shook

And these days I'm a picture frame

Screaming at the sunshine, singing in the rain

Sugar on the blood cells, carbon on the brain

All of Eden's vices running through my veins

Aqua regia

Oxytocin running in the ether

Silicon ballrooms

Subatomic interactions if it's all good

Gold rush, acid flux

Saturate me, I can't get enough

Cold love, hot blood

Running to your heart when you're thinking of

...

Oh, and I am done dancing to alarm bells

No wonder my ears are still ringing

And I am done fighting off change

No wonder my arms are still swinging

...

Aqua regia

Oxytocin running in the ether

Silicon ballrooms

Subatomic interactions if it's all good

Gold rush, acid flux

Saturate me, I can't get enough

Cold love, hot blood

Running to your heart when you're thinking of

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
animal /ˈænɪml/ B1	noun - a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to move voluntarily.
circuit /ˈsɜːrkɪt/ B2	noun - a complete and continuous path through which electricity can flow.
hardware /ˈhɑːrdweər/ B2	noun - the physical components of a computer system.
perfect /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/ B1	adjective - having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.
roses /ˈroʊzɪz/ A2	noun - a flowering plant of the genus Rosa, typically having thorns on its stem and fragrant flowers.
sword /sɔːrd/ B1	noun - a weapon with a long metal blade, used for cutting or thrusting.
holy /ˈhoʊli/ B1	adjective - dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred.
Olympus /oʊˈlɪmpəs/ C1	noun - in Greek mythology, the home of the gods.
mountains /ˈmaʊntɪnz/ A2	noun - a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a hill.
picture /ˈpɪktʃər/ A2	noun - a representation of something, typically a person, object, or scene, made by drawing, painting, photography, etc.
sugar /ˈʃuːɡər/ A2	noun - a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugarcane and sugar beets, used as a sweetener and preservative.
carbon /ˈkɑːrbən/ B2	noun - a chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6.
veins /veɪnz/ B1	noun - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the capillaries.
ether /ˈiːðər/ C1	noun - a colorless, highly flammable liquid formerly used as an anesthetic.
silicon /ˈsɪlɪkən/ B2	noun - a chemical element with symbol Si and atomic number 14.
interactions /ˌɪntərˈækʃənz/ B2	noun - the action or process of acting reciprocally.
acid /ˈæsɪd/ B1	noun - a chemical substance that donates protons or accepts electrons, forming salts and reacting with metals.
saturate /ˈsætʃəreɪt/ B2	verb - impregnate; soak.

Key Grammar Structures

• Well, my love is an animal call

  ➔ Simile (Comparison using 'is')

  ➔ The phrase 'my love is an animal call' compares love to an animal call using 'is', emphasizing its wild and primal nature.

• Cutting through the darkness, bouncing off the walls

  ➔ Present participle (-ing form) as adjectives

  ➔ The phrases 'cutting through' and 'bouncing off' are present participles used to describe the action in a vivid, continuous way.

• Between teeth on a broken jaw

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'between teeth on a broken jaw' uses a prepositional phrase to describe a specific location or situation.

• These days I'm a circuit board

  ➔ Simile (Comparison using 'am')

  ➔ The phrase 'I'm a circuit board' compares the speaker to a circuit board using 'am', suggesting complexity or mechanical nature.

• Putting down the roses, picking up the sword

  ➔ Gerunds (-ing form) in parallel structure

  ➔ The phrases 'putting down' and 'picking up' are gerunds used in a parallel structure to show contrasting actions.

• All of Eden's vices running through my veins

  ➔ Present participle (-ing) in descriptive phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'running through my veins' uses a present participle to vividly describe the continuous action of something flowing.

• No wonder my ears are still ringing

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase 'are still ringing' uses the present continuous tense to indicate an action that is ongoing at the moment of speaking.