Easier To Run – English Lyrics

• By: Linkin Park
• Album: Meteora

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the intense world of Linkin Park with 'Easier To Run.' This song is a perfect tool for learners to study emotive English vocabulary and the rhythmic nuances of rap-rock fusion, helping you master how tone and cadence express deep psychological states.

[English]

[Music]

it's easier to run replacing this p with

s something long get so my te to you to

go and face on this P you are

the something has been taken from deep

inside of me a secret I've kept locked

away no one can ever see wound so deep

they never show they never go away like

moving pictures in my head for years and

years they play if I could change I

would take the pain I would retrace

every wrong move that I made I would if

I could stand up and take the flame I

would if I could take all the shame to

the Grave I would if I could change I

would take back the pain I would retrace

every wrong move that I made I would if

I could stand up and take the flame I

would I would take all my shame with the

grave it's easy to run replacing this p

with something love it's so much e to to

go and face on this BR

around sometimes I remember the darkness

of my past bringing back these memories

I wish I didn't have sometimes I think

of letting go and never looking back and

never moving forward so there'd never be

a path change I would take off the pain

I would retrace every wrong move that I

made I would if I could stand up and

take the flame I would if I could take

all the shame to the Grave I would if I

could change I would take back the pain

I would retrace every wrong move that I

made I would if I could stand up and

take the flame I would I would take all

my shame to the Grave just washing it

aside all of the

helplessness inside

pretending I don't feel this place and

so much self love and

change it's

easy to run replacing this bre with

something love get so my tears to you go

and face on this P you're all

alone it's easier to

R if I can change a take like a pain I

will to trace every long move that I

made it's easier to

go if I could change I would take up the

pain I would retrace every wrong move

that I made I would if I could stand up

and take the blame I would I would take

over shame to the Grave

[Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
easier /ˈiːziər/ A2	adjective - comparative of easy; requiring less effort
replace /rɪˈpleɪs/ B1	verb - to take the place of
secret /ˈsiːkrɪt/ A2	noun - something kept hidden from others
wound /wuːnd/ B2	noun - an injury to living tissue
retrace /ˌriːˈtreɪs/ C1	verb - to go back over something, like a path or steps
shame /ʃeɪm/ B2	noun - a painful feeling of humiliation or distress
grave /ɡreɪv/ B2	noun - a place of burial for a dead body
darkness /ˈdɑːrknɪs/ B1	noun - the partial or total absence of light
memories /ˈmɛməriz/ A2	noun - recollections of people, events, or facts
helplessness /ˈhɛlpləsnəs/ C1	noun - inability to defend oneself or to act effectively
pretend /prɪˈtɛnd/ B1	verb - to behave as if something is true when it is not
blame /bleɪm/ B1	noun - responsibility for a fault or wrong
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - having no one else present
forward /ˈfɔːrwərd/ B1	adjective - directed towards the front
path /pæθ/ A2	noun - a way or track laid down for walking

Key Grammar Structures

• If I could change, I would take back the pain.

  ➔ Second Conditional (Hypothetical situations in the present/future)

  ➔ The structure "If + past simple, would + base verb" is used here to describe an imagined state that is contrary to reality.

• Something has been taken from deep inside of me.

  ➔ Present Perfect Passive Voice

  ➔ The structure "has been + past participle" emphasizes the state or result of an action that happened at an unspecified time in the past.

• A secret I've kept locked away.

  ➔ Reduced Relative Clause

  ➔ The full phrase is "A secret that I have kept locked away". The relative pronoun "that" is omitted.

• Wounds so deep they never show.

  ➔ "So... that" structure (implied)

  ➔ It means the wounds are so deep that they never show on the surface.

• I wish I didn't have.

  ➔ Wish + past simple (regret about the present)

  ➔ This expresses a desire for a reality different from the current one.

• So there'd never be a path.

  ➔ Conditional result clause (would = result of the previous action)

  ➔ "There'd" is short for "there would". It describes the hypothetical consequence of "never looking back".

• All of the helplessness inside.

  ➔ Noun phrase with pre-modifier

  ➔ The noun "helplessness" is modified by "all of the" and the prepositional phrase "inside" (post-modifier).

• Easier to run replacing this pain with something else.

  ➔ Gerund phrase as a logical modifier

  ➔ "Replacing this pain..." functions to explain the method of making it "easier to run".