Goodbye Agony – English Lyrics

• By: Black Veil Brides
• Album: Black Veil Brides

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw emotion and powerful message of Black Veil Brides' "Goodbye Agony." This song is a fantastic way to learn English through music, offering clear vocals and impactful lyrics that explore themes of overcoming hardship and letting go of the past. Its deeply personal meaning, expressed through a hard rock ballad style, makes it special for both fans and language learners alike. Listen closely to Andy Biersack's passionate delivery and the evocative storytelling to enhance your vocabulary and understanding of emotional expression in English.

[English]

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♪ HEAVENS GONE, THE BATTLES WON. ♪

♪ I HAD TO SAY GOODBYE. ♪

♪ LIVED AND LEARNED FROM EVERY FABLE ♪

♪ WRITTEN BY YOUR MIND ♪

♪ AND I WONDER HOW TO MOVE ON ♪

♪ FROM ALL I HAD INSIDE, ♪

♪ PLACED MY CARDS UPON THE TABLE ♪

♪ IN BLOOD I DRAW THE LINE.. ♪

♪ I'VE GIVEN ALL MY PRIDE. ♪

♪ LIVING A LIFE OF MISERY ♪

♪ ALWAYS THERE JUST UNDERNEATH, ♪

♪ HAUNTING ME QUIETLY ALONE. ♪

♪ IT'S KILLING ME, KILLING ME. ♪

♪ DEAD AND GONE AND WHATS DONE IS DONE. ♪

♪ YOU WERE ALL I HAD BECOME. ♪

♪ I'M LETTING GO OF WHAT I ONCE BELIEVED ♪

♪ SO GOODBYE AGONY. ♪

♪ I WATCHED THE STARS AND SETTING SUNS ♪

♪ AS THE YEARS ARE PASSING BY. ♪

♪ I NEVER KNOW THAT HOPE WAS FATAL ♪

♪ UNTIL I LOOKED IT IN THE EYE ♪

♪ AND NOW I'M NOT SURE I AM ABLE ♪

♪ TO REACH THE OTHER SIDE, ♪

♪ CASTING OUT THE LIGHT. ♪

♪ LIVING A LIFE OF MISERY ♪

♪ ALWAYS THERE JUST UNDERNEATH, ♪

♪ HAUNTING ME QUIETLY ALONE. ♪

♪ IT'S KILLING ME, KILLING ME. ♪

♪ DEAD AND GONE AND WHATS DONE IS DONE. ♪

♪ YOU WERE ALL I HAD BECOME. ♪

♪ I'M LETTING GO OF WHAT I ONCE BELIEVED ♪

♪ SO GOODBYE AGONY. ♪

♪ GOODBYE AGONY. ♪

♪ I'M NOT ALONE IN FORGIVING ♪

♪ THE FAITHFUL AND THE BLIND. ♪

♪ INNOCENCE IS FORSAKEN, ♪

♪ I LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND ♪

♪ AND THEN I SEE THAT EVEN ANGELS NEVER DIE. ♪

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♪ LIVING A LIFE OF MISERY ♪

♪ ALWAYS THERE JUST UNDERNEATH, ♪

♪ HAUNTING ME QUIETLY ALONE. ♪

♪ IT'S KILLING ME, KILLING ME. ♪

♪ DEAD AND GONE AND WHATS DONE IS DONE. ♪

♪ YOU WERE ALL I HAD BECOME. ♪

♪ I'M LETTING GO OF WHAT I ONCE BELIEVED ♪

♪ SO GOODBYE AGONY. ♪

♪ GOODBYE AGONY. ♪

♪ GOODBYE AGONY. ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
goodbye /ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/ A1	noun - an expression of farewell
agony /ˈæɡəni/ B2	noun - extreme physical or mental suffering
battles /ˈbætəlz/ B1	noun - a sustained fight between organized armed forces
won /wʌn/ A2	verb - past tense of win - to achieve victory
fable /ˈfeɪbəl/ B2	noun - a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral
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 verb - be annoyed or disturbed by something
blood /blʌd/ A2	noun - the red fluid circulating in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body
pride /praɪd/ B1	noun - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that one admires
misery /ˈmɪzəri/ B2	noun - a state or feeling of great distress or discomfort of mind or body
haunting /ˈhɔːntɪŋ/ C1	verb - to visit (a place) frequently or habitually adjective - difficult to ignore or forget
killing /ˈkɪlɪŋ/ B1	verb - to cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing)
dead /ded/ A2	adjective - no longer alive
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun
suns /sʌnz/ A1	noun - the star that provides light and heat to Earth
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen verb - want something to happen or be the case
fatal /ˈfeɪtl/ B2	adjective - causing death
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
angels /ˈeɪndʒəlz/ A2	noun - a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God
die /daɪ/ A1	verb - stop living

Key Grammar Structures

• HEAVENS GONE, THE BATTLES WON.

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of words)

  ➔ The sentences are short and impactful due to the omission of auxiliary verbs like "is" or "are". It's technically "Heaven is gone, the battles are won."

• LIVED AND LEARNED FROM EVERY FABLE

  ➔ Past Participle as Adjective, Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ "Lived" and "learned" are past participles, functioning as adjectives to describe the speaker's experience. "From every fable" is a prepositional phrase modifying the verb.

• AND I WONDER HOW TO MOVE ON

  ➔ Indirect Question, Infinitive Phrase

  ➔ "How to move on" is an indirect question functioning as the object of the verb "wonder". "To move on" is an infinitive phrase.

• PLACED MY CARDS UPON THE TABLE

  ➔ Simple Past Tense, Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ "Placed" is in the simple past tense. "Upon the table" is a prepositional phrase providing location.

• IN BLOOD I DRAW THE LINE..

  ➔ Inversion (emphasizing "In blood"), Simple Present Tense

  ➔ The sentence is inverted for emphasis. The standard word order would be "I draw the line in blood." The use of simple present implies a decisive, ongoing action.

• DEAD AND GONE AND WHATS DONE IS DONE.

  ➔ Parallel Structure, Idiom

  ➔ "Dead and gone" uses parallel structure, with two adjectives joined by "and". "What's done is done" is a common idiom.

• YOU WERE ALL I HAD BECOME.

  ➔ Past Perfect Continuous (implied)

  ➔ While the surface grammar is simple past, the sentence implies a process that has been ongoing. You can interpret it as 'You were all I had *been becoming*'.

• I'M LETTING GO OF WHAT I ONCE BELIEVED

  ➔ Present Continuous, Relative Clause with Embedded Past Simple

  ➔ "I'm letting go" is in the present continuous tense, indicating an action in progress. "What I once believed" is a relative clause acting as the object of "letting go". "Once believed" is simple past and describes a past belief.

• I NEVER KNOW THAT HOPE WAS FATAL

  ➔ Past Simple, Noun Clause as Object

  ➔ "I never knew" is in the past simple tense. "That hope was fatal" is a noun clause, acting as the object of the verb "knew".