Coma White – English Lyrics

• By: Marilyn Manson

Lyrics & Translation

Learning the lyrics of 'Coma White' offers a gateway into the English language through its powerful and poetic exploration of complex emotions. The song's vocabulary around themes of love, disillusionment, and addiction provides a rich context for understanding nuanced expression. Its narrative, shifting between a love story and a metaphor for drug dependency, makes it a special and thought-provoking piece for language learners.

[English]

♪ There's something cold and blank ♪

♪ Behind her smile ♪

♪ She's standing on an overpass ♪

♪ In her miracle mile ♪

♪ 'Cause you were from a perfect world ♪

♪ A world that threw me away today ♪

♪ Today ♪

♪ Today ♪

♪ To run away ♪

♪ A pill to make you numb ♪

♪ A pill to make you dumb ♪

♪ A pill to make you anybody else ♪

♪ But all the drugs in this world ♪

♪ Won't save her from herself ♪

♪ Her mouth was an empty cut ♪

♪ And she was waiting to fall ♪

♪ Just bleeding like a Polaroid ♪

♪ That lost all her dolls ♪

♪ You were from a perfect world ♪

♪ A world that threw me away today ♪

♪ Today ♪

♪ Today ♪

♪ To run away ♪

♪ A pill to make you numb ♪

♪ A pill to make you dumb ♪

♪ A pill to make you anybody else ♪

♪ But all the drugs in this world ♪

♪ Won't save her from herself ♪

♪ You were from a perfect world ♪

♪ A world that threw me away today ♪

♪ A pill to make you numb ♪

♪ A pill to make you dumb ♪

♪ A pill to make you anybody else ♪

♪ But all the drugs in this world ♪

♪ Won't save her from herself ♪

♪ A pill to make you numb ♪

♪ A pill to make you dumb ♪

♪ A pill to make you anybody else ♪

♪ But all the drugs in this world ♪

♪ Won't save her from herself ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cold /koʊld/ A2	adjective - having a low temperature
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - a facial expression showing happiness verb - to make a facial expression showing happiness
world /wɜrld/ A1	noun - the earth and all its inhabitants
drugs /drʌɡz/ B1	noun - substances used for medical purposes or for recreational use
numb /nʌm/ B2	adjective - unable to feel or move verb - to make someone unable to feel or move
fall /fɔl/ A2	verb - to drop down from a higher place
waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ B1	verb - to stay in one place until something happens
bleeding /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ B2	verb - to lose blood from the body
perfect /ˈpɜr.fɪkt/ B1	adjective - having no mistakes or flaws
cut /kʌt/ A2	noun - an injury made by cutting verb - to divide something into pieces with a sharp tool
away /əˈweɪ/ A1	adverb - at a distance from a place
anybody /ˈɛniˌbɒdi/ A2	pronoun - any person
lost /lɔst/ B1	verb - unable to find something

Key Grammar Structures

• There's something cold and blank

  ➔ Existential 'there is/there are'

  ➔ 'There' is used to introduce the existence of something.

• She's standing on an overpass

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ 'She's standing' shows an action happening right now.

• 'Cause you were from a perfect world

  ➔ Contraction of 'because'

  ➔ 'Cause' is used as a casual abbreviation for 'because', meaning 'due to' or 'as'.

• A pill to make you numb

  ➔ Infinitive phrase ('to' + base verb)

  ➔ The phrase 'to make' indicates purpose or intent.

• But all the drugs in this world

  ➔ Prepositional phrase (adjective + noun)

  ➔ The phrase modifies or specifies the noun 'drugs', indicating all drugs within the context.

• 'Her mouth was an empty cut'

  ➔ Simple past tense describing a state

  ➔ 'Was' indicates the simple past tense of 'be', describing a completed state in the past.

• And she was waiting to fall

  ➔ Past continuous tense

  ➔ 'Was waiting' indicates an ongoing action in the past.