Going in Blind – English Lyrics

• By: P.O.D.
• Album: Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotive power of 'Going in Blind' by P.O.D. This song is an excellent tool for language learners to explore idiomatic expressions regarding 'blind faith' and the metaphorical use of the word 'blind' in English. The song's rhythmic delivery and clear vocal enunciation make it ideal for practicing listening comprehension and understanding the nuances of rock-influenced English phrasing.

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Som

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this life's not like you wanted

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it his eyes I can see you again I need

you

here in your mind nobody's

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listening it's your right not to feel

again just breathe again

time after time I walk the F

line s the kid bring it in but time

after time I'm going in bright I don't

know which way I need to

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go feels like your world is caving ining

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and I cry failing to understand I wish I

can it's all right if you're missing

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it in his eyes you can live again free

with

a time after time I walk the fin life

life

SP to keep bringing me back but time

after time I'm going in Bri I don't know

which way I need to go time after time I

want to find why die keep bringing me

back but time after time I can't see the

signs I don't know which way I need to

go

to all these RS lead me back to

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your I don't know which way I need to

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go

somay Time After Time Walk fight F

something keeps bringing me back but

time after time I'm going in F I don't

know which way I need to go Time After

Time Walk The F light light so to keep

bringing me back time after time I can't

see the size through all these rolls

lead me back to you

what a day

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
caving /ˈkeɪvɪŋ/ B2	verb - to collapse or fall inward
blind /blaɪnd/ A2	adjective - unable to see; done without knowledge or foresight
breathe /briːð/ B1	verb - to take air into the lungs
failing /ˈfeɪlɪŋ/ A2	verb - not succeeding in what one is trying to achieve
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ A1	verb - to perceive the intended meaning of words or ideas
signs /saɪnz/ A2	noun - indications or gestures suggesting a fact or intention
wanted /ˈwɒntɪd/ A1	verb - to have a desire to possess or do something
listening /ˈlɪsənɪŋ/ A1	verb - to give attention to sound
missing /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ A2	verb - to feel sad about the absence of someone or something
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth and all people or things upon it

Key Grammar Structures

• This life's not like you wanted

  ➔ Relative Clause (Object Pronoun Omission)

  ➔ The phrase 'you wanted' modifies 'life', with an implied 'that/which' after it.

• It's your right not to feel again

  ➔ Infinitive as subject complement (Negative)

  ➔ The negative infinitive 'not to feel' acts as a complement describing the 'right'.

• I wish I could

  ➔ Wishes with 'could' (Past modal for present/future ability)

  ➔ Using 'could' with 'wish' expresses a desire for a current or future ability that is currently lacking.

• Something keeps bringing me back

  ➔ Gerund after a causative/continuative verb

  ➔ The verb 'keep' is followed by the gerund 'bringing' to show a repetitive action.

• I don't know which way I need to go

  ➔ Wh- clause as object of the verb

  ➔ The clause 'which way I need to go' functions as the object of 'know'.

• All these roads lead me back to you

  ➔ Transitive verb with object + prepositional phrase

  ➔ 'Lead' acts as a transitive verb taking 'me' as the object, followed by the direction 'back to you'.

• Failing to understand

  ➔ Participle phrase (Present participle)

  ➔ The present participle 'failing' starts a phrase that modifies the subject of the main clause.

• Time after time

  ➔ Adverbial phrase of frequency

  ➔ This is an idiomatic expression functioning as an adverb to indicate that something happens repeatedly.