Up All Night – English Lyrics

• By: blink-182

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into blink-182's powerful comeback track, "Up All Night," a song that masterfully blends their signature pop-punk energy with a more mature, introspective sound. By exploring its lyrics, you can learn English vocabulary related to emotions, struggles, and universal human experiences. The song's evolution from its early demos to its final, heavier form also offers insights into the creative process of seasoned musicians, making it a compelling listen for language learners and music enthusiasts alike.

[English]

Everyone wants to call it all around our life with a better name

Everyone falls and spins, and gets up again with a friend who does the same

Everyone lies and cheats their wants and needs and still believes their heart

And everyone gets the chills, the kind that kills when the pain begins to start

Did I get this straight, do you want me here?

As I struggle through each and every year

And all these demons, they keep me up all night

They keep me up all night

They keep me up all night

...

Everyone's cross to bear is a crown they wear on endless holiday

Everyone raises kids in a world that changes life to a bitter game

Everyone works and fights, stays up all night to celebrate the day

And everyone lives to tell the tale of how we die alone someday

Did I get this straight, do you want me here?

As I struggle through each and every year

And all these demons, they keep me up all night

They keep me up all night

They keep me up all night

They keep me up all night

They keep me up all

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to give someone or something a name verb - to shout something
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known.
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection.
lies /laɪz/ A2	verb - to speak falsely or deceptively
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury.
struggle /ˈstrʌɡəl/ B2	verb - to make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction. noun - a forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or constriction.
demons /ˈdiːmənz/ B2	noun - an evil spirit or devil, especially one thought to possess a person or act as a tormentor in hell.
cross /krɔːs/ B1	noun - an upright post with a transverse piece near the top, formerly used as an instrument of execution. adjective - annoyed
crown /kraʊn/ B1	noun - a ceremonial head covering worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority and sovereignty.
endless /ˈɛndləs/ B1	adjective - having or seeming to have no end.
bitter /ˈbɪtər/ B1	adjective - having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet.
celebrate /ˈsɛləˌbreɪt/ B1	verb - to show happiness about an event or achievement.
tale /teɪl/ B2	noun - a fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted.

Key Grammar Structures

• Everyone wants to call it all around our life with a better name

  ➔ Use of the modal verb 'wants to' to express desire or intention.

  ➔ 'Wants to' is a modal construction showing desire or intention.

• Everyone lies and cheats their wants and needs and still believes their heart

  ➔ Use of the conjunction 'and' to join multiple clauses or ideas.

  ➔ 'And' connects items or clauses to form a compound idea.

• Did I get this straight, do you want me here?

  ➔ Use of interrogative inversion with auxiliary verb 'did' to form questions.

  ➔ 'Did' is used at the beginning of a question to indicate past tense and to invert the subject and verb.

• And all these demons, they keep me up all night

  ➔ Use of the relative pronoun 'they' to refer back to 'demons' and the verb 'keep' to indicate ongoing action.

  ➔ 'They' refers back to 'demons', and 'keep' indicates an ongoing action of causing distraction or disturbance.

• Everyone's cross to bear is a crown they wear on endless holiday

  ➔ Use of the possessive form 'Everyone's' and the copula 'is' to define a metaphorical relationship.

  ➔ 'Everyone's' shows possession, and 'is' links the subject to a metaphorical explanation.

• And everyone lives to tell the tale of how we die alone someday

  ➔ Use of the infinitive 'to tell' and the clause 'how we die alone someday' to express purpose and manner.

  ➔ 'To tell' expresses purpose, and the clause 'how we die alone someday' describes the manner of that dying.