Imagine Dragons
America lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 4:34
Is this just an illusion
That I made inside my head to get me by
20 years in debt
20 years in the government
20 years can never get me by
Then I feel you close
Feel you close like you wanted me to
Feel you close like you wanted me to
Believe in you, ooh
Rise to the top of the world
America
America don't you cry
Lift me up
Give me strength to press on
Rise to the top of the world
America
America don't you cry
Lift me up
Give me strength to press on
From farmers in the fields
To the tallest of the towers that fall and rise
1-7-7-6
The names upon the list
For all the ones that gave until they died
Don't you hold back
I can see in your mind and your mind will set you free
And I feel you close
Feel you close like you wanted me to
Feel you close like you wanted me to
Believe in you, ooh
Rise to the top of the world
America
America don't you cry
Lift me up (Lift me up)
Give me strength to press on
Rise to the top of the world
America
America don't you cry
Lift me up
Give me strength to press on
Rise to the top of the world
America
America don't you cry
Lift me up (Lift me up)
Give me strength to press on
Rise to the top of the world
America
America don't you cry (Oh, oh-oh)
Lift me up
Give me strength to press on
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Key vocabulary
- made
- past of makeA1
- world
- Earth; everyone around usA1
- years
- time units, 12 monthsA1
- wanted
- desired or neededA1
- believe
- think is trueB2
- rise
- go upA2
- america
- the USA continent countryA1
- don't
- do notA1
- hold
- keep in your handsA2
- back
- toward the rearA2
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About this song
Imagine Dragons are an American band from Las Vegas that plays indie rock and synth-pop. They are known for their stadium-sized breakout singles “It’s Time” and “Radioactive” and their string of major-label albums including Night Visions, Smoke + Mirrors, Evolve, and Origins.