Imagine Dragons
I Need a Minute lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2009
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 3:28
Welcome to the land of hire
I hope you brought the right attire
The crippled man is waiting at the door
He said, "Your eyes are much too bright"
The things you say are never right
The sins of all the world lie on your head
So, when you see me, look the other way
'Cause, oh-oh, lately all I do is play
All the glasses in the world say, "Come with me"
I need a minute to get my head straight
Just to hit it before it's too late
Innocent, considering my middle name is Shake My Body
Take a sin, it's Ritalin, I shimmy, and I shake my body
Oh, welcome to the land of fail
I hope you brought your soul for sale
The greeter's still at home, I think he died
The land of smash and fairy tale
The truth of life is close to hell
The best you'll be is nearly dead or failed
So, when you see me, look the other way
'Cause, oh-oh, lately all I do is say
"These plans I make believe all come with me"
I need a minute to get my head straight
Just to hit it before it's too late
Innocent, considering my middle name is Shake My Body
Take a sin, it's Ritalin, I shimmy, and I shake my body
I need a minute to get my head straight
Just to hit it before it's too late
Innocent, considering my middle name is Shake My Body
Take a sin, it's Ritalin, I shimmy, and I shake my body
Oh, perhaps it's all a dream and make believe
Oh, the last of all my dreams, but still leave me
I need a minute to get my head straight
Just to hit it before it's too late
Innocent, considering my middle name is Shake My Body
Take a sin, it's Ritalin, I shimmy, and I shake my body
I need a minute to get my head straight
Just to hit it before it's too late
Innocent, considering my middle name is Shake My Body
Take a sin, it's Ritalin, I shimmy, and I shake my body
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Key vocabulary
- hope
- want; expect betterA1
- land
- earth; to arriveA1
- straight
- not bent or angledA2
- make
- create or produceA1
- man
- adult human maleA1
- name
- word used for a personA1
- way
- method or directionA1
- welcome
- greet kindly; acceptableA1
- hire
- pay to employB1
- right
- correctA1
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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.