Imagine Dragons
Radioactive lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2012
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 3:07
I'm wakin' up to ash and dust
I wipe my brow, and I sweat my rust
I'm breathin' in the chemicals
I'm breakin' in, shapin' up
Then checkin' out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse, whoa
I'm wakin' up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my system blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, oh, whoa, I'm
Radioactive, radioactive
Whoa, oh, whoa, I'm
Radioactive, radioactive
I raise my flag, dye my clothes
It's a revolution, I suppose
We're painted red to fit right in, whoa
I'm breakin' in and shapin' up
Then checkin' out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse, whoa
I'm wakin' up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my system blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, oh, whoa, I'm
Radioactive, radioactive
Whoa, oh, whoa, I'm
Radioactive, radioactive
All systems go
The sun hasn't died
Deep in my bones
Straight from inside
I'm wakin' up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my system blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, oh, whoa, I'm
Radioactive, radioactive
Whoa, oh, whoa, I'm
Radioactive, radioactive
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Key vocabulary
- wakin
- waking; partly awake
- brow
- forehead
- breathin
- breathing; drawing air
- it's
- it isA1
- revolution
- major changeB2
- painted
- decorated with paintA1
- red
- a strong warm colorA1
- right
- correctA1
- prison
- place for criminalsA2
- sweat
- drops from hot skinA2
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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.