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  • Head down running from the beast

  • Breakneck speed taking all my breath

  • Black feet scraped and scarred and dripping blood

  • Rain come down take me with your flood

  • I came to and I was running from you

  • Feel your breath on the back of my neck

  • Where have I come to be

  • Is this all that's left for me

  • I wish that I was still there

  • I want to keep on breathing

  • Bulls roar loud

  • Snakes move past my feet

  • No teeth no hands set me free

  • Bones start rattling 'round inside my head

  • I don't know if I'm alive or dead

  • Where have I come to be

  • Is this all that's left for me

  • I wish that I was still there

  • I want to keep on breathing

  • Dig deep kicking up rock and dirt and sand

  • Out of this lifeless valley bones in hand

  • Over these mountains to the seas of life

  • Leave this desert for the sick and damned

Head down running from the beast

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Mastodon - Dry Bone Valley [Official Music Video]

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    Bruce Chen posted on 2018/02/06
Video vocabulary

Keywords

damn

US /dæm/

UK /dæm/

  • verb
  • To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
  • To threaten with everlasting punishment
  • other
  • To express strong disapproval of.
  • To condemn to hell; to curse.
  • other
  • An exclamation of anger, frustration, or disappointment.
  • exclamation
  • A mild swear word used to express annoyance
leave

US /liv/

UK /li:v/

  • noun
  • A period of absence from duty or work, especially when granted permission.
  • Permission to do something
  • Vacation time; time off work
  • other
  • To cause someone to be in a particular state or condition.
  • To allow something to remain in a specific place or condition.
  • other
  • Permission to be away from work or duty.
  • Remains of food.
  • verb
  • To go away from; depart
  • To gift property to someone after you die
  • To allow something to continue happening
  • To let something remain unused or available
  • To let something or someone remain somewhere
  • other
  • To go away from a place.
desert

US /ˈdɛzət/

UK /'dezət/

  • verb
  • To leave a place for ever; abandon
  • To leave when one is needed or expected to stay
  • other
  • To abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous.
  • noun
  • A dry, barren area of land, typically sandy and with little or no vegetation.
  • Bare area of land, often with few plants and water
  • A punishment or reward that is deserved.
  • other
  • To illegally leave the armed forces.
  • (of a soldier) to leave the armed forces without permission and with the intention of not returning.
scar

US /skɑr/

UK /skɑ:(r)/

  • noun
  • Long lasting emotional pain from a bad experience
  • A mark on something made by scratching it
  • verb
  • To cause long lasting emotional pain
  • To leave a mark on something by scratching it
dirt

US /dɚt/

UK /dɜ:t/

  • adjective
  • Very inexpensive.
  • other
  • A substance, such as mud or dust, that makes something dirty.
  • Scandalous or discreditable information.
  • Something morally impure or corrupting.
  • Damaging information about someone.
  • Soil or earth.
  • noun
  • A track made of compacted earth or soil.
  • Loose earth or soil
breathe

US /brið/

UK /bri:ð/

  • verb
  • To move air into and out of your lungs
  • To say something very softly
  • To stop moving so one can rest
  • other
  • To emit or exhale (something).
  • To say something quietly.
  • other
  • To be alive.
  • To take air into your lungs and send it out again.
  • To inhale and exhale air.
kick

US /kɪk/

UK /kɪk/

  • noun
  • Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
  • verb
  • To hit or move something with the foot
flood

US /flʌd/

UK /flʌd/

  • noun
  • A large quantity of something that appears suddenly.
  • A quick unexpectedly volume of something
  • An overwhelming amount of a feeling.
  • A very bright light.
  • Large number of people or things arriving at once
  • Destruction when a river breaks its banks
  • An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.
  • other
  • To arrive in overwhelming abundance.
  • To cover or fill (a place or thing) with water.
  • verb
  • To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
  • (Of liquid) to fill or cover something completely
scrape

US /skrep/

UK /skreɪp/

  • other
  • To move roughly across the surface of something
  • verb
  • To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
  • To damage the surface by moving something roughly
  • To remove something by roughly brushing it off
  • noun
  • Bad or unpleasant incident
  • Sound of something moving roughly across a surface
breath

US /brɛθ/

UK /breθ/

  • noun
  • Air you take in and out of your body
  • other
  • The air that you take into your lungs and send out again.
  • The state of being alive.
  • The smell of someone's breath.