Shadowing Practice: Imagine Dragons - Believer (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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First things first, I'ma say all the words inside my head I'm fired up
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and tired of the way that things have been Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh The way that things have been Oh,
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ooh, ooh, ooh Second thing, second Don't you tell me what you think
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that I can be I'm the one at the sale I'm the master of my sea, oh, oooh, the master of my sea,
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oh, oooh I was broken from a young age, taking my soak into the masses Writing my poems for the few that look at me, took to me, shook at me,
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feeling me Singing from heartache, from the pain, taking my message from the veins Speaking my lesson from the brain,
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seeing the beauty through the Hey!
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You made me up, you made me a believer!
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Believer You break me down,
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you build me up Believer Cain Let the bullets fly,
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let them rain My life, my love, my time, it came from Pain You build me up,
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you build me up Believer Third thing's third,
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send a prayer to the ones up above All the hate that you've heard has turned your spirit to a dove Oh,
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oooh, your spirit up above Oh, oooh, oooh I was choking in the crowd,
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building my brain up in the crowd Falling like ashes to the ground, hoping my feelings, they would drown But they never did, ever lived, heaven and flow uninhibited,
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limited Till it broke open and rained down, it rained down Like, like,
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you made me a, you made me a believer, believer Hey, you break me down,
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you build me up, believer, believer Pain, let the bullets fly,
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let them rain My life, my love, my life, it came from Hey, you build me up, you build me up,
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believer, believer Last is last by the grace of the fire and the flames You're the face of the future,
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the blood in my veins, oh, ooh The blood in my veins, oh, ooh But they never did,
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ever lived, ebbin' and flowin' inhibited, libited Till it broke open and rained down, it rained down like Hey,
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you made me up, you made me up, believer, believer Hey, you make me up,
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you make me up, believer, believer Hey, let the bullets fly,
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let them rain My life, my love, my God, it came from Hey,
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you make me up, you make me up, believer, believer
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 26 sentences and 407 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:10. The speaker talks at a steady 128 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| believer noun | /bɪˈlivɚ/ | A person who believes; especially regarding religion. |
| bullet noun | /ˈbʊlɪt/ | A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed. |
| vein noun | /veɪn/ | A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| prayer noun | /pɹɛɚ/ | A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity. |
| shake verb | /ˈʃeɪk/ | To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. |
| poem noun | /ˈpoʊ.əm/ | A literary piece written in verse. |
| ash noun | /ˈæʃ/ | The solid remains of a fire. |
| flame noun | /fleɪm/ | The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat. |
| choke verb | /t͡ʃoʊk/ | To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air… |
| drown verb | /dɹaʊn/ | To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid. |
| dove noun | /doʊv/ | A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than three hundred… |
| soak verb | /soʊk/ | To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it. |
| oooh | Elongated form of ooh. | |
| heartache noun | /ˈhɑːteɪk/ | Emotional distress or pain, often caused by a loved one or their absence. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, ash /ˈæʃ/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like believer, bullet, vein.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.