An idiom (Latin: idioma, "special property", f. Greek: ἰδίωμα – idiōma, "special feature, special phrasing", f. Greek: ἴδιος – idios, "one’s own") is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of that expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made. There are estimated to be at least 25,000 idiomatic expressions in the English language.
In linguistics, idioms are usually presumed to be figures of speech contradicting the principle of compositionality; yet the matter remains debated.[citation needed] In phraseology, they are defined in a similar way as a sub-type of phraseme whose meaning is not the regular sum of the meanings of its components. John Saeed defines an "idiom" as words collocated that became affixed to each other until metamorphosing into a fossilised term. This collocation—words commonly used in a group—redefines each component word in the word-group and becomes an idiomatic expression. When taken jointly as a single, stand-alone entity, rather than being analyzed in terms of its words' separate literal meanings, the phrase develops a specialized meaning, thereby becoming an idiom. Moreover, an idiom is an expression, word, or phrase whose sense means something different from what the words literally imply. The idiom "beating around the bush" means to hint or discuss obliquely; nobody is literally beating any person or thing, and the bush is a metaphor. When a speaker uses an idiom, someone listening to that speaker might attribute an incorrect meaning to that idiom if the listener has not encountered that specific figure of speech before. Idioms usually do not translate well; in some cases, when an idiom is translated into another language, either its meaning is changed or it is meaningless.
Chasing the waves from the shore.
In a world made from destruction,
You can make it on your own.
Generation!
Where do you come from?
Generation!
Where are you heading?
For the gutter.
Makes it all seem right,
When you come over gently,
And whisper words in my ear.
I fall over through the shock and I,
Can't compete with intimidation.
It's a fear.
It's a paranoia.
You can shake it off.
You can shake it all off.
It's only in your head.
It's all in your head.
Go outside, breathe some fresh air.
And for once in your life..
Come back alive.
There's a sign inside my head marked acceptance,
And I don't know whether to flick the switch or leave it running.
Where are you now,
With your word of disease?
Caught in the grip of release,
Oh please, I beg of you.
Everyone is running from the things they don't believe in.
Everyone is running from the things they don't believe in.
Everyone is running from the things they don't believe in.
Everyone is running from the things they don't believe in.
Where are you now,
With your words of ignorance,
And your words of belligerence?
Where are you now,
With your words of ignorance,
And your words of belligerence,
Echoing through you.
Everyone is running from the things they don't believe in.
Everything is running from the things they don't believe in.
Everyone is running from the things they don't believe in.
Everyone is running from the things they don't believe in.
Everyone is running from the things they don't believe in.
Everything is running from the things they don't believe in.
Everyone is running from the things they don't believe in.
Everything is running from the things they don't believe in.
Everyone is running from the things they don't believe in.