4 Words (To Choke Upon) – English Lyrics

• By: Bullet For My Valentine

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
betrayed /bɪˈtreɪd/ B2	verb - to be unfaithful or disloyal to someone
attack /əˈtæk/ B1	noun - an aggressive act against someone or something verb - to assault or attack someone or something
friendship /ˈfrɛndʃɪp/ B2	noun - the state of being friends; a friendly relationship
favor /ˈfeɪvər/ B2	noun - an act of kindness or approval
choke /tʃoʊk/ B2	verb - to have difficulty breathing because of blocked airway verb - to struggle to speak or continue doing something
envy /ˈɛvni/ B2	verb - to feel resentful longing for someone else's possessions or qualities
words /wɜːrdz/ A2	noun - units of language used to express ideas or feelings
hole /hoʊl/ A2	noun - an opening or empty space in something
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to be aware of facts or information
look /lʊk/ A1	verb - to direct your eyes towards someone or something noun - an act of directing the eyes
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the ongoing sequence of events
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes

Key Grammar Structures

• You're gonna get what's coming to you

  ➔ Future going to (gonna) for planned or expected actions

  ➔ 'Gonna' is a contraction of 'going to', used to express future intentions or predictions.

• Look at me now

  ➔ Imperative verb form for giving emphasis or command

  ➔ The phrase uses the imperative mood to command or strongly emphasize the speaker's call to attention.

• Rip a hole into our friendship

  ➔ Use of 'rip' as a metaphor, with a direct object and preposition 'into' to describe damaging a relationship

  ➔ 'Rip' means to tear or damage physically or metaphorically; here, it's used to describe destroying a friendship.

• Too many times I've seen it

  ➔ Present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) indicating repeated experiences up to now

  ➔ The present perfect expresses actions or experiences that happened multiple times before now, linking past actions to the present.

• But now I'm here to envy

  ➔ Simple present tense ('am') used with 'to' infinitive to express current state or purpose

  ➔ This phrase indicates the speaker's current readiness or intention to feel jealousy or envy.

• How it always will be

  ➔ Future tense 'will' to express a prediction or expectation about the future

  ➔ The use of 'will' indicates a strong prediction or certainty about how things are expected to be in the future.