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A broken heart is all that's left 00:22
I'm still fixing all the cracks 00:26
Lost a couple of pieces when 00:30
I carried it, carried it, carried it home 00:35
I'm afraid of all I am 00:41
My mind feels like a foreign land 00:46
Silence ringing inside my head 00:51
Please, carry me, carry me, carry me home 00:57
I've spent all of the love I saved 01:02
We were always a losing game 01:06
Small-town boy in a big arcade 01:09
I got addicted to a losing game 01:12
Ooh, ooh 01:15
All I know, all I know 01:21
Loving you is a losing game 01:25
How many pennies in the slot? 01:30
Giving us up didn't take a lot 01:35
I saw the end 'fore it begun 01:40
Still I carried, I carried, I carry on 01:45
Ooh, ooh 01:50
All I know, all I know 01:56
Loving you is a losing game 02:00
Ooh, ooh 02:04
All I know, all I know 02:10
Loving you is a losing game 02:15
I don't need your games, game over 02:19
Get me off this rollercoaster 02:25
Ooh, ooh 02:29
All I know, all I know 02:36
Ooh, ooh 02:44
All I know, all I know 02:50
Loving you is a losing game 02:54
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh 02:59
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh 03:06

Arcade – English Lyrics

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Lyrics & Translation

[English]
A broken heart is all that's left
I'm still fixing all the cracks
Lost a couple of pieces when
I carried it, carried it, carried it home
I'm afraid of all I am
My mind feels like a foreign land
Silence ringing inside my head
Please, carry me, carry me, carry me home
I've spent all of the love I saved
We were always a losing game
Small-town boy in a big arcade
I got addicted to a losing game
Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
How many pennies in the slot?
Giving us up didn't take a lot
I saw the end 'fore it begun
Still I carried, I carried, I carry on
Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
I don't need your games, game over
Get me off this rollercoaster
Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

heart

/hɑːt/

A1
  • noun
  • - the organ in your chest that pumps blood
  • noun
  • - feelings

cracks

/kræks/

A2
  • noun
  • - small lines or breaks in a hard surface

lost

/lɒst/

A2
  • adjective
  • - no longer able to find your way

mind

/maɪnd/

B1
  • noun
  • - the part of a person that thinks, feels, and remembers

silence

/ˈsaɪləns/

B1
  • noun
  • - the complete absence of sound

love

/lʌv/

A1
  • noun
  • - an intense feeling of affection

game

/ɡeɪm/

A2
  • noun
  • - a form of play or sport

arcade

/ɑːˈkeɪd/

B2
  • noun
  • - a public place with coin-operated amusement machines

addicted

/əˈdɪktɪd/

B2
  • adjective
  • - having a strong and harmful need to regularly have something

pennies

/ˈpeniz/

A2
  • noun
  • - plural of penny, a small coin

slot

/slɒt/

A2
  • noun
  • - a narrow opening for inserting something

end

/end/

A1
  • noun
  • - the final part of something

carry

/ˈkæri/

A2
  • verb
  • - to hold and transport something

rollercoaster

/ˈroʊləˌkoʊstər/

B2
  • noun
  • - a type of amusement ride

games

/ɡeɪmz/

A2
  • noun
  • - plural of game

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Key Grammar Structures

  • A broken heart is all that's left

    ➔ Passive Voice (is left)

    ➔ The passive voice is used to emphasize the state of the heart, that something has happened to it rather than who or what did it.

  • I'm still fixing all the cracks

    ➔ Present Continuous (I'm fixing)

    ➔ Describes an action happening at the moment of speaking or around the present time.

  • I'm afraid of all I am

    ➔ Subject Pronoun (I)

    ➔ Used as the subject of the sentence.

  • My mind feels like a foreign land

    ➔ Simile (like a foreign land)

    ➔ Uses "like" to compare the speaker's mind to a foreign land.

  • I've spent all of the love I saved

    ➔ Present Perfect (I've spent)

    ➔ Indicates an action that started in the past and continues to the present, or an action completed in the past with results in the present.

  • We were always a losing game

    ➔ Past Simple (were)

    ➔ Describes a past state or repeated action.

  • I got addicted to a losing game

    ➔ Past Simple (got)

    ➔ Describes a completed action in the past.

  • How many pennies in the slot?

    ➔ Question word (How many)

    ➔ Used to inquire about a quantity.

  • I saw the end 'fore it begun

    ➔ Contraction ('fore)

    ➔ Contraction of "before", used to create a more informal and poetic tone.

  • I don't need your games, game over

    ➔ Auxiliary Verb (don't)

    ➔ Used to form the negative form of the verb "need".