Ashes – English Lyrics

• By: Meghan Trainor
• Album: TREAT MYSELF

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Maybe it's the way your brain works

Maybe we don't use the right words

Baby, we're too stubborn, it hurts, it hurts

...

(Hmm-mmm)

I wish you could see what you do

...

You might hate yourself if you knew

When we're not fightin' I'm a stranger to you, to you

...

And all your insecurities are taken out on me

...

You can call me a crier

But you hurt me bad

Tears run like water

I'm not lookin' back

'Cause you're just a liar

And all that we had

Is lost in the fire

Burned into ashes

Keep 'em burnin'

Keep 'em burnin'

...

I don't wanna tell you goodbye

But I feel like I'm wastin' my time

And I don't see you changin' your mind, your mind

And all your insecurites are taken out on me

You can call me a crier (Ah-ah)

But you hurt me bad (You hurt me bad)

Tears run like water

I'm not lookin' back (Not lookin' back)

'Cause you're just a liar

And all that we had (All that we)

Is lost in the fire

Burned into ashes

Keep 'em burnin'

(Burned into ashes)

Keep 'em burnin'

(Burned into ashes)

Keep 'em burnin'

(Burned into ashes)

Keep 'em burnin'

Oh, I fell for

Every single word you ever said to me

And all your insecurities are taken out on me

Take 'em out on me, go ahead

Call me a crier

But you hurt me bad

Tears run like water

So I'm not lookin' back

'Cause you're just a liar

And all that we had

Is lost in the fire

Burned into ashes

Keep 'em burnin'

(Burned into ashes)

Keep 'em burnin'

(Burned into ashes)

Keep 'em burnin'

(Burned into ashes)

Keep 'em burnin'

(Burned into ashes)

Burned into ashes

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Maybe it's the way your brain works

  ➔ Present Simple with 'maybe'

  ➔ The phrase 'Maybe it's...' uses the present simple tense to express a possible truth or hypothesis. 'Maybe' softens the statement, making it less definitive.

• Baby, we're too stubborn, it hurts, it hurts

  ➔ Present Continuous for ongoing state

  ➔ 'We're too stubborn' uses the present continuous to describe an ongoing state of being stubborn, emphasizing its current impact ('it hurts').

• I wish you could see what you do

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with 'wish'

  ➔ The sentence uses the subjunctive mood with 'wish' to express a desire for a non-reality ('I wish you could see...').

• You might hate yourself if you knew

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ The second conditional is used to talk about hypothetical situations and their results ('You might hate yourself if you knew').

• And all your insecurities are taken out on me

  ➔ Passive voice with 'are taken out'

  ➔ The passive voice is used here to emphasize the action ('taken out') and its effect on the subject ('me').

• Tears run like water

  ➔ Simple Present for habitual actions

  ➔ The simple present is used to describe a habitual or recurring action ('Tears run like water').

• I'm not lookin' back

  ➔ Contraction with apostrophe

  ➔ The apostrophe is used to contract 'I am' to 'I'm', a common feature in informal English.

• Keep 'em burnin'

  ➔ Informal imperative with contraction

  ➔ The phrase uses an informal imperative with a contraction ('Keep 'em burnin''), typical of conversational English.