Automatic Sun – English Lyrics

• By: The Warning

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ I'M HIGH ON THE FREEDOM ♪

♪ BUT SOMEHOW YOU STILL GOT ME TRAPPED ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ THE SILENCE AT MIDNIGHT JUST FEELS ♪

♪ LIKE YOUR NAILS DOWN MY BACK ♪

♪ (UH-UH) TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH (UH-UH) ♪

♪ THE WAY THE WEIGHT OF EVERYTHING'S JUST (UH-UH) ♪

♪ AN UNAVOIDABLE HEADACHE ♪

♪ BUT YOU GOT ME BEGGING INSTEAD ♪

♪ BURN IN YOUR AUTOMATIC SUN! ♪

♪ LOOK WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME ♪

♪ GIVE ME YOUR PSYCHOSOMATIC LOVE! ♪

♪ LOOK WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ AND IF YOU CRAWL TO ME ♪

♪ WILL YOU BE MY MIRROR, REFLECT WHAT I NEED? ♪

♪ OH, YOU'RE SO OUT OF REACH, YEAH (UH-UH) ♪

♪ THE WAY YOU HURT ME IS NEVER ENOUGH (UH-UH) ♪

♪ THIS ADDICTION'S HARD TO GIVE UP (UH-UH) ♪

♪ IF YOU WANT IT ALL, THEN JUST TAKE IT ♪

♪ 'CAUSE YOU GOT ME, YOU GOT ME! ♪

♪ BURN IN YOUR AUTOMATIC SUN! ♪

♪ LOOK WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME ♪

♪ GIVE ME YOUR PSYCHOSOMATIC LOVE! ♪

♪ LOOK WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH ♪

♪ THE WAY THE WEIGHT OF EVERYTHING'S JUST ♪

♪ AN UNAVOIDABLE HEADACHE ♪

♪ HMM-MM THE WAY YOU HURT ME IS NEVER ENOUGH ♪

♪ THIS ADDICTION'S HARD TO GIVE UP ♪

♪ IF YOU WANT IT ALL, THEN JUST TAKE IT ♪

♪ TAKE IT, TAKE IT ♪

♪ BURN IN YOUR AUTOMATIC SUN! ♪

♪ LOOK WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME ♪

♪ GIVE ME YOUR PSYCHOSOMATIC LOVE! ♪

♪ LOOK WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME ♪

♪ (OH, OH, OH-OH, OH) ♪

♪ LOOK WHAT YOU'RE DOING (DOING) ♪

♪ (OH, OH, OH-OH, OH) ♪

♪ LOOK WHAT YOU'RE DOING (DOING) ♪

♪ LOOK WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME! ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
freedom /ˈfriːdəm/ B2	noun - the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint
trapped /træpt/ B1	adjective - caught and unable to escape
silence /ˈsaɪləns/ B1	noun - the absence of sound
midnight /ˈmɪdnaɪt/ B1	noun - twelve o'clock at night
weight /weɪt/ B1	noun - a measure of how heavy something is
unavoidable /ʌnˈævɔɪdəbl/ C1	adjective - impossible to prevent or avoid
headache /ˈhɛdeɪk/ B1	noun - pain in the head
begging /ˈbɛɡɪŋ/ B2	verb - to ask earnestly for something
burn /bɜːrn/ B1	verb - to be on fire; to be heated
automatic /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/ B2	adjective - operating by itself without manual control
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star that gives light and heat to Earth
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something
crawl /krɔːl/ B1	verb - to move on the hands and knees
mirror /ˈmɪrər/ B1	noun - a reflective surface that shows an image
reflect /rɪˈflɛkt/ B2	verb - to throw back light, heat, or an image
reach /riːtʃ/ B1	verb - to stretch out in order to touch or grasp
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause pain
addiction /əˈdɪkʃən/ B2	noun - a compulsive need for a substance or activity

Key Grammar Structures

• ♪ I'M HIGH ON THE FREEDOM ♪

  ➔ Present Continuous

  ➔ "I'm" is a contraction of 'I am', used with the verb 'to be' in the present continuous to describe an ongoing state or feeling.

• ♪ SOMEHOW YOU STILL GOT ME TRAPPED ♪

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ "Got" is in the present perfect form (have got), indicating a state that started in the past and continues now, with "me trapped" as a result.

• ♪ THE SILENCE AT MIDNIGHT JUST FEELS ♪

  ➔ Present Simple

  ➔ "Feels" is in the present simple tense, used for general truths, habits, or opinions, expressing how something sensory is experienced.

• ♪ (UH-UH) TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH (UH-UH) ♪

  ➔ Imperative with Negation

  ➔ "Try not" uses the imperative form with 'not to' infinitive for polite advice or suggestion, advising avoidance of overthinking.

• ♪ AN UNAVOIDABLE HEADACHE ♪

  ➔ Adjective Usage

  ➔ "Unavoidable" is an adjective before the noun "headache", describing it as something that cannot be prevented, using derivation with 'un-' for negation.

• ♪ BURN IN YOUR AUTOMATIC SUN! ♪

  ➔ Imperative

  ➔ "Burn" is in the imperative mood, giving a direct command or exclamation, often emotional or figurative in lyrics.

• ♪ GIVE ME YOUR PSYCHOSOMATIC LOVE! ♪

  ➔ Imperative

  ➔ "Give" is in the imperative mood, issuing a direct request or demand for something, "me" as the object.

• ♪ IF YOU WANT IT ALL, THEN JUST TAKE IT ♪

  ➔ Conditional Structure

  ➔ "If you want... then just take" is a conditional with implied result, where "if" clause sets the condition, and "then" introduces the consequence.

• ♪ THIS ADDICTION'S HARD TO GIVE UP ♪

  ➔ Gerund After Adjective

  ➔ "To give up" is a gerund (infinitive form after "hard"), describing difficulty with "addiction's" as the subject.