Bad Trip (Interlude) – English Lyrics

• By: Jhené Aiko

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

作词 : Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo/Oladipo Omishore/Amaire Johnson

作曲 : Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo/Oladipo Omishore/Amaire Johnson

I'm having an awful time

You said you would get me high

But you took me out my mind

Way down to the other side

Bad trip

On a bad trip

On a bad trip

On a bad trip

Like a child in a womb, with no room to grow

In a world I didn't know, I'm confused and cold

Oh no

Now you show me all the things I could never see

In a new reality I cannot believe, not believe

Bad trip

(I thought you loved me)

(Someone get me some help)

(You told me you loved me)

(You're a liar, you're a liar, I hate you, I hate you)

(Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God)

(Where am I?)

(Just calm down)

(Don't touch me)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
trip /trɪp/ A1	noun - a journey or voyage noun - a psychedelic experience, often negative
awful /ˈɔːfəl/ A2	adjective - very bad or unpleasant
high /haɪ/ A2	adjective - elevated or uplifted noun - a state of euphoria, often from drugs
confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ A2	adjective - unable to think clearly
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - lacking warmth
reality /riˈælɪti/ B1	noun - the state of things as they actually exist
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A1	verb - to accept something as true
liar /ˈlaɪər/ A2	noun - a person who tells lies
hate /heɪt/ A1	verb - to feel intense dislike
calm /kæm/ A2	verb - to make someone less angry or anxious adjective - not excited or upset
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to come into physical contact with
womb /wuːm/ B1	noun - the organ where a baby develops until birth
grow /ɡroʊ/ A1	verb - to develop or increase in size
show /ʃoʊ/ A1	verb - to allow someone to see something
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the part of a person that thinks and feels

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm having an awful time

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The sentence uses the present continuous tense with 'am having' to describe an action happening now.

• You said you would get me high

  ➔ Past Simple + Future in the Past

  ➔ 'You said' is past simple, and 'would get' indicates a future action from the past perspective.

• Way down to the other side

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ 'Way down to the other side' is a prepositional phrase modifying the verb 'took'.

• Like a child in a womb, with no room to grow

  ➔ Simile

  ➔ The phrase uses 'like' to compare the speaker's situation to a child in a womb.

• In a world I didn't know, I'm confused and cold

  ➔ Past Simple + Present Continuous

  ➔ 'Didn't know' is past simple, and 'I'm confused' is present continuous, showing contrast.

• (I thought you loved me)

  ➔ Past Tense in Indirect Speech

  ➔ The past tense 'thought' is used in indirect speech to report a past belief.

• (You're a liar, you're a liar, I hate you, I hate you)

  ➔ Present Simple for Emphasis

  ➔ The repeated present simple 'you're' and 'I hate' emphasize the speaker's strong feelings.