Better Without You – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Stand in the front but shut up 'til I tell you to go
Don't get caught up in pretend 'cause you're not in control
'Cause this is my world, little girl, you'd be lost on your own
Just hating and waiting and saving up
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I'll do you a favor and save you if you sign on the line
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Don't worry your pretty little head about the future, it's all fine
Whether you're wrong or you're right
Doesn't matter, you're not up to the fight
Keeping my head down
'Cause they don't know what I know now
As empires fall to pieces
Our ashes twisting in the air
It makes me smile to know that
I'm better without you
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Now look around and remember your friends if you can
Feeding the flames 'til there's no one to blame, it's on your hands
Lost in your lies, pay the price with our lives, you've gone mad
And there's no way out
'Cause we all know you're hollow
As empires fall to pieces
Our ashes twisting in the air
It makes me smile to know that
I'm better without you
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Not enough, not enough
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Not enough to throw it all away
We'd still be falling
We're fallen
Turn it up, turn it up
Never gonna shut me up again
Your time is over
It's over now
As empires fall to pieces
Our ashes twisting in the air
It makes me smile to know that
I'm, I'm better without you
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Key Vocabulary
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control /kənˈtroʊl/ B2 |
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empires /ˈempaɪərz/ C1 |
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ashes /ˈæʃɪz/ B2 |
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smile /smaɪl/ A2 |
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fallen /ˈfɒl.ən/ B2 |
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twisting /ˈtwɪs.tɪŋ/ C1 |
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wait /weɪt/ A2 |
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know /noʊ/ A2 |
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fall /fɔːl/ A2 |
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throw /θroʊ/ B1 |
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shut /ʃʌt/ A2 |
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fight /faɪt/ B1 |
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pretty /ˈprɪti/ A2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Don't get caught up in pretend 'cause you're not in control
➔ Imperative + going to ( future intention)
➔ 'Don't get caught up' uses the imperative form to give a command or advice not to become involved.
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It makes me smile to know that I'm better without you
➔ Infinitive clause ('to know') as a purpose/subject complement
➔ The phrase 'to know that I'm better without you' is an infinitive clause expressing purpose or result.
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As empires fall to pieces
➔ Prepositional phrase ('as' introducing simultaneous action)
➔ 'As' introduces a clause indicating that two events occur at the same time or condition.
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Just hating and waiting and saving up
➔ Gerund phrases (verb + -ing) as a series of actions
➔ Gerund forms ('hating', 'waiting', 'saving') are used here as nouns to list ongoing actions or states.
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Turn it up, turn it up
➔ Imperative verb ('turn') + object pronoun ('it') + adverb ('up')
➔ The construction 'Turn it up' is an imperative sentence with a verb, object, and adverb to give a command to increase volume or intensity.
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Never gonna shut me up again
➔ Futuro with 'gonna' + negative ('never' + 'gonna') + verb phrase
➔ 'Gonna' is an informal contraction of 'going to' indicating future intention, combined here with 'never' for a negative statement.
