Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus – English Lyrics

• By: The Strokes
• Album: The New Abnormal

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

One shot is never enough

I just wait for us to go in circles

A lifetime of giving my all for you

(Hostile, give me a break)

(Don't say it's in the bottle of air)

At first he would tell me I'm his friend

Actually no thanks, I'm okay

And then he would send weird looks my way

I want new friends, but they don't want me

They're making plans while I watch TV

Thought it was you, but maybe it's me

I want new friends, but they don't want me

And the 80s song yeah, how did it go?

When they said, "This is the beginning of the best years"

Even though

False, break

...

One shot is never enough

I just wait for this to go into circles

And the distance from my room, is anything so necessary?

I was thinking about that thing that you said last night

So boring

...

And the 80s bands, oh where did they go?

Can we switch into the chorus right now?

I want new friends, but they don't want me

They have some fun, but then they just leave

Is it just them, or maybe all me?

Why my new friends don't seem to want me

Hurts my case but that's okay

It hurts my case but that's okay

We're dancing on a moonbeam

On and on and on and on and on

The deeper I get, the less that I know

That's the way that it goes

The less that I know, the deeper I go

Juliet, I adore

The deeper I get, the less that I know

Diminishing returns

...

Oh that's how it goes

All I wanna say

Oh, another song

Oh, another day

Oh, another song

Oh, another day

Oh, another song

Oh, another break

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
shot /ʃɒt/ A1	noun - a discharge of a firearm, or the bullet or shell fired
wait /weɪt/ A1	verb - to stay in one place until something happens
circle /ˈsɜːr.kəl/ A1	noun - a round shape verb - to move in a round shape
lifetime /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/ A2	noun - the length of time a person lives
hostile /ˈhɒs.taɪl/ B1	adjective - unfriendly or aggressive
weird /wɪəd/ A2	adjective - strange or unusual
plan /plæn/ A1	noun - a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something verb - to make preparations for an event
distance /ˈdɪs.təns/ A2	noun - the amount of space between two places
necessary /ˈnes.ə.sə.ri/ A2	adjective - needed or required
boring /ˈbɔː.rɪŋ/ A2	adjective - not interesting or exciting
switch /swɪtʃ/ A2	verb - to change from one thing to another
chorus /ˈkɔː.rəs/ B1	noun - a part of a song where a group of people sing together
moonbeam /ˈmuːn.biːm/ B2	noun - a ray of moonlight
diminishing /dɪˈmɪn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/ C1	verb - to become or make something become smaller, weaker, or less
returns /rɪˈtɜːrnz/ A2	noun - the profit or benefit from an investment

Key Grammar Structures

• One shot is never enough

  ➔ Simple present with adverb of frequency (never)

  ➔ The adverb "never" modifies the verb "is" to express a negative frequency.

• I just wait for us to go in circles

  ➔ Verb + for + infinitive (wait for + to go)

  ➔ The infinitive "to go" follows the phrasal verb "wait for".

• A lifetime of giving my all for you

  ➔ Gerund after a preposition (of + giving)

  ➔ The gerund "giving" functions as a noun after the preposition "of".

• (Don't say it's in the bottle of air)

  ➔ Negative imperative (Don't + base verb)

  ➔ "Don't" is the contracted form of "do not", used to give a negative command.

• At first he would tell me I'm his friend

  ➔ Modal "would" for past habitual actions

  ➔ "Would" indicates a repeated or typical action in the past.

• I want new friends, but they don't want me

  ➔ Contrast with conjunction "but" and negative verb "don't want"

  ➔ "But" introduces a contrasting clause, and "don't want" is the negative present simple of "want".

• We're dancing on a moonbeam

  ➔ Present continuous (am/is/are + V‑ing)

  ➔ "Dancing" is the present participle that, together with "are", forms the present continuous to describe an action happening now.

• The deeper I get, the less that I know

  ➔ Comparative correlative: the … the …

  ➔ "The deeper" and "the less" form a paired comparative structure showing that as one quality increases, the other decreases.

• Can we switch into the chorus right now?

  ➔ Modal "can" for request or possibility

  ➔ "Can" is the modal verb that asks about ability or permission in a polite way.