Bullet With Butterfly Wings – English Lyrics

• By: MØ

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

The world is a vampire

Sent to drain

Secret destroyers

Hold you up to the flames

And what do I get

For my pain?

Betrayed desires

And a piece of the game

Even though I know

I suppose I'll show

All my cool and cold

Like ol' Job

Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage

Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage (Yeah)

Someone will say, what is lost can never be saved (No no, no)

Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage

...

Now I'm naked

Nothing but an animal

But can't you fake it (C'mon)

For just one more show? (Yeah)

And what do you want? (Aha)

I wanna change (Aah)

And what do I got (Aha)

When you feel the same? (Oh)

Even though I know

I suppose I'll show

All my cool and cold

Like ol' Job

Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage (Still just)

Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage (Aah)

Someone will say, what is lost can never be saved (No, no)

Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage

Still just rat in a cage

...

Key Grammar Structures

• The world is a vampire

  ➔ Simple present (copular verb)

  ➔ The verb "is" links the subject "The world" to the complement "a vampire".

• Sent to drain

  ➔ Past participle used as an adjective (participial phrase)

  ➔ The past participle "Sent" functions as an adjective describing the implied subject, meaning "(being) sent to drain".

• And what do I get for my pain?

  ➔ Question with auxiliary "do" (present simple)

  ➔ The auxiliary "do" is used to form a question in the present simple: "what do I get?"

• Even though I know

  ➔ Concessive clause with "even though"

  ➔ "Even though" introduces a clause that expresses a contrast: "Even though I know..."

• Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage

  ➔ Prepositional phrase "Despite" + noun phrase + present simple

  ➔ "Despite" introduces a contrastive prepositional phrase "Despite all my rage"; the main clause uses the present simple "I am".

• Someone will say, what is lost can never be saved

  ➔ Future simple with "will" + indirect speech; modal "can" in subordinate clause

  ➔ "Will" marks a future prediction "Someone will say". In the reported clause, "can" expresses ability/possibility: "what is lost can never be saved".

• But can't you fake it (C'mon)

  ➔ Question with modal verb "can" + negative contraction "can't"

  ➔ "Can't" is the contracted negative form of "can not" used to ask a polite request: "can't you fake it?"

• I wanna change

  ➔ Colloquial contraction "wanna" = "want to" + infinitive

  ➔ "wanna" is an informal reduction of "want to"; it is followed by the infinitive "change".

• When you feel the same?

  ➔ Interrogative clause introduced by "when" (present simple)

  ➔ "When" introduces a question about time: "When you feel the same?" uses the present simple "feel".