Burning Bridges – English Lyrics

• By: Drake

Lyrics & Translation

Explore 'Burning Bridges' to improve your English by learning idioms related to relationships and emotional closure. The song's rhythmic, repetitive nature makes it a great tool for practicing modern, conversational phrasing and understanding how metaphors are used to express complex feelings of regret.

[English]

作词 : Aubrey Graham

作曲 : Aubrey Graham

Burning, burning

Burning bridges is okay

I'd rather take the long way, ayy

I'd rather take the long way, yeah, yeah

I swear I could cry when I see your face

I'm way too in love just to let you walk away

I know it's your dream to start a family in LA

They love me too much here, I cannot relocate

I just can't move away

I can't leave my brothers in them trenches, gotta lead the way, yeah

I cannot relocate

Just even the thought to turn my back on them is not okay

I cannot relocate

We just got a post up here, I promise things will be okay

'Cause I love you, bae

But they love me too here, I cannot

Yeah, damn

I put you niggas through the ringer, yeah

You gettin' bodied by a singin' nigga, yeah

I'm way no where like I'm Kris Kringle, yeah

Your baby mama ain't even post your single, damn

Where she at? Yeah, where she at?

Your baby mama ain't even post your single, yeah

I'm off a quay, it make my body tingle, yeah

Look in the mirror, see where talking get you, yeah

You should be swimming with the ****in' fishes

But I still got love for your misses and her sister

Said I told Cappo we can't burn them bridges, yeah

You saw my brother, you was tryna fix it

Now you drop your album and you back dissin', yeah

We're G block babies, we is not musicians

My niggas didn't have a pot to piss in

Now they drop the top so much, they got a drop addiction

Cappo got so many watches, he might clock a nigga

Cappo got so many watches, he need supervision

Why you walkin' 'round the facts like you're superstitious?

Damn, damn, damn

I put you niggas through the ringer, yeah

You gettin' bodied by a singin' nigga, yeah

I'm way no where like I'm Kris Kringle, yeah

Your baby mama ain't even post your single, damn

Where she at? Yeah, where she at?

Your baby mama ain't even post your single, yeah

I'm off a quay, it make my body tingle, yeah

Your baby mama ain't even post your single, damn

Where she at? Yeah, where she at?

Your baby mama ain't even post your single, yeah

I'm off a quay, it make my body tingle, yeah

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
burning /ˈbɜːrnɪŋ/ A2	adjective - On fire or feeling intense heat or emotion.
bridges /ˈbrɪdʒɪz/ A1	noun - Structures built over obstacles; metaphorically, connections between people.
relocate /ˌriːloʊˈkeɪt/ C1	verb - To move to a new place and establish one's home or business there.
trenches /ˈtrɛntʃɪz/ B2	noun - Long, narrow ditches; metaphorically, difficult or impoverished environments.
ringer /ˈrɪŋər/ C2	noun - A difficult situation or test (often used in the phrase 'put through the ringer').
bodied /ˈbɒdid/ C2	verb - To soundly defeat or dominate someone, especially in competition.
tingle /ˈtɪŋɡəl/ B2	verb - To experience a slight prickling or stinging sensation.
superstitious /ˌsuːpərˈstɪʃəs/ B2	adjective - Having beliefs in supernatural influences or luck.
supervision /ˌsuːpərˈvɪʒən/ B2	noun - The action of watching and directing what someone does.
addiction /əˈdɪkʃən/ B2	noun - The state of being dependent on a particular substance or activity.

Key Grammar Structures

• I'd rather take the long way

  ➔ Would rather + base form verb

  ➔ Used to express a preference. "Would rather" indicates choosing one option over another.

• I'm way too in love just to let you walk away

  ➔ Too + adjective + to-infinitive

  ➔ This indicates an excessive degree of an adjective, making the following action impossible or unlikely.

• I cannot relocate

  ➔ Modal verb 'cannot' for inability

  ➔ Used here to express a firm refusal or a situation where moving is not an option.

• You gettin' bodied by a singin' nigga

  ➔ Present Continuous (reduced) for passive voice

  ➔ The subject is receiving an action ("being bodied"). In slang, "getting bodied" means being outclassed or defeated.

• Your baby mama ain't even post your single

  ➔ Present Perfect with negative 'ain't' for emphasis

  ➔ "Ain't" serves as a colloquial substitute for "hasn't", emphasizing the failure to do the action.

• You should be swimming with the fuckin' fishes

  ➔ Modal 'should be' + present participle

  ➔ Used to suggest that a person deserves a specific, usually negative, outcome.

• I told Cappo we can't burn them bridges

  ➔ Reported speech structure

  ➔ The speaker is relating a past conversation. "Can't" expresses the inability or inadvisability of an action.

• Why you walkin' 'round the facts like you're superstitious?

  ➔ Like + as-if clause (subjunctive mood tendency)

  ➔ Using "like" as a conjunction to compare a real action to an imagined state.