Buzzcut Season – English Lyrics

• By: Lorde
• Album: Pure Heroine

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the dreamy world of 'Buzzcut Season' to master English through its poetic and metaphorical lyricism. This song is perfect for learners wanting to understand how to express complex emotions, nuanced imagery, and the concept of nostalgia through sophisticated vocabulary.

[English]

I remember when your head caught flame

It kissed your scalp and caressed your brain

(I remember when your head caught flame)

Well, you laughed, baby, it's okay

It's buzzcut season anyway

(Well, you laughed, baby, it's okay)

Explosions on TV

And all the girls with heads inside a dream

So now we live beside the pool

Where everything is good

We ride the bus with the knees pulled in

People should see how we're living

(We ride the bus with the knees pulled in)

Shut my eyes to the song that plays

Sometimes this has a hot, sweet taste

(Shut my eyes to the song that plays)

The men up on the news

They try to tell us all that we will lose

But it's so easy in this blue

Where everything is good

And I'll never go home again

(Place the call, feel it start)

Favourite friend

(And nothing's wrong, when nothing's true)

I live in a hologram with you

We're all the things that we do for fun

(And I'll breathe, and it goes)

Play along

(Make-believe it's hyper real)

But I live in a hologram with you

Cola with the burnt-out taste

I'm the one you tell your fears to

There'll never be enough of us

Explosions on TV

And all the girls with heads inside a dream

So now we live beside the pool

Where everything is good

And I'll never go home again

(Place the call, feel it start)

Favourite friend

(And nothing's wrong, when nothing's true)

I live in a hologram with you

We're all the things that we do for fun

(And I'll breathe, and it goes)

Play along

(Make-believe it's hyper real)

But I live in a hologram with you

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
caressed /kəˈrest/ C1	verb - touched or stroked in a loving or gentle way
buzzcut /ˈbʌzˌkʌt/ C2	noun - a haircut where the hair is cut very short with electric clippers
explosions /ɪkˈsploʊʒənz/ B2	noun - violent and destructive shattering or blowing apart
hologram /ˈhɒləˌɡræm/ C2	noun - a three-dimensional image formed by interference of light beams
fears /fɪərz/ A2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous
favourite /ˈfeɪvərɪt/ A1	adjective - preferred above all others
hyper /ˈhaɪpər/ B2	adjective - overactive or unusually energetic; intense
scalp /skælp/ C1	noun - the skin covering the top and back of the head
burnt-out /ˈbɜːrnt aʊt/ B2	adjective - damaged or having lost energy due to exhaustion or excessive consumption
laugh /læf/ A1	verb - to make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement
flame /fleɪm/ B1	noun - a hot glowing body of ignited gas that is generated by something on fire
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
taste /teɪst/ A2	noun - the sensation of flavor perceived in the mouth
lose /luːz/ A1	verb - to be deprived of or cease to have or retain
breathe /briːð/ A2	verb - to take air into the lungs and expel it

Key Grammar Structures

• I remember when your head caught flame

  ➔ Complex sentence with a temporal clause

  ➔ The structure 'I remember when...' introduces a specific memory in the past using the conjunction 'when'.

• The men up on the news / They try to tell us all that we will lose

  ➔ Noun clause as a direct object

  ➔ The clause 'that we will lose' acts as the object of the verb 'tell'.

• And I'll never go home again

  ➔ Future simple with adverbs of frequency

  ➔ The adverb 'never' is placed before the main verb in the future tense to emphasize the permanence of the action.

• We're all the things that we do for fun

  ➔ Defining relative clause

  ➔ The clause 'that we do for fun' modifies the noun 'things'.

• There'll never be enough of us

  ➔ Existential 'there be' structure

  ➔ The 'there be' construction indicates the existence or non-existence of a subject, here modified by 'never'.

• And nothing's wrong, when nothing's true

  ➔ Indefinite pronouns with singular verbs

  ➔ Words like 'nothing' are indefinite pronouns and require a singular verb ('is').

• I'm the one you tell your fears to

  ➔ Elliptical relative clause

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'who/that' is omitted before 'you tell your fears to'.

• Make-believe it's hyper real

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The verb 'Make-believe' is used in the imperative form to give a command or suggestion.