Call Me A Saint – English Lyrics

• By: YONAKA
• Album: Seize The Power

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the powerful, anthemic English lyrics of YONAKA's "Call Me A Saint." This song offers a raw, yet uplifting lesson in perseverance, teaching the importance of acknowledging the daily fight with mental health and praising your own resilience—a crucial piece of modern British alternative rock storytelling.

[English]

I was cold, I was lonely

No one thought to even phone me

Look at me now, I'm a fighter

I'm a strong bitch, baby, I'm designer

I'm tryna shine a light on, light on, light on

Anybody sitting in the dark and crying

Fix your make-up or your hair, pull up a seat over here

Gotta do what you do to get by, yeah

Back up, back up, we're in trouble again

Hitman's out and it's on my head

Back up, back up, I'ma do it my way

Live to see another day

So call me a saint, a slave to my brain

Yeah, I got kicked out, but I can't escape it

Safe to say I've seen better days

But I'm not afraid anymore

I grew up, I'm a big girl

Stopped giving time to people that make me hurt

Sometimes when I cry, it makes me better

My tears are wetter now that I accept 'em

I'm tryna shine a light on, light on, light on

Don't hit the flight button, you'll just get a fight on

Now put your fingers in the air screaming, "Fuck 'em, I don't care"

Gotta do what you do to get by, yeah

So call me a saint, a slave to my brain

Yeah, I got kicked out, but I can't escape it

Safe to say I've seen better days

But I'm not afraid anymore

...

I'm not looking to be saved

Just picked out an early grave to bury shit

Not me, just the weight that I've been carrying

You would think you married into savage ways and arrogance, pathetic

Not me, I'm making my exit outta here

Out of here

Out of here

Out of here

I'm out

So call me a saint, a slave to my brain

Yeah, I got kicked out, but I can't escape it

Safe to say I've seen better days

I'm not afraid anymore

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
fighter /ˈfaɪtər/ B2	noun - someone who fights or struggles, especially in a difficult situation
light /laɪt/ A2	noun - something that makes things visible or illuminates verb - to make light visible or brighter
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - a period of 24 hours
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - a time of life or experience
brighter /ˈbraɪtər/ B2	adjective - more luminous or shining
trouble /ˈtrʌbəl/ B2	noun - difficulties or problems
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - drops of liquid from the eyes
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B2	verb - to break free from confinement or control
kicked /kɪkt/ B2	verb - struck or hit with the foot
confident /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ B2	adjective - feeling sure about oneself
ownership /ˈoʊnərʃɪp/ C1	noun - the state of owning something
resilience /rɪˈzɪliəns/ C2	noun - the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties

Key Grammar Structures

• Look at me now, I'm a fighter

  ➔ Present tense with 'am/are/is' + adjective/noun

  ➔ Uses the present tense to describe current state or identity.

• I'm a strong bitch, baby, I'm designer

  ➔ Contraction with 'I am' + adjective/noun

  ➔ Uses contractions to make speech more natural and informal.

• Gotta do what you do to get by, yeah

  ➔ Colloquial abbreviation of 'got to', expressing obligation or necessity

  ➔ Expresses necessity or obligation in informal speech.

• I'm out

  ➔ Preposition 'out' used as a colloquial phrase meaning leaving or escaping

  ➔ Indicates leaving or escaping from a situation, often used informally.

• I've seen better days

  ➔ Present perfect tense for experience or change over time

  ➔ Expresses having experienced more favorable periods before.

• Not me, just the weight that I've been carrying

  ➔ Present perfect continuous tense ('have been' + verb-ing) to indicate ongoing action

  ➔ Shows an ongoing state of burden or emotion being experienced over time.