Change – English Lyrics

• By: Blondshell
• Album: If You Asked For A Picture

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw, grunge-infused sound of Blondshell's "Change" to explore modern, confessional English songwriting. The lyrics are a masterclass in candid, vernacular expression, using phrases like "I'm sorry for changing" to articulate complex feelings of blame, self-sabotage, and anxiety in relationships. By studying this track, you can learn to use everyday English to discuss deeply personal and 'scary' emotional realities with poetic honesty.

[English]

I just played the rodeo, I think I need to change

I still love a sad cowboy on someone else's stage

Crashing the car into the side

I think I'll take a makeover on someone else's dime

The music is the mission, and the mission's not to settle

It's always all or nothing, someone's husband or the kettle

Is singing a song about somebody safe

Singing a song from some righteous place

I'm too drunk, somebody said you cheered up

I don't feel the difference anymore

I'm bitter, somebody said you kissed her

But I don't feel surrounded anymore

I can see it clearly, getting off at the same stop

He's just waiting for me to backslide right to the shock

The more I think about him, the more I get the taste

But when I finally have him, I'll know I never liked his face

I'm too drunk, somebody said you cheered up

I don't feel the difference anymore

I'm bitter, somebody said you kissed her

But I don't feel surrounded anymore

You thought you married somebody's friend, but I stay at home

Unless I feel like giving you hell

Falling in love, a slut, an uppercut at all of the parts

I tried and can't romance, it's not my fault, it's who I am

When I feel bad, I bring it back and leave it all at your door

A parting gift, kiss me back, I'm sorry for changing

Too drunk (I'm sorry for changing)

I don't feel the difference anymore

(I'm sorry for changing)

Bitter (I'm sorry for changing)

I don't feel the difference anymore

(I'm sorry for changing)

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Key Grammar Structures

• I just played the rodeo, I think I need to change

  ➔ Present Perfect + Past Simple

  ➔ The present perfect ('I just played') is used to describe an action that happened recently, and the past simple ('I think I need to change') follows to express a subsequent thought or action.

• I think I'll take a makeover on someone else's dime

  ➔ Future with 'will'

  ➔ The future with 'will' ('I think I'll take') is used to express a spontaneous decision or prediction about the future.

• It's always all or nothing, someone's husband or the kettle

  ➔ Parallel Structure

  ➔ Parallel structure is used to balance ideas, here with 'all or nothing' and 'someone's husband or the kettle', emphasizing contrast and equality.

• I'm too drunk, somebody said you cheered up

  ➔ Comma Splice

  ➔ A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses ('I'm too drunk' and 'somebody said you cheered up') are joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction.

• I don't feel the difference anymore

  ➔ Present Simple with Adverb of Time

  ➔ The present simple ('I don't feel') is used with the adverb of time 'anymore' to express a current state that has changed from the past.

• I can see it clearly, getting off at the same stop

  ➔ Present Continuous for Future Arrangement

  ➔ The present continuous ('getting off') is used here to describe a future arrangement or plan.

• I'm sorry for changing

  ➔ Apology Structure with 'for'

  ➔ The structure 'I'm sorry for' is used to apologize for a specific action or change, here 'changing'.