CN TOWER – English Lyrics

• By: PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the language of heartbreak and longing in PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake's "CN Tower." Through vivid imagery and emotional lyrics, this song uses the CN Tower as a symbol of shifting feelings, offering a unique lens into understanding love, loss, and regret.

[English]

Ride with me

Ride with me

Ride with me

Yeah, yeah

The city is pretty when it's dead just like a flower

What color's the CN Tower? It's red tonight

Just like the text I sent you from the bed tonight

Read it 'cause I finally think I said things right

Thought you caught me slippin', had me dead to rights

Nothin' ever happened, girl, they fed you lies

Like a tiny house out back, I'm tryna shed some light

(Some things that you been hearin' 'bout me)

City is prеtty when it's dead just like a flowеr

What color's the CN Tower? It's blue now

Like how I'm feelin' 'bout you now

I was too down, tell me what to do now, oh

City is pretty when it's dead just like a flower

What color's the CN Tower? It's lit up green (It's lit up green)

Like the envy in people's eyes, gettin' in between (In between)

Tryna sleep it off, but I just see you in my dreams

Ayy

I don't have your contact anymore

You blocked me, I lost you, it's a back and forth

Think I even hit your email as a last resort

Did you really read the message that I sent before?

Thought I laid that shit out perfect, put it on the floor

Put it on my son, I put it on the Lord

What else can I swear on, girl? There's nothing more

Why did you cut this thing off like you had somethin' more?

'Cause I just asked around, I just asked around

Your friends can't hold water, girl, they'd rather see you drown

Know they tell me everything when I end up downtown

And what? And what? Buy another round

And what do I know now? Surprise, surprise

I heard you ain't found nobody that's a ride or die

I heard that you went through hell and gotta dry your eyes

You pretend to be so happy, it's a bold faced lie

So why, why do you lie, baby?

Oh

The city is pretty when it's dead just like a flower

What color's the CN Tower? It's red tonight

Just like the text I sent you from the bed tonight

Read it 'cause I-

Back with a plan tonight (Alright)

Cancel Japan tonight (Alright)

Tokyo down for the boy (Alright)

But the plane is on land tonight (Alright)

Girl, I'm a fan in real life (Alright)

You don't even post on that site (Alright)

The price, it definitely would've spiked (Alright)

Touchpad, turn off the lights (Alright)

The love (The love for you), the love (The love for you)

The love that I have for you is-

I came to the-

Out in Canada (The club)

Hundred thousand dollars (Oh)

Could've left that shit for real (For real)

Love at first sight when I met that bitch for real

For sure was a vibe, but I had to keep it player

Tellin' all the guys I'm not gon' take you there

Now's not the time to fall, but girl, come here, uh

I'm, I'm, I'm tryna sleep it off, girl, I see ya

I see ya, oh, in my dreams

Oh, in my dreams

Yeah, in my dreams

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
city /ˈsɪti/ A2	noun - a large town
flower /ˈflaʊər/ A2	noun - the reproductive structure of a plant
color /ˈkʌl.ər/ A1	noun - the appearance of a thing caused by the way it reflects or emits light
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the time from sunset to sunrise
lights /laɪts/ A2	noun - electrical devices that emit illumination
dreams /driːmz/ B1	noun - visions or thoughts during sleep
block /blɒk/ B1	noun - a large solid piece of hard material verb - to make into a block or to obstruct
drown /draʊn/ B2	verb - to die by asphyxiation in water
pretend /priˈtɛnd/ B2	verb - to act as if something is true when it is not
lie /laɪ/ A2	verb - to tell an untruth
plan /plæn/ A2	noun - a detailed proposal or scheme for doing something
touch /tʌtʃ/ A2	verb - to make physical contact with
fight /faɪt/ B2	verb - to take part in a violent struggle

Key Grammar Structures

• The city is pretty when it's dead just like a flower

  ➔ Adjective clause with 'when' to specify the time condition

  ➔ The phrase 'when it's dead' introduces a conditional time clause describing the state of the city

• What color's the CN Tower? It's red tonight

  ➔ Contracted form of 'what is' -> 'what's' to ask a question

  ➔ Using the contraction 'what's' makes the question more informal and conversational

• I put it on the floor

  ➔ Simple past tense with 'put' to indicate a completed action

  ➔ The verb 'put' is irregular in past tense, changing from 'put' to 'put', emphasizing a completed action

• I heard you ain't found nobody that's a ride or die

  ➔ Use of 'ain't' as a contraction of 'am not/are not/is not', and relative clause 'that's a ride or die'

  ➔ A colloquial contraction 'ain't' is used informally instead of standard negatives, common in speech

• I end up downtown

  ➔ Phrasal verb 'end up' indicating a final outcome or location

  ➔ The phrasal verb 'end up' emphasizes the final situation or destination as an unintended or natural outcome

• You pretend to be so happy, it's a bold faced lie

  ➔ Use of 'pretend to be' + adjective to describe false appearance or behavior

  ➔ 'Pretend to be' is a phrase used to indicate putting on a false appearance or acting as if something is true