Cold As You – English Lyrics

• By: Taylor Swift

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

You have a way of coming easily to me

And when you take

You take the very best of me

So I start a fight

'Cause I need to feel something

And you do what you want

'Cause I'm not what you wanted

Oh, what a shame

What a rainy ending given to a perfect day

Just walk away

Ain't no use defending words that you will never say

And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through

I've never been anywhere cold as you

...

You put up walls and paint them

All a shade of gray

And I stood there loving you

And wished them all away

And you come away

With a great little story

Of a mess of a dreamer

With the nerve to adore you

Oh, what a shame

What a rainy ending given to a perfect day

So just walk away

Ain't no use defending words that you will never say

And now that I'm sittin' here thinkin' it through

I've never been anywhere cold as you

...

You never did give a damn thing, honey

But I cried, cried for you

And I know you wouldn't have told nobody

If I died, died for you

Died for you

...

Oh, what a shame

What a rainy ending given to a perfect day

Oh

Every smile you fake is so condescending

Counted all the scars you made

Now that I'm sitting here thinking it through

I've never been anywhere cold as you

Ooh, oh, oh, oh

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
shame /ʃeɪm/ B2	noun - a painful feeling of humiliation and distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior
rainy /ˈreɪ.ni/ B1	adjective - characterized by rain; having a lot of rain
ending /ˈen.dɪŋ/ B1	noun - the final part of something; the conclusion
perfect /ˈpɜː.fɪkt/ B1	adjective - without any flaws or defects; complete
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - the period of 24 hours; daylight
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - having a low temperature; not warm
walls /wɔːlz/ A2	noun - vertical structures that enclose or divide spaces
shade /ʃeɪd/ B1	noun - a slight darkness caused by shelter from direct light
gray /ɡreɪ/ A2	adjective - having a color intermediate between black and white
dreamer /ˈdriː.mər/ B2	noun - a person who dreams, especially one who imagines possibilities
nerve /nɜːrv/ B2	noun - a bundle of fibers transmitting impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord
adore /əˈdɔːr/ B2	verb - to love and respect deeply
condescending /kənˈdɛs.ən.dɪŋ/ C1	adjective - having an attitude of patronizing superiority
scars /skɑːrz/ B2	noun - marks left on the skin after a wound has healed
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - a facial expression indicating pleasure or amusement
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience an emotion or a physical sensation
fight /faɪt/ B1	verb - to engage in a struggle or combat
want /wɒnt/ A1	verb - to wish for or desire something

Key Grammar Structures

• You have a way of coming easily to me

  ➔ Gerund as object of preposition

  ➔ The phrase 'of coming' uses the gerund 'coming' as the object of the preposition 'of'. It describes the *way* you approach the speaker. The structure is 'way *of* + gerund'.

• So I start a fight 'cause I need to feel something

  ➔ Causative conjunction ('cause')

  ➔ 'Cause' is a colloquial contraction of 'because', indicating the reason for starting a fight – the need to feel *something*. It's a less formal way to express causality.

• You put up walls and paint them all a shade of gray

  ➔ Phrasal verb ('put up')

  ➔ 'Put up' functions as a phrasal verb meaning 'to create or erect'. Here, it means to build emotional barriers ('walls').

• And I know you wouldn't have told nobody if I died, died for you

  ➔ Conditional perfect (wouldn't have + past participle)

  ➔ The structure 'wouldn't have told' expresses a hypothetical situation in the past – what *would* have happened if the condition (my death) had been met. It implies the person is incredibly uncaring.

• Every smile you fake is so condescending

  ➔ Adjective describing a noun ('condescending')

  ➔ The adjective 'condescending' describes the quality of the 'smile'. It highlights the speaker's perception of the other person's arrogance and superiority.