Complicated – English Lyrics

• By: Sofia Camara

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Sofia Camara's 'Complicated' offers a great opportunity to explore the nuances of English expression. The song's narrative of a friendship turning romantic allows learners to engage with vocabulary related to emotions, relationships, and internal conflict. Its clear and heartfelt lyrics make it accessible for understanding colloquial phrases and the subtleties of conveying complex feelings in English.

[English]

♪♪♪

♪ I'm a little hard to love ♪

♪ Is it all right? ♪

♪ I let 'em in and then they spend just the night ♪

♪ I got all these exes in my past ♪

♪ I don't need another on my hands ♪

♪ No one gets me when we talk like you do ♪

♪ They all say that I'm too much. But not you ♪

♪ didn't wanna ruin ♪

♪ What we have ♪

♪ Cross the line and turn a good thing bad ♪

♪ I wish that words were retroactive ♪

♪ those three words you just ♪

♪ Dropped on me ♪

♪ I'm back pedaling never going back again ♪

♪ It's unsettling knowing that we can't be friends ♪

♪ Cause we'd have to fake it ♪

♪ No you had to go and see her when I thought ♪

♪ we said we'd never catch feelings ♪

♪ Now we can't be friends its too complicated ♪

♪ Now I'm wondering all the times ♪

♪ That we talked ♪

♪ Don't know what the motive was ♪

♪ Was I off crying on your shoulder late at night? ♪

♪ Now I'm thinking that my ex was right ♪

♪ My head is spinning ♪

♪ down is left up is right ♪

♪ I'm dizzy and it's hard to look in your eyes ♪

♪ I swore I'd never look that way ♪

♪ And you said that enough to convince myself it's true ♪

♪ I wish those nights were retroactive ♪

♪ Those three nights I just spent on me ♪

♪ I'm back pedaling never going back again ♪

♪ It's unsettling knowing that we can't be friends ♪

♪ Cause we'd have to fake it ♪

A♪ No you had to go and see her when I thought ♪

♪ we said we'd never catch feelings ♪

♪ Now we can't be friends its too complicated ♪

♪ And now I'm coming undone ♪

♪ I can't unbreak this ♪

♪ get you un-naked ♪

♪ Can't make this uncomplicated ♪

♪ But who am I kidding ♪

♪ we knew what it was ♪

♪ alone in the kitchen drinking and buzzed ♪

♪ Secretly wishing that one of us finally would do ♪

♪ I was thinking, I know that I would ♪

♪ god damn you know me like no one else ♪

♪ Or maybe more than I know myself ♪

♪ Why do we do that ♪

♪ just say to hell with it ♪

♪ Ohh, I'm Back pedaling but never going back again ♪

♪ we always were and always will be more than friends ♪

♪ and I didn't fake it ♪

♪ but I know we say it's too complicated ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
complicated /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/ B1	adjective - difficult to understand or deal with
unsettling /ʌnˈsetəlɪŋ/ C1	adjective - causing anxiety or unease
retroactive /ˌretrəˈæktɪv/ C1	adjective - taking effect from a date in the past
pedaling /ˈpɛdəlɪŋ/ B1	verb - to move the pedals of a bicycle
spinning /ˈspɪnɪŋ/ A2	verb - to rotate rapidly
dizzy /ˈdɪzi/ A2	adjective - feeling unbalanced or lightheaded
convince /kənˈvɪns/ B1	verb - to persuade someone to believe something
undone /ʌnˈdʌn/ B2	adjective - not neat or tidy
uncomplicated /ˌʌnkɒmˈplɪkeɪtɪd/ B2	adjective - simple and easy to understand
buzzed /bʌzd/ B2	adjective - slightly drunk or intoxicated
exes /ˈɛksɪz/ A2	noun - former romantic partners
motive /ˈmoʊtɪv/ B2	noun - a reason for doing something
shoulder /ˈʃoʊldər/ A1	noun - the part of the body between the neck and the arm
kitchen /ˈkɪtʃən/ A1	noun - a room for preparing and cooking food
secretly /ˈsiːkrɪtli/ A2	adverb - in a secret manner

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm a little hard to love

  ➔ Present simple tense with modal verb 'be'

  ➔ The phrase uses the present simple tense with the modal verb 'be' to describe a general characteristic.

• I let 'em in and then they spend just the night

  ➔ Contraction ('em) and present simple tense

  ➔ The contraction 'em' replaces 'them' in informal speech, and the present simple tense describes habitual actions.

• No one gets me when we talk like you do

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'gets' and comparative clause

  ➔ The present simple tense with 'gets' emphasizes a general truth, and 'like you do' is a comparative clause.

• I wish that words were retroactive

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with 'wish'

  ➔ The subjunctive mood with 'wish' expresses a desire for a hypothetical situation.

• I'm back pedaling never going back again

  ➔ Present continuous tense with 'be' and adverbial phrase

  ➔ The present continuous tense describes an action happening now, and 'never going back again' is an adverbial phrase.

• Can't make this uncomplicated

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' in negative form

  ➔ The modal verb 'can' in negative form expresses inability or impossibility.

• We knew what it was

  ➔ Past simple tense with 'knew'

  ➔ The past simple tense with 'knew' describes a completed action in the past.

• Or maybe more than I know myself

  ➔ Comparative degree with 'more than'

  ➔ The comparative degree with 'more than' is used to compare two quantities or qualities.