Complicated – English Lyrics

• By: Avril Lavigne
• Album: Let Go

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
complicated /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/ B2	adjective - consisting of many interconnecting parts; not easy to analyze or understand
frustrated /frʌˈstreɪtɪd/ B2	adjective - feeling or expressing distress and annoyance, especially because of inability to change or achieve something
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death
cool /kuːl/ B1	adjective - fashionable or attractive
fool /fuːl/ B1	noun - a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person
drive /draɪv/ A2	verb - to operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - to speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; to converse
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes; to observe
take /teɪk/ A1	verb - to grasp, carry, or move something from one place to another
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ B1	verb - to assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen
laugh /læf/ A2	verb - to make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement
strike /straɪk/ B2	verb - to hit forcibly and deliberately
mall /mɔːl/ A2	noun - a large indoor shopping area with various stores and restaurants

Key Grammar Structures

• Life's like this

  ➔ Contracted form of 'life is' using the possessive 's' to indicate a characteristic or state.

  ➔ The phrase uses the contracted form 'Life's' instead of 'Life is' to create a casual tone.

• You fall and you crawl and you break

  ➔ Use of simple present tense with coordinated verbs to describe repeated or habitual actions.

  ➔ The sequence 'fall and you crawl and you break' illustrates habitual actions or processes using the simple present tense with coordinated verbs.

• And you take what you get and you turn it into

  ➔ Use of the present simple tense with 'you' as the subject, combined with conjunctions to connect actions.

  ➔ This structure connects two actions 'take' and 'turn' with the conjunction 'and' to show sequence or combined actions.

• Promise me I'm never gonna find you faking

  ➔ Use of the modal 'gonna' as a colloquial contraction of 'going to' for future intention; embedded clause 'I'm never gonna find you faking'.

  ➔ The phrase uses the colloquial 'gonna' to express a future intention or promise, with a dependent clause indicating the speaker's assurance.