Cry Baby – English Lyrics

• By: Melanie Martinez
• Album: Cry Baby

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

You seem to replace your brain with your heart

You take things so hard and then you fall apart

You try to explain, but before you can start

Those "Cry baby" tears come out of the dark

Someone's turning the handle to that faucet in your eyes

You pour it out where everyone can see

Your heart's too big for your body, it's why it won't fit inside

You pour it out where everyone can see

They call you cry baby, cry baby

But you don't fucking care

Cry baby, cry baby

So you laugh through your tears

Cry baby, cry baby

'Cause you don't fucking care

Tears fall to the ground

You'll just let them drown

You'll just let them drown

Cry baby, cry baby

You're all on your own and you lost all your friends

You told yourself that it's not you, it's them

You're one of a kind and no one understands

But those "Cry baby" tears keep coming back again

Someone's turning the handle to that faucet in your eyes

You pour it out where everyone can see

Your heart's too big for your body, it's why it won't fit inside

You pour it out where everyone can see

They call you cry baby, cry baby

But you don't fucking care

Cry baby, cry baby

So you laugh through your tears

Cry baby, cry baby

'Cause you don't fucking care

Tears fall to the ground

You'll just let them drown

Cry baby, cry baby

You'll just let them drown

Cry baby, cry baby

You'll just let them drown

I look at you and I see myself

And I know you better than anyone else

And I have the same faucet in my eyes

So your tears are mine

They call me cry baby, cry baby

But I don't fucking care

Cry baby, cry baby

I laugh through my tears

Cry baby, cry baby

'Cause I don't fucking care

Tears fall to the ground

I just let them drown

Cry baby, cry baby

I just let them drown

Cry baby, cry baby

You'll just let them drown

They call you cry baby, cry baby

I just let them drown

Cry baby, cry baby

You'll just let them drown

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - to shed tears noun - a period of weeping
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A1	noun - a very young child
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood
tears /tɪrz/ A1	noun - drops of liquid from eyes
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - to drop or descend
laugh /lɑːf/ A1	verb - to show amusement noun - the act of laughing
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs of sight
ground /ɡraʊnd/ A2	noun - the surface of the earth
friends /frendz/ A1	noun - people you know and like
body /ˈbɒdi/ A1	noun - the physical structure
care /keər/ A1	verb - to feel concern or interest noun - worry
drown /draʊn/ A2	verb - to die by being underwater and unable to breathe
hand /hænd/ A1	noun - the end part of the arm
big /bɪɡ/ A1	adjective - large in size
own /oʊn/ A1	adjective - belonging to oneself
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ A2	verb - to know the meaning of something

Key Grammar Structures

• You seem to replace your brain with your heart

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'seem'

  ➔ The verb 'seem' is used in the present simple tense to express an observation or impression. Here, it suggests that the action of replacing the brain with the heart is a habitual or general characteristic.

• Those 'Cry baby' tears come out of the dark

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'come'

  ➔ The verb 'come' is in the present simple tense, indicating a habitual or general action. It describes the recurring nature of the tears appearing unexpectedly.

• Your heart's too big for your body, it's why it won't fit inside

  ➔ Possessive apostrophe and contraction

  ➔ The possessive apostrophe in 'heart's' shows ownership, and the contraction 'it's' stands for 'it is'. These are common in informal and lyrical language.

• They call you cry baby, cry baby

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'call'

  ➔ The verb 'call' is in the present simple tense, indicating a habitual action. It emphasizes the recurring nature of being labeled as 'cry baby'.

• So you laugh through your tears

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'laugh'

  ➔ The verb 'laugh' is in the present simple tense, indicating a habitual action. It contrasts with the act of crying, showing resilience despite emotional pain.

• You'll just let them drown

  ➔ Future simple with 'will'

  ➔ The future simple tense with 'will' is used to express a future action decided at the moment of speaking. Here, it indicates a decision to let the tears 'drown'.