Don't Understand – English Lyrics

• By: The Kolors
• Album: YOU

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotional world of The Kolors with "Don't Understand," a song that encapsulates the confusion and heartache of a relationship's end. This track offers a poignant look at miscommunication and unresolved conflicts, providing listeners with an opportunity to explore themes of love, loss, and understanding.

[English]

I don't understand why you're leaving me

I don't understand why you're causing me all of this pain

Ain't sleeping at the night

Just lying here

And I' don't understand all the reasons why

You wanna destroy everything when it's all going fine

I don't wanna fight

Just give it time

And you know your mistakes

You know my mistake

You know everything

Yeah, you know everything

But darling, you're trying to escape

I won't try to escape from my everything

And now we got nothing left to say

But I don't understand

Mmm

And why you tell me you hate me?

What have you done

You're done

You're driving me crazy!

You're telling me lies ooh, ooh

What are you saying?

You tell me you have no choice

And keeping me waiting

And I don't understand

What you're hoping for

I don't understand why

You can't, just let it be

Time will burn all our memories

And you know your mistake

Yeah, you know my mistake

You know everything

Yeah, you know everything

But darling, you're trying to escape

I will try to escape

From our everything

And now we got nothing left to say

But I don't understand

Mmm

And why you tell me you hate me?

What have you done

You're done

You're driving me crazy!

You're telling me lies ooh, ooh

What are saying

You tell me you have no choice

And keeping me waiting

And why you tell me you hate me?

What have you done

You're done

You're driving me crazy!

You're telling me lies ooh, ooh

What are saying

You tell me you have no choice

And keeping me waiting

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ A2	verb - to comprehend or grasp the meaning of something
leaving /ˈliːvɪŋ/ A1	verb - to go away from a place or person
pain /peɪn/ A1	noun - physical or emotional suffering
destroy /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ B1	verb - to damage so badly that something no longer exists or works
fight /faɪt/ A1	verb - to take part in a violent struggle
mistake /mɪsˈteɪk/ A2	noun - an incorrect action or decision
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B1	verb - to get free from something dangerous or unpleasant
waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ A1	verb - to spend time expecting something to happen
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - mentally deranged or insane
lying /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - to be in a horizontal position verb - to tell a lie
hoping /ˈhoʊpɪŋ/ A2	verb - to want something to happen
memories /ˈmɛməriz/ A2	noun - something remembered from the past
burn /bɜrn/ A2	verb - to be damaged or destroyed by fire
darling /ˈdɑːrlɪŋ/ A1	noun - a term of endearment for a loved one
hate /heɪt/ A1	verb - to dislike someone or something intensely

Key Grammar Structures

• I don't understand why you're leaving me

  ➔ Present simple negative + indirect question with why

  ➔ The auxiliary verb "don't" makes the sentence negative in the present simple, and the clause "why you're leaving me" is an indirect question introduced by "why".

• Ain't sleeping at the night

  ➔ Colloquial negative contraction "ain't" (non‑standard for "am not/are not")

  ➔ "Ain't" is an informal contraction used here instead of the standard "am not" or "are not" to express negation.

• You wanna destroy everything when it's all going fine

  ➔ Informal reduction "wanna" = "want to"

  ➔ "wanna" is a spoken contraction of "want to", used before another verb ("destroy").

• I won't try to escape from my everything

  ➔ Future simple negative (will + not) + infinitive

  ➔ "won't" is the contracted form of "will not", expressing a negative intention in the future, followed by the infinitive "try".

• You're driving me crazy!

  ➔ Present continuous for a current/ongoing feeling

  ➔ "are" + verb‑ing ("driving") forms the present continuous, showing that the feeling is happening right now.

• What have you done?

  ➔ Present perfect question (have + past participle)

  ➔ "have" is the auxiliary verb for the present perfect, followed by the past participle "done" to ask about a completed action.

• Time will burn all our memories

  ➔ Future simple with "will" + base verb

  ➔ "will" + base verb "burn" expresses a simple prediction about the future.

• And keeping you waiting

  ➔ Present participle as a non‑finite clause (gerund phrase)

  ➔ "keeping" is a present participle that creates a non‑finite clause, adding extra information without a separate subject.

• You know everything

  ➔ Simple present verb + object pronoun

  ➔ "know" is in the simple present, indicating a habitual or general truth, and "everything" functions as the object.