Dusty – English Lyrics

• By: Hannah Cohen
• Album: Earthstar Mountain

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic language of “Dusty,” a beautiful Indie Pop track that serves as a moving meditation on time and change. By studying its gentle but profound lyrics—such as the phrase, "No way of escaping time"—you can explore vocabulary related to emotional honesty and existential reflection, which are deeply embedded in the song’s central message about how beauty and sorrow exist together in life.

[English]

It's not supposed to be this hard

Everything's changing

You can see it moving and evolve

I heard somebody say, be as lonely as you wanna be

Cause everywhere you go now there you are there you are, there you are

Nobody says it's an easy ride

Testing the edges, changing your mind

No way of escaping time

Everywhere you go now

You won't believe

The things you'll find

Playin around with your mind

Growing old

The wasted times

Everywhere you go now there you are

There you are there you are

Oh the suns coming down so early

The clocks only just barely struck 5

Lonely on a quiet night

I can hear the neighbors tv

Coming through the walls like a lullaby

Sleeping to pass the time

It gets you by

It's not supposed to be this hard

Everything's changing

You can see it moving and evolve

I heard somebody say, be as lonely as you wanna be

Cause everywhere you go now there you are there you are, there you are

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
changing ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ A2	verb - to become different
evolve ɪˈvɒlv B1	verb - to develop gradually
lonely ˈloʊnli A1	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company
escape ɪˈskeɪp A2	verb - to break free from confinement or control
edges ˈɛdʒɪz A1	noun - the border or margin of a surface
believe bɪˈliːv A1	verb - to accept that something is true
mind maɪnd A1	noun - the faculty of human thought and consciousness
growing ˈɡroʊɪŋ A2	verb - to develop and increase in size
wasted ˈweɪstɪd A2	adjective - used or expended carelessly
suns sʌnz A1	noun - the star at the center of the solar system
clocks klɒks A1	noun - a device for measuring and indicating time
struck strʌk A2	verb - to hit or collide with
neighbors ˈneɪbərz A1	noun - a person who lives near another
lullaby ˈlʌləbaɪ A2	noun - a quiet song sung to send a child to sleep
passing ˈpæsɪŋ A2	verb - to go by or elapse
hard hɑːrd A1	adjective - requiring a great deal of effort

Key Grammar Structures

• It's not supposed to be this hard

  ➔ Passive infinitive (be supposed to)

  ➔ The phrase "be supposed to" expresses an expectation or obligation in a passive way.

• Everything's changing

  ➔ Present continuous

  ➔ "changing" is the present participle used with the auxiliary "is" to show an ongoing action.

• I heard somebody say, be as lonely as you wanna want to be

  ➔ Reported speech + bare infinitive (imperative)

  ➔ "be" is a bare infinitive used after the reporting verb "say" to give a direct command.

• No way of escaping time

  ➔ Gerund as object of preposition

  ➔ "escaping" is a gerund (verb‑ing) that functions as the object of the preposition "of".

• The clocks only just barely struck 5

  ➔ Simple past with adverb order

  ➔ "only", "just" and "barely" are adverbs placed before the simple past verb "struck" to modify its intensity.

• I can hear the neighbors' TV

  ➔ Modal verb + perception verb

  ➔ "can" is a modal verb expressing ability; "hear" is a perception verb followed by a noun phrase "the neighbors' TV".

• Coming through the walls like a lullaby

  ➔ Present participle clause (adverbial)

  ➔ "Coming" is a present participle that introduces an adverbial clause describing how the sound arrives.

• You won't believe the things you'll find

  ➔ Future simple negative + relative clause

  ➔ "won't" is the contracted form of "will not" indicating future negation; "you'll find" is a relative clause modifying "things".

• Cause everywhere you go now, there you are

  ➔ Present simple (habitual) + adverbial of place

  ➔ "go" is in the present simple showing a habitual action; "there you are" is an idiomatic expression of location.