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Her green plastic watering can 00:02
For her fake Chinese rubber plant 00:09
In the fake plastic earth 00:14
00:25
That she bought from a rubber man 00:28
In a town full of rubber plans 00:35
To get rid of itself 00:41
It wears her out 00:50
It wears her out 00:56
It wears her out 01:03
It wears her out 01:10
01:16
She lives with a broken man 01:21
A cracked polystyrene man 01:27
Who just crumbles and burns 01:32
01:41
He used to do surgery 01:47
For girls in the eighties 01:53
But gravity always wins 01:58
And it wears him out 02:08
It wears him out 02:14
It wears him out 02:21
It wears 02:27
She looks like the real thing 02:39
She tastes like the real thing 02:45
My fake plastic love 02:51
03:02
But I can't help the feeling 03:05
I could blow through the ceiling 03:11
If I just turn and run 03:17
And it wears me out 03:27
It wears me out 03:33
It wears me out 03:40
It wears me out 03:46
And if I could be who you wanted 03:53
If I could be who you wanted 03:59
All the time 04:06
All the time 04:12
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Fake Plastic Trees – English Lyrics

By
Radiohead
Album
The Bends
Viewed
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Language
English
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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Her green plastic watering can

For her fake Chinese rubber plant

In the fake plastic earth

...

That she bought from a rubber man

In a town full of rubber plans

To get rid of itself

It wears her out

It wears her out

It wears her out

It wears her out

...

She lives with a broken man

A cracked polystyrene man

Who just crumbles and burns

...

He used to do surgery

For girls in the eighties

But gravity always wins

And it wears him out

It wears him out

It wears him out

It wears

She looks like the real thing

She tastes like the real thing

My fake plastic love

...

But I can't help the feeling

I could blow through the ceiling

If I just turn and run

And it wears me out

It wears me out

It wears me out

It wears me out

And if I could be who you wanted

If I could be who you wanted

All the time

All the time

...

Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

watering

/ˈwɔːtərɪŋ/

B1
  • noun
  • - the act of watering plants

plastic

/ˈplæstɪk/

A2
  • adjective
  • - made of or resembling plastic
  • noun
  • - a synthetic material made from polymers

earth

/ɜːrθ/

A2
  • noun
  • - the planet on which we live

crumbles

/ˈkrʌm.bəlz/

B2
  • verb
  • - to break into small pieces

burns

/bɜːrnz/

B1
  • verb
  • - to be on fire or generate heat and light

gravity

/ˈɡrævɪti/

B2
  • noun
  • - the force that attracts objects toward the center of the earth

love

/lʌv/

A2
  • noun
  • - a deep feeling of affection
  • verb
  • - to feel deep affection for someone

feeling

/ˈfiːlɪŋ/

B1
  • noun
  • - an emotional state or reaction

help

/hɛlp/

A2
  • verb
  • - to assist or aid

ceiling

/ˈsiːlɪŋ/

B2
  • noun
  • - the upper interior surface of a room

wanted

/ˈwɒntɪd/

B1
  • verb
  • - past tense of want, to desire

time

/taɪm/

A1
  • noun
  • - a measured or measurable period

Key Grammar Structures

  • Her green plastic watering can

    ➔ Adjective + Noun

    ➔ In this line, "green" is an adjective describing the noun "watering can".

  • It wears her out

    ➔ Present Simple Tense

    ➔ This line uses the present simple tense to express a habitual action.

  • He used to do surgery

    ➔ Used to + base form of the verb

    ➔ This structure indicates a past habit or state that no longer exists.

  • But gravity always wins

    ➔ Adverb + Verb

    ➔ In this line, "always" is an adverb modifying the verb "wins".

  • I could blow through the ceiling

    ➔ Modal verb + base form of the verb

    ➔ This structure expresses possibility or ability in the past.

  • If I could be who you wanted

    ➔ Conditional sentence (if clause)

    ➔ This line uses a conditional structure to express a hypothetical situation.

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