Gasoline – English Lyrics

• By: Halsey
• Album: Badlands

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a compelling journey into the English lyrics of Halsey's "Gasoline," a powerful electropop anthem that offers a raw and deeply personal insight into mental health and individuality. Through its vivid imagery and honest reflections on bipolar disorder and societal pressures, this song provides a unique opportunity to connect with authentic emotional expression in English. Discover Halsey's distinctive storytelling and the rich vocabulary she employs to articulate complex feelings, making it an engaging piece for language learners to explore and understand nuanced English.

[English]

(distant sirens blaring)

(match strikes)

(ominous music)

(banging on door)

- [Officer] We have a search warrant!

Open the door now!

We have a search warrant!

Open the door now!

(officers shout)

♪♪♪

[MUFFLED SPEECH]

♪ Are you insane like me ♪

♪ Been in pain like me ♪

♪ Bought a hundred dollar bottle of champagne like me ♪

♪ Just to pour that motherfucker down the drain like me ♪

♪ Would you use your water bill to dry the stain like me ♪

♪ Are you high enough without the Mary Jane like me ♪

♪ Do you tear yourself apart to entertain like me ♪

♪ Do the people whisper 'bout you on the train like me ♪

♪ Saying that you shouldn't waste your pretty face like me ♪

♪ And all the people say ♪

♪ You can't wake up, this is not a dream ♪

♪ You're part of a machine, you are not a human being ♪

♪ With your face all made up, living on a screen ♪

♪ Low on self-esteem, so you run on gasoline ♪

♪ Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, oh ♪

♪ I think there's a flaw in my code ♪

♪ Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, oh ♪

♪ These voices won't leave me alone ♪

♪ Well, my heart is gold and my hands are cold ♪

♪ Are you deranged like me ♪

♪ Are you strange like me ♪

♪ Lighting matches just to swallow up the flame like me ♪

♪ Do you call yourself a fucking hurricane like me ♪

♪ Pointing fingers ♪

♪ 'Cause you'll never take the blame like me ♪

♪ And all the people say ♪

♪ You can't wake up, this is not a dream ♪

♪ You're part of a machine, you are not a human being ♪

♪ With your face all made up, living on a screen ♪

♪ Low on self-esteem, so you run on gasoline ♪

♪ Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, oh ♪

♪ I think there's a flaw in my code ♪

♪ Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, oh ♪

♪ These voices won't leave me alone ♪

♪ Well, my heart is gold and my hands are cold ♪

[WIND BLOWING]

♪♪♪

Key Grammar Structures

• Are you insane like me

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'be' verb

  ➔ The phrase uses the present simple tense with the verb 'be' to ask a general question about the state of being.

• Bought a hundred dollar bottle of champagne like me

  ➔ Past simple tense

  ➔ The verb 'bought' is in the past simple tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• Would you use your water bill to dry the stain like me

  ➔ Conditional structure with 'would'

  ➔ The use of 'would' introduces a conditional situation, suggesting a hypothetical action.

• You can't wake up, this is not a dream

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' in negative form

  ➔ The modal verb 'can' is used in its negative form to express inability or prohibition.

• You're part of a machine, you are not a human being

  ➔ Present simple tense with contraction

  ➔ The contraction 'you're' is used for 'you are' in the present simple tense.

• Low on self-esteem, so you run on gasoline

  ➔ Adjective clause

  ➔ The phrase 'low on self-esteem' acts as an adjective clause, describing the subject's state.

• I think there's a flaw in my code

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'think'

  ➔ The verb 'think' is in the present simple tense, expressing a current belief or opinion.

• These voices won't leave me alone

  ➔ Negative contraction with 'will not'

  ➔ The contraction 'won't' is used for 'will not' to express a negative future action.