Get Out Of Your Own Way – English Lyrics

• By: U2

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Get out of your own way, hey, hey

Get out of your own way, hey, hey

Love hurts

Now you've a girl who's left with no words

Your heart's a balloon, but then it bursts

It doesn't take a cannon, just a pin

Your skin's not covering, and resistance

Love has got to fight for its existence

The enemy has armies of assistance

The amorist, the glamorous, the kiss, a fist, listen to this, oh

Get out of your own way, oh, I

Get out of your own way, oh, I

I could sing it to you all night, all night

If I could, I'd make it alright, alright

Nothing's stopping you except what's inside

I can help you, but it's your fight, your fight

Fight back

Don't take it lyin' down, you got to bite back

The face of liberty's startin' to crack

She had a plan until she got a smack in the mouth

And it all went South

Like freedom

The slaves are lookin' for someone to lead 'em

The master's lookin' for someone to need him

The promised land is there for those who need it most

And Lincoln's ghost said

Get out of your own way, oh, I

Get out of your own way, oh, I

I could sing it to you all night, all night

If I could, I'd make it alright, alright

Nothing's stopping you except what's inside

I can help you, but it's your fight, your fight

Get out of your own way

Get out of your own way

Get out of your own way

Get out of your own way

Get out of your own way

Blessed are the arrogant

For there's the kingdom of their own company

Blessed are the superstars

For the magnificence in their light

We understand better our own insignificance

Blessed are the filthy rich

For you can only truly own what you give away

Like your pain

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Key Grammar Structures

• Get out of your own way, hey, hey

  ➔ imperative

  ➔ The verb **"Get"** is used in the imperative mood to give a direct command.

• Your heart's a balloon, but then it bursts

  ➔ present simple + contrast conjunction "but"

  ➔ The sentence uses the **present simple** "heart is" and the contrastive conjunction **"but"** to show two opposite actions.

• It doesn't take a cannon, just a pin

  ➔ negative present simple with auxiliary "does not"

  ➔ The auxiliary **"doesn't"** (does not) forms a negative statement in the **present simple**.

• Love has got to fight for its existence

  ➔ present perfect with modal "has got to" (necessity)

  ➔ The structure **"has got to"** combines the **present perfect** of "have" with a modal meaning "must".

• Nothing's stopping you except what's inside

  ➔ present continuous (progressive) negative with contraction

  ➔ The verb phrase **"isn't stopping"** (nothing is stopping) uses the **present continuous** to describe an ongoing situation.

• I could sing it to you all night, all night

  ➔ modal verb "could" for ability/potential

  ➔ The modal **"could"** indicates a hypothetical ability: "I **could** sing...".

• If I could, I'd make it alright, alright

  ➔ second conditional (type 2) with "if" + past simple, would + base verb

  ➔ The clause **"If I could"** uses the **past simple** after "if", and **"I'd"** (I would) shows the **conditional result**.

• The slaves are lookin' for someone to lead 'em

  ➔ present continuous + infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The phrase **"are lookin' for"** is in the **present continuous**, followed by the infinitive **"to lead"** indicating purpose.

• Blessed are the arrogant

  ➔ inversion with adjective + verb "are" (subject‑verb inversion)

  ➔ The adjective **"Blessed"** is placed before the verb **"are"**, creating an inverted structure for emphasis.

• For you can only truly own what you give away

  ➔ relative clause with "what" as a nominal relative pronoun

  ➔ The phrase **"what you give away"** is a **relative clause** functioning as the object of "own".