– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

looking for what's left of your

dignity nice to see you too Jesse if I

were you I'd be spending more time

focusing on how you're going to wrap up

fourth place and looking for her there's

no way in hell Carmen Tibido is coming

here wait how do you know about Carmen

it's my business to know everything that

goes on with my competition I'm always

looking for that extra Edge hate to

think you pull the same choke job up

there today like I know exactly what

you're doing right now okay we didn't

date for that long and and I don't even

know how much of it was actually real

but when you get nervous you get mean

and you get really pale and then you

start putting your hands through your

hair like Danny Zuko so look you have no

idea the kind of pressure I'm under last

year vocal adrenaline lost for the first

time in 8 years if you lose again this

year that's it the Dynasty is over the

Mystique and aura that we use to

intimidate our opponents with Will

vanish I promised them that I would

reboot the program I'll be humiliated

you did help the program what you did

with unique was amazing that was a

pretty inspired idea of mine it was

actually CT's and Mercedes idea but I

implemented it I don't know I just think

that these new rules are messing with my

head 33% of the numbers have to be

vintage what does that even mean the

only thing vintage about me is my Tyrone

Powers haircut and my pager are you

forgetting who you are Jesse okay you're

Bohemian rapsy was like The Benchmark

performance of every show choir

competition in the past 10 years most

people don't realize I lost 10 lbs

during that performance so you guys are

going to do great today even though

we're definitely going to be oh cocky

all of a sudden I like it hey everything

okay yeah everything's good I'm going to

go get ready it was really good to see

you you

too hi heard you two get married

yeah good for

you good luck today you too

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dignity /ˈdɪɡnɪti/ B2	noun - the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect.
focusing /ˈfoʊkəsɪŋ/ B1	verb - directing one's attention or energy.
competition /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃən/ B1	noun - the activity or condition of competing.
hate /heɪt/ A2	verb - to feel intense dislike for.
nervous /ˈnɜːrvəs/ A2	adjective - easily agitated or alarmed.
pale /peɪl/ A2	adjective - light in color or having little color.
pressure /ˈprɛʃər/ B1	noun - the exertion of force upon a surface by something in contact with it.
intimidate /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/ B2	verb - to frighten or overawe, especially in order to make someone do what one wants.
vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/ B1	verb - disappear suddenly and completely.
reboot /riːˈbuːt/ B1	verb - restart a computer or other electronic device.
humiliated /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪtɪd/ B2	adjective - feeling or caused to feel ashamed or foolish.
inspired /ɪnˈspaɪərd/ B1	adjective - of extraordinary quality, as if arising from some external creative impulse.
vintage /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/ B1	adjective - denoting something from the past of high quality, especially something representing the best of its kind.
benchmark /ˈbɛnʧmɑːrk/ B2	noun - a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed.
performance /pərˈfɔːrməns/ B1	noun - the action of carrying out a task or function.
cocky /ˈkɒki/ B1	adjective - arrogantly self-assured.

Key Grammar Structures

• If I were you, I'd be spending more time focusing on how you're going to wrap up fourth place...

  ➔ Second conditional (unreal present)

  ➔ The structure **If + past simple** ("were") + **would + base verb** ("'d be spending") expresses a hypothetical situation that is not true now.

• There’s no way in hell Carmen Tibido is coming here.

  ➔ Strong negative idiom "no way ... is ..."

  ➔ "no way" is used to express absolute disbelief or denial. It is followed by a clause in the present tense ("is coming").

• I’m always looking for that extra edge.

  ➔ Present continuous for habitual actions with "always"

  ➔ "always" can be used with the present continuous ("am looking") to stress a repeated or habitual action.

• When you get nervous you get mean and you get really pale...

  ➔ Zero conditional (general truth)

  ➔ "When" + present simple + present simple expresses a cause‑effect relationship that is always true.

• I promised them that I would reboot the program.

  ➔ Future in the past (would + base verb)

  ➔ "would" after a past reporting verb ("promised") shows an action that was in the future relative to that past moment.

• I don’t know, I just think that these new rules are messing with my head.

  ➔ "that"‑clause as object of "think"

  ➔ "that" introduces a subordinate clause which functions as the direct object of "think". The verb "think" can be followed by a that‑clause without any change in meaning.

• 33% of the numbers have to be vintage.

  ➔ Modal "have to" for necessity

  ➔ "have to" expresses external obligation or requirement: the numbers **must** be vintage.

• The only thing vintage about me is my Tyrone Powers haircut.

  ➔ Cleft/Emphatic sentence "the only ... is ..."

  ➔ "the only ... is ..." isolates the most important information ("the only thing vintage about me") and presents it as the predicate.

• Most people don't realize I lost 10 lbs during that performance.

  ➔ Present simple negative + past simple (reporting past)

  ➔ "don't realize" (present simple negative) introduces a present perception, while "I lost" (past simple) reports a completed action in the past.

• I’m going to go get ready.

  ➔ "going to" for future intention

  ➔ "am going to" + infinitive ("go") is used to talk about a planned action in the near future.