golden boy – English Lyrics

• By: Freya Skye
• Album: stardust

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of modern English pop with 'Golden Boy' by Freya Skye. This track is perfect for learners wanting to master colloquial expressions of attraction and contemporary rhythmic phrasing, all wrapped in a catchy, upbeat melody that makes language learning feel like a party.

[English]

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♪ Ah-ooh ♪

♪ There was a trail of destruction ♪

♪ That led straight to you ♪

♪ Ignored all the signs ♪

♪ That I wish weren't true ♪

♪ You're such a good actor ♪

♪ I guess you had me fooled ♪

♪ Guess I was convenient when I was around ♪

♪ 'Cause you love attention ♪

♪ The talk of the town ♪

♪ And I'd build you up ♪

♪ While you'd just tear me down ♪

♪ But what's done is done ♪

♪ I'm on the other side now ♪

♪ So you can play the golden boy ♪

♪ And lose yourself in all the noise of ♪

♪ You're kind and you're so perfect ♪

♪ I'd love to be your girlfriend ♪

♪ You were lucky once ♪

♪ How's life living on the surface ♪

("Golden Boy" by Freya Skye)

♪ We'd talk all the time ♪

♪ Now we don't even speak ♪

♪ I'm wide awake while you're both still asleep ♪

♪ You're so unaffected by our history ♪

♪ But what's done is done ♪

♪ I'm on the other side now ♪

♪ So you can play the golden boy ♪

♪ And lose yourself in all the noise of ♪

♪ You're kind and you're so perfect ♪

♪ I'd love to be your girlfriend ♪

♪ You were lucky once ♪

♪ How's life living on the surface ♪

♪ You can really play the part ♪

♪ While you stay breaking all these hearts ♪

♪ Oh, what's it like to be his girlfriend ♪

♪ Looks good, but it's a burden ♪

♪ You were lucky once ♪

♪ Have fun living on the surface ♪

♪ I'm thankful you're no longer wasting my time ♪

♪ I'm grateful I gave up on reading your mind ♪

♪ I know that it's much better ending like this ♪

♪ Just one on your list ♪

♪ Deceived and dismissed ♪

♪ No, I'm not alone being left in your mess ♪

♪ It should bring me closure or something, I guess ♪

♪ But all that I'm left with are unproven words ♪

♪ That everyone heard and what makes it worse ♪

♪ Is you just play the golden boy ♪

♪ And got so lost in all the noise of ♪

♪ You're kind and you're so perfect ♪

♪ I'd love to be your girlfriend ♪

- Are you ready to jump?

Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump

♪ Play the part ♪

♪ While you stay breaking all these hearts, oh ♪

♪ Oh, it's a burden ♪

♪ You were lucky once ♪

♪ Have fun living on the surface ♪

(audience cheering)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
destruction /dɪˈstrʌkʃən/ B2	noun - the act or process of damaging something very badly
ignored /ɪɡˈnɔːrd/ A2	verb - refused to take notice of or acknowledge
actor /ˈæktər/ A1	noun - a person who portrays a character in a performance
convenient /kənˈviːniənt/ B1	adjective - fitting in well with a person's needs or activities
attention /əˈtenʃən/ A2	noun - notice taken of someone or something
perfect /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/ A1	adjective - having all the required or desirable elements
surface /ˈsɜːrfɪs/ A2	noun - the outside part or topmost layer
unaffected /ˌʌnəˈfektɪd/ C1	adjective - feeling or showing no effects or reactions
history /ˈhɪstəri/ A1	noun - the study of past events
burden /ˈbɜːrdən/ B2	noun - a load, typically a heavy one
thankful /ˈθæŋkfʊl/ A2	adjective - pleased and relieved
grateful /ˈɡreɪtfʊl/ B1	adjective - feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness
deceived /dɪˈsiːvd/ B2	verb - caused someone to believe something that is not true
dismissed /dɪˈsmɪst/ B2	verb - ordered or allowed to leave; treated as unworthy of consideration
closure /ˈkloʊʒər/ C1	noun - a feeling that a painful or unhappy situation has ended

Key Grammar Structures

• That I wish weren't true

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in a wish clause

  ➔ We use the past tense 'were' after 'wish' to express a desire for a reality different from the current one.

• Guess I was convenient when I was around

  ➔ Adverbial clause of time

  ➔ The clause 'when I was around' uses the past tense to describe a specific time frame in the past.

• But what's done is done

  ➔ Passive Voice (Present Perfect)

  ➔ Using the passive 'is done' emphasizes the completion of an action, regardless of who did it.

• I'm wide awake while you're both still asleep

  ➔ Conjunction of contrast ('while')

  ➔ 'While' is used here to contrast two simultaneous states, highlighting the difference between the speaker and the other person.

• I'm thankful you're no longer wasting my time

  ➔ Adverbial phrase of duration ('no longer')

  ➔ 'No longer' indicates that an action that happened in the past has now ceased to continue.

• I'm grateful I gave up on reading your mind

  ➔ Phrasal verb ('give up' + gerund)

  ➔ The phrasal verb 'give up' is followed by a gerund ('reading') to express abandoning an activity.

• No, I'm not alone being left in your mess

  ➔ Passive participle clause

  ➔ The structure 'being left' functions as a passive participle clause describing the state of the speaker.

• But all that I'm left with are unproven words

  ➔ Relative clause ('all that...')

  ➔ The phrase 'all that' functions as a relative pronoun introduction for a clause defining the subject.