Halley’s Comet – English Lyrics

• By: Billie Eilish

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the atmospheric world of Billie Eilish with 'Halley's Comet'. This song is a perfect study for English learners to explore metaphorical language, the use of soft 'breathy' phonetics, and how to express deep, nuanced emotions like longing and hesitation in a modern poetic style.

[English]

foreign

[Music]

and I don't want to want you

but in my dreams I seem to be more

honest

and I must admit you've been in quite a

few

hey please

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nothing I do

but you're all it takes for me to break

a promise

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silly made to fall in love with you

I haven't slept since Sunday midnight

for me it's 3am

for you

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but my sleepless nights are better with

you and nice could ever be alone

oh

I was good at feeling nothing now I'm

hopeless

[Music]

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I've Been Loved Before but right now in

this moment

I feel more and more like I was made for

you

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I'm standing

in my brother's room

I haven't slept in a week

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[Applause]

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
honest /ˈɒnɪst/ A2	adjective - truthful and sincere
admit /ədˈmɪt/ B1	verb - to confess or acknowledge something is true
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ A2	noun - a declaration that one will do something verb - to assure someone one will do something
silly /ˈsɪli/ A2	adjective - having or showing a lack of common sense or judgment
sleepless /ˈsliːpləs/ B2	adjective - unable to sleep
hopeless /ˈhəʊpləs/ B1	adjective - feeling or causing despair; having no hope
moment /ˈməʊmənt/ A2	noun - a very brief period of time
standing /ˈstændɪŋ/ A1	verb - to be in an upright position on one's feet
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - to fail to observe a rule or a promise
midnight /ˈmɪdnaɪt/ A2	noun - twelve o'clock at night

Key Grammar Structures

• I don't want to want you

  ➔ Verb pattern: want + infinitive

  ➔ The structure 'want to' is used to express desire. Here, 'want' is used twice to show a struggle between desire and denial.

• you've been in quite a few

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ Used 'have been' to describe an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

• you're all it takes for me to break a promise

  ➔ Relative clause / Idiomatic structure: 'it takes for [someone] to [do something]'

  ➔ This structure emphasizes that the subject is the only thing necessary for the consequence to happen.

• I haven't slept since Sunday midnight

  ➔ Present Perfect with 'since'

  ➔ Uses 'since' to define the specific starting point in time of a state that continues to the present.

• my sleepless nights are better with you

  ➔ Comparative adjective

  ➔ 'better' is the irregular comparative form of 'good', used here to compare nights alone vs. nights with the person.

• I was good at feeling nothing

  ➔ Adjective + prepositional phrase (good at + gerund)

  ➔ The phrase 'good at' is followed by a gerund (feeling) to describe a skill or a habit.

• I've been loved before

  ➔ Passive Voice (Present Perfect)

  ➔ The focus is on the state of having been loved, rather than the person who performed the action.

• I was made for you

  ➔ Passive Voice (Simple Past)

  ➔ Uses 'was made' to suggest a sense of destiny or purpose, implying that the creation of the subject was intended for the object.