His Car – English Lyrics

• By: Matt Terry

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of modern English pop with Matt Terry's 'His Car.' This song is perfect for learners wanting to practice conversational idioms related to relationships, suspicion, and emotional conflict, all delivered through Terry's powerful, soul-influenced vocals.

[English]

You can count on me to be a hypocrite

Told your family about me, I never did

I can't believe how long I lived like this

Now all I see in the mirror, a hypocrite

I can't explain why I can't let go

When you were so far from beautiful

Is it the pain? Or is it the love?

That I should've shown him all along

I used to kiss him in the back of his car

Hiding from the world who we are

I'm sorry for every single lie

I told him, "You should go and bury your heart

My parents won't ever know about us"

I keep wishing that I could go back in time

To apologize (to you)

To apologize (ooh)

I could count on you to be my best friend

In this lonely city we had everything

Out on the streets I wouldn't hold your hand

Oh, I, I was way too young to understand

And I can't explain why I'm holding on

To something so far from beautiful

Is it the pain? Or is it the love?

That I should've shown him all along

I used to kiss him in the back of his car

Hiding from the world who we are

I'm sorry for every single lie

I told him, "You should go and bury your heart

My parents won't ever know about us"

I keep wishing that I could go back in time

To apologize (to you)

I apologize (ooh)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hypocrite /ˈhɪp.ə.krɪt/ C2	noun - a person who acts in contradiction to their stated beliefs or feelings
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - to accept that something is true or exists
mirror /ˈmɪr.ər/ A2	noun - a piece of glass that reflects images
explain /ɪkˈspleɪn/ A2	verb - to make something clear or easy to understand
beautiful /ˈbjuː.tɪ.fəl/ A1	adjective - pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical or emotional suffering
hiding /ˈhaɪ.dɪŋ/ A2	verb - concealing oneself or something
sorry /ˈsɒr.i/ A1	adjective - feeling regret or penitence
bury /ˈber.i/ B1	verb - to put or hide under the ground
apologize /əˈpɒl.ə.dʒaɪz/ B1	verb - to express regret for doing something wrong
lonely /ˈləʊn.li/ A2	adjective - feeling sad because of being alone
city /ˈsɪt.i/ A1	noun - a large town
streets /striːts/ A1	noun - public roads in a town or city
understand /ˌʌn.dəˈstænd/ A2	verb - to perceive the intended meaning of words or situations
wishing /ˈwɪʃ.ɪŋ/ A2	verb - feeling or expressing a strong desire for something

Key Grammar Structures

• That I should've shown him all along

  ➔ Modal perfect (should have + past participle)

  ➔ Used to express a regret or an expectation about a past action that did not happen: "should've shown".

• I'm sorry for every single lie

  ➔ Prepositional phrase following an adjective (sorry for + noun)

  ➔ We use "sorry for" followed by a noun or gerund to apologize for a specific action or state.

• My parents won't ever know about us

  ➔ Future simple with adverb of frequency (won't ever)

  ➔ "Ever" is used in negative sentences to emphasize that something will "not" happen at any time.

• I keep wishing that I could go back in time

  ➔ Verb pattern (keep + gerund) and hypothetical wish (could + bare infinitive)

  ➔ "Keep" + "wishing" describes a continuous repeated action, while "could" expresses ability in a hypothetical past/present context.

• I was way too young to understand

  ➔ Intensifier (way too) + adjective + infinitive of result

  ➔ "Way too" is an informal intensifier meaning "much too", followed by an infinitive phrase to explain a consequence.

• You were so far from beautiful

  ➔ Idiomatic comparison (far from + adjective/noun)

  ➔ "Far from" is used to emphasize that something is the opposite of the adjective that follows: "so far from beautiful".

• I can't explain why I can't let go

  ➔ Embedded question (wh-word + subject + verb)

  ➔ The clause "why I can't let go" acts as the object of "explain" and keeps the statement order (subject before verb).

• I'm sorry for every single lie

  ➔ Emphatic determiner (every single)

  ➔ "Every single" adds extra emphasis to the noun "lie", indicating "each and every one".