How Can You Love Me – English Lyrics

• By: Kiiara

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw emotions of Kiiara's "How Can You Love Me," a poignant electropop song that beautifully expresses the heartache of loving someone who struggles to reciprocate. Its relatable lyrics and distinctive sound make it an excellent choice for English learners to explore vocabulary related to relationships, emotions, and self-worth, offering insights into contemporary lyrical expression.

[English]

Heard you own a new car and a big home (big home)

Owning everything but your mistakes

For what, for what, for what?

Showing off your art and all your new gold (new gold)

Acting like Usain Bolt

So what, so what, so what?

Baby, tell me where your friends now?

Baby, that's you on the way down

You know I be there to catch ya

'Cause I'm faded with my arms out

But you won't remember when I

Call on you when I break

How can you love me?

How can you love me?

How can you love me?

How can you love me?

How can you love me?

How can you love me when you don't have a heart?

When you don't have a heart

When you don't have a heart

When you don't have a heart

When you don't have a heart

...

Standing in the foyer in the silence (silence)

Penthouse feel like an asylum

Alone, alone, alone

Riding off my love without a license (license)

That ain't feed you falling from your high risk

As you watch me go

Baby, tell me where your friends now?

Baby, that's you on the way down

You know I be there to catch ya

'Cause I'm faded with my arms out

But you won't remember when I

Call on you when I break

How can you love me?

How can you love me?

How can you love me?

How can you love me?

How can you love me?

How can you love me

When you don't have a heart?

When you don't have a heart?

When you don't have a heart?

When you don't have a heart?

When you don't have a heart?

Heart out of reflections

Your fake friends, they all come and go

Come and go

Big nights and stay-at-homes may crumble

But my love will grow

My love will grow

When you don't have a heart?

When you don't have a heart?

When you don't have a heart?

When you don't have a heart?

When you don't have a heart?

When you don't have a heart?

When you don't have a heart?

When you don't have a heart?

...

Key Grammar Structures

• How can you love me when you don't have a heart?

  ➔ Question form with modal verb + conditional clause

  ➔ The structure uses "How can you..." to express doubt or disbelief, followed by a conditional clause with "when" that states the condition preventing the action. "Can" expresses possibility or ability.

• Owning everything but your mistakes

  ➔ Present participle phrase as sentence fragment

  ➔ This line uses "Owning" (present participle) to begin a phrase that functions as a complete thought despite not being a complete sentence. The word "but" creates contrast between possessions and accountability.

• Baby, that's you on the way down

  ➔ Present simple with prepositional phrase

  ➔ The structure uses "that's" (that is) in present simple to identify someone's current state or situation. The prepositional phrase "on the way down" describes a trajectory or decline.

• You know I be there to catch ya

  ➔ Non-standard use of present simple 'be'

  ➔ The line uses "I be" instead of the standard "I will be" or "I would be." This colloquial usage is common in some dialects and expresses future intention or promise in an informal way.

• Riding off my love without a license

  ➔ Present participle phrase with prepositional phrase

  ➔ This line begins with "Riding" (present participle) to create a metaphorical statement. The prepositional phrases "off my love" and "without a license" add detail to create the extended metaphor of someone using love improperly or without permission.

• When you don't have a heart?

  ➔ Negative present simple in question form

  ➔ The structure uses the negative present simple "don't have" in a question form to emphasize the lack of a quality. The word "heart" is used metaphorically to represent empathy or emotional capacity.

• Your fake friends, they all come and go

  ➔ Subject pronoun insertion after noun phrase

  ➔ The structure inserts the pronoun "they" after the noun phrase "Your fake friends" to emphasize the subject. This repetition is common in spoken English and creates a more conversational tone.

• But my love will grow

  ➔ Future simple with 'will'

  ➔ The structure uses the future simple with "will" to express certainty about a future development. The word "But" creates contrast with the previous line, suggesting that while friends may be temporary, love will endure.