How You Like Me Now? – English Lyrics

• By: The Heavy

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something
want /wɑnt/ A2	verb - to desire or wish for something
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to have information or understanding about something
bad /bæd/ A2	adjective - not good in quality or character
deep /diːp/ B1	adjective - extending far down from the surface
found /faʊnd/ B1	verb - to discover or establish something
wait /weɪt/ A2	verb - to stay in one place until a particular time or event
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
give /ɡɪv/ A1	verb - to transfer possession of something to someone
sing /sɪŋ/ A2	verb - to produce musical sounds with the voice
lie /laɪ/ B1	verb - to be in a horizontal position

Key Grammar Structures

• Now there was a time

  ➔ Existential "there"

  ➔ Uses "there was" to indicate the existence of something in the past (a time). This is a common way to introduce a past situation or period. The 'there' has no specific meaning, it only functions to introduce the sentence.

• When you loved me so

  ➔ Past Simple Tense, Adverb of Degree ("so")

  ➔ Uses the Past Simple tense ("loved") to describe a past state or action. "So" is an adverb of degree, intensifying the verb "loved", meaning you loved me very much.

• I could have been wrong

  ➔ Modal Verb + Perfect Infinitive ("could have been")

  ➔ "Could have been" expresses a possibility in the past that didn't happen. It suggests the speaker might have been mistaken about something.

• I've been a bad, bad, bad, bad man

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense, Repetition for Emphasis

  ➔ "I've been" uses the Present Perfect to describe a state that started in the past and continues to the present or has a relevance to the present. Repeating "bad" emphasizes the degree of the speaker's badness.

• I can't wait till you see

  ➔ Negative Contraction, Time Clause ("till")

  ➔ "Can't" is a negative contraction of "cannot". "Till" introduces a time clause specifying when the speaker's excitement will reach its peak (when the listener sees something).

• How you like me now?

  ➔ Interrogative Sentence, Ellipsis (missing auxiliary verb "do")

  ➔ This is an interrogative sentence asking for an opinion. While grammatically it's missing the auxiliary verb "do" (the full form would be "How *do* you like me now?"), the elliptical form is common in informal speech and song lyrics. It has an implied "do"

• Remember the time when I eat you up

  ➔ Imperative mood, Relative Clause (When...)

  ➔ The beginning of the line using the word "Remember" represents a command or request. The phrase "When I eat you up" is a relative clause modifying the time mentioned. Note the grammatically incorrect use of “eat” which should be “ate”.

• If I was to cheat

  ➔ Second Conditional (Unreal Past)

  ➔ This uses the second conditional, which describes a hypothetical or unlikely situation. The use of "was" instead of "were" with "I" is common in informal speech, though grammatically "were" is more correct here.