How You Like Me Now? – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Now there was a time
When you loved me so
I could have been wrong
But now you needed to know
See, I've been a bad, bad, bad, bad man
And I'm in deep, yea
I found a brand new love for this man
And I can't wait till you see
I can't wait
So how you like me now
How you like me now
How you like me now
How you like me now
How you like me now
How you like me now
How you like me now
How you like me now
Remember the time
When I eat you up
Yeah, I wasn't lyin'
That you can't give up
If I was to cheat
Oh no, would you see right through me
If I sing a sad, sad, sad, sad song
Would you give it to me
Would you...
So how you like me now
How you like me now
How you like me now
How you like me now
How you like me now
How you like me now
How you like me now
How you like me now
...
Does that make you love me baby
...
Does that make you want me baby
Does that make you love me baby
Does that make you want me baby
...
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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love /lʌv/ A2 |
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want /wɑnt/ A2 |
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know /noʊ/ A1 |
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bad /bæd/ A2 |
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deep /diːp/ B1 |
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found /faʊnd/ B1 |
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wait /weɪt/ A2 |
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see /siː/ A1 |
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give /ɡɪv/ A1 |
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sing /sɪŋ/ A2 |
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lie /laɪ/ B1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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"
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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”.
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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.