How You Remind Me

• By: Nickelback
• Album: No Fixed Address

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
wise /waɪz/ B2	adjective - having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment
poor /pʊr/ A1	adjective - lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society
stealing /ˈstiːlɪŋ/ B1	verb - taking (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.
tired /ˈtaɪərd/ A2	adjective - in need of sleep or rest; weary.
blind /blaɪnd/ B1	adjective - unable to see.
sight /saɪt/ A2	noun - the ability to see.
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - an emotional state or reaction.
story /ˈstɔːri/ A1	noun - an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.
mistaken /mɪˈsteɪkən/ B2	adjective - wrong in one's opinion or judgment.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
breaking /ˈbreɪkɪŋ/ A2	verb - separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.
wrong /rɔːŋ/ A1	adjective - not correct or true; incorrect.
bottom /ˈbɑːtəm/ A2	noun - the lowest point or part of something.
bottle /ˈbɑːtl/ A1	noun - a container, typically made of glass or plastic and with a narrow neck, used for storing liquids.
head /hed/ A1	noun - the part of the body above the neck where the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and brain are.
scream /skriːm/ B1	verb - give a long, loud, piercing cry or cries expressing extreme emotion or pain.
fun /fʌn/ A1	noun - enjoyment or amusement.
swear /swer/ B1	verb - to make a solemn statement or promise undertaking to do something or affirming that something is the case.
bad /bæd/ A1	adjective - of poor quality or a low standard.
killed /kɪld/ A2	verb - cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).

Grammar:

• Never made it as a wise man

  ➔ Past Simple with 'never' (negative adverb)

  ➔ Uses the past simple to describe a past inability or failure. '"Never"' modifies the verb to indicate that the action ('made it') never happened.

• I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing

  ➔ Modal verb 'couldn't' + infinitive 'cut' + 'as' (preposition indicating role/function) + present participle 'stealing' (gerund functioning as a noun modifier)

  ➔ '"Couldn't cut it"' means wasn't good enough/successful. '"As"' means 'in the role of'. '"Stealing"' modifies 'poor man', suggesting the poor man is engaging in the act of stealing.

• Tired of living like a blind man

  ➔ Adjective 'Tired' (functioning as a predicate adjective) + preposition 'of' + gerund 'living' + preposition 'like' + noun phrase 'a blind man'

  ➔ '"Tired of"' indicates being weary or fed up with something. '"Living like a blind man"' uses a simile to express a lack of awareness or direction in life.

• I'm sick of sight without a sense of feeling

  ➔ 'Be sick of' (idiom indicating annoyance) + noun 'sight' + preposition 'without' + noun phrase 'a sense of feeling'

  ➔ '"Sick of"' is a stronger way of saying 'tired of'. It implies strong dislike. The line suggests having superficial awareness without genuine emotional connection.

• It's not like you to say "Sorry"

  ➔ It + be + not + like + [pronoun] + to + infinitive

  ➔ This structure expresses that something is out of character for someone. 'It's not like you to...' indicates that the action is unexpected or unusual for the person.

• I was waiting on a different story

  ➔ Past Continuous Tense ('was waiting') + preposition 'on' (used idiomatically with 'wait' to mean 'awaiting') + indefinite article 'a' + adjective 'different' + noun 'story'

  ➔ Past continuous shows an action in progress in the past. 'Waiting on' means expecting. The line implies the speaker anticipated a better outcome or explanation.

• For handing you a heart worth breaking

  ➔ Preposition 'For' + gerund 'handing' + indirect object 'you' + direct object 'a heart' + relative clause reduced to adjective phrase 'worth breaking'

  ➔ This line expresses regret or self-blame for offering someone a vulnerable part of oneself. 'Worth breaking' means 'valuable enough to be broken' (though used ironically here).

• These five words in my head

  ➔ Demonstrative adjective 'These' + cardinal number 'five' + noun 'words' + preposition 'in' + possessive adjective 'my' + noun 'head'

  ➔ This line sets up a situation where a specific phrase is constantly repeating in the speaker's mind. It's a fairly straightforward grammatical structure.

• Scream, "Are we having fun yet?"

  ➔ Verb 'Scream' (imperative, implying the words are being shouted internally) + direct speech enclosed in quotation marks: interrogative clause 'Are we having fun yet?' (present continuous tense)

  ➔ '"Scream"' is used metaphorically to emphasize the intensity and intrusiveness of the thought. The quoted question is a sarcastic rhetorical question suggesting the opposite – that the situation is not enjoyable.