Hurts So Good – English Lyrics

• By: Astrid S

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

You're fighting me off like a firefighter

So tell me why you still get burned

You say you're not, but you're still a liar

'Cause I'm the one that you run to first

Every time, yeah

Why do you try to deny it

When you show up every night

And tell me that you want me but it's complicated

So complicated

When it hurts but it hurts so good

Do you take it?

Do you break it off?

When it hurts but it hurts so good

Can you say it?

Can you say it?

Your love is like (hey, na-na-na, na-na)

Your love is like (hey, na-na-na, na-na)

It hurts so good (hey, na-na-na, na-na)

Your love is like (hey, na-na-na, na-na)

It hurts so good

Every time that I swear it's over

It makes you want me even more

You pull away and I come in closer

And all we ever stay is torn

And baby, I don't know

Why I try to deny it

When you show up every night

I tell you that I want you but it's complicated

So complicated

When it hurts but it hurts so good

Do you take it?

Do you break it off?

When it hurts but it hurts so good

Can you say it?

Can you say it?

Your love is like (hey, na-na-na, na-na)

Your love is like (hey, na-na-na, na-na)

It hurts so good (hey, na-na-na, na-na)

Your love is like (hey, na-na-na, na-na)

Ooh, it hurts so good

Wide awake through the daylight

Will you hold me like we're running a yellow light?

Reach for you with my hands tied

Are we dancing like we're burning in paradise?

When it hurts but it hurts so good

Do you take it?

Do you break it off?

When it hurts but it hurts so good

Can you say it?

Can you say it?

Your love is like (hey, na-na-na, na-na)

Your love is like (hey, na-na-na, na-na)

Ooh, it hurts so good (hey, na-na-na, na-na)

Your love is like (hey, na-na-na, na-na)

It hurts so good

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
fight /faɪt/ A2	verb - to take part in a physical fight verb - to struggle against something
burn /bɜːrn/ A2	verb - to be on fire verb - to feel pain as if from fire
liar /ˈlaɪər/ B1	noun - a person who tells lies
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ B1	verb - to state that something is not true
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause pain noun - physical or emotional pain
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - to separate into pieces
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - an intense feeling of affection
complicate /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/ B2	verb - to make something more difficult
torn /tɔːrn/ B2	adjective - damaged by being pulled apart adjective - feeling conflicted
awake /əˈweɪk/ A2	adjective - not sleeping
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - brightness
reach /riːtʃ/ A2	verb - to stretch out a hand
dance /dɑːns/ A2	verb - to move rhythmically to music
paradise /ˈpærədaɪs/ B2	noun - a place of perfect happiness

Key Grammar Structures

• You're fighting me off like a firefighter

  ➔ Present Continuous, Simile

  ➔ The **'re fighting'** is the present continuous tense to describe an action happening now. **'Like a firefighter'** uses 'like' to make a simile, comparing the action to that of a firefighter.

• So tell me why you still get burned

  ➔ Adverbial Clause of Reason, Passive Voice

  ➔ **'Why'** introduces the adverbial clause of reason. **'Get burned'** is passive voice, indicating that the subject is the receiver of the action.

• Why do you try to deny it

  ➔ Inversion (for emphasis), Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ The word order is inverted for emphasis. **'To deny'** is an infinitive of purpose, answering why.

• And tell me that you want me but it's complicated

  ➔ Conjunction 'but'

  ➔ 'But' is a conjunction used to introduce a contrasting idea.

• When it hurts but it hurts so good

  ➔ Conjunction 'but', Adverb 'so'

  ➔ 'But' connects contrasting clauses, while 'so' intensifies the adjective 'good'.

• Do you take it?

  ➔ Auxiliary verb + Main verb (interrogative sentence)

  ➔ Use of the auxiliary verb 'do' to form a question in the present simple tense.

• Every time that I swear it's over

  ➔ Time Clause (adverbial clause of time), Present Simple (for habitual action)

  ➔ 'Every time that...' introduces a time clause. 'I swear' is in the present simple, describing a habitual action or state.

• It makes you want me even more

  ➔ Causative verb 'makes', Comparative Adverb

  ➔ 'Makes' is a causative verb, indicating that something *causes* you to want. 'Even more' uses the comparative adverb 'more' to increase the intensity.

• Are we dancing like we're burning in paradise?

  ➔ Inversion (question structure), Simile, Present Continuous

  ➔ The structure uses inversion for a question. **'Like'** creates a simile. **'Burning'** is the present continuous.