I Burned LA Down – English Lyrics

• By: Noah Cyrus
• Album: The Hardest Part

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(somber guitar music)

♪ You left a hole in my chest ♪

♪ When you left ♪

♪ And my heart followed you ♪

♪ Out the door ♪

♪ And I stood and ♪

♪ Bled in the hall ♪

♪ Watched it all ♪

♪ And the mess that it left ♪

♪ On the floor ♪

♪ If I gave you less ♪

♪ Would you want me more ♪

♪ And you could've said ♪

♪ Anything at all ♪

♪ Ooh, embers in the dark ♪

♪ Can look just like shootin' stars ♪

♪ To a bitter broken heart ♪

♪ Oh, I wish I hadn't burned this city down ♪

♪ 'Cause you didn't care ♪

♪ No, you didn't care ♪

♪ Yeah I burned LA down and you left me there ♪

♪ Oh, you left me there ♪

♪ I waste my breath on a prayer ♪

♪ You don't care ♪

♪ I was never a part ♪

♪ Of your plan ♪

♪ You can't make a God ♪

♪ Of somebody who's not ♪

♪ Even half of a ♪

♪ Half decent man ♪

♪ Ooh, embers in the dark ♪

♪ Can look just like shootin' stars ♪

♪ To a bitter broken heart ♪

♪ Oh, I wish I hadn't burned this city down ♪

♪ 'Cause you didn't care ♪

♪ No, you didn't care ♪

♪ Yeah, I burned LA down and you left me there ♪

♪ Oh, you left me there ♪

♪ I burned this city down ♪

♪ 'Cause you didn't care ♪

♪ No, you didn't care ♪

♪ Yeah, I burned LA down and you left me there ♪

♪ Oh, you left me there ♪

♪ You left a hole in my chest ♪

♪ When you left ♪

♪ And my heart followed you ♪

♪ Out the door ♪

(fire cackling)

Key Grammar Structures

• You left a hole in my chest

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The verb 'left' is in the past simple tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• If I gave you less, would you want me more

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ The structure 'If I gave... would you want...' is the second conditional, used for hypothetical situations in the present or future.

• Can look just like shootin' stars

  ➔ Modal Verb (Can) for Possibility

  ➔ The modal verb 'can' is used to express possibility or ability in the present.

• I wish I hadn't burned this city down

  ➔ Past Perfect in Wishes

  ➔ The past perfect 'hadn't burned' is used in wishes to express a regret about a past action.

• You didn't care

  ➔ Past Simple Negative

  ➔ The negative form 'didn't care' is used to indicate that an action did not happen in the past.

• You can't make a God of somebody who's not even half of a half decent man

  ➔ Double Negative

  ➔ The phrase 'not even half of a half decent man' uses double negatives to emphasize the lack of quality.