I Hate Everything About You – English Lyrics

• By: Three Days Grace

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music can be an exciting journey, and Three Days Grace's 'I Hate Everything About You' offers a great opportunity to dive into English. The song's direct and emotional lyrics provide a clear example of how to express strong feelings and internal conflict. Its powerful and repetitive chorus makes it easy to sing along and learn new vocabulary in a rock context. What makes this song special is its raw and honest portrayal of a universally understood experience, making the language both accessible and memorable.

[English]

Every time we lie awake

After every hit we take

Every feeling that I get

But I haven't missed you yet

Every roommate kept awake

By every sigh and scream we make

All the feelings that I get

But I still don't miss you yet

Only when I stop to think about it

...

I hate everything about you

Why do I love you?

I hate everything about you

Why do I love you?

...

Every time we lie awake

After every hit we take

Every feeling that I get

But I haven't missed you yet

Only when I stop to think about it

I hate everything about you

Why do I love you?

I hate everything about you

Why do I love you?

Only when I stop to think about you

I know

Only when you stop to think about me

Do you know?

...

I hate everything about you

Why do I love you?

You hate everything about me

Why do you love me?

I hate

You hate

I hate

You love me

I hate everything about you

Why do I love you?

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Why do I love you?

  ➔ Rhetorical question

  ➔ Questions asked to create dramatic effect or express conflicted feelings rather than seek answers. Highlights the speaker's internal contradiction.

• But I haven't missed you yet

  ➔ Present perfect + temporal adverb

  ➔ "Yet" emphasizes the continuation of a negative state (not missing someone) up to the present moment.

• Every time we lie awake

  ➔ Temporal clause with "every"

  ➔ "Every time" establishes repeated/habitual situations. Combines with simple present to describe recurring events.

• Only when I stop to think about it

  ➔ Restrictive adverbial phrase

  ➔ "Only when" restricts a condition (hatred) to specific moments, creating contrast between instinct and reflection.

• But I still don't miss you yet

  ➔ Double negation reinforcement

  ➔ "Still" and "yet" together intensify the negative statement, emphasizing persistent absence of feeling.

• I hate, You hate, I hate, You love me

  ➔ Parallelism with contrast shift

  ➔ Parallel phrases establish rhythm before abrupt verb change ("love" for "hate"), breaking pattern to reveal emotional paradox.

• Do you know?

  ➔ Inversion avoidance in question

  ➔ Object form "you" instead of subject "you" before verb creates conversational urgency while challenging listener.

• After every hit we take

  ➔ Clause-fronted prepositional phrase

  ➔ Placing "after..." first shifts focus to consequence while delaying subject revelation, creating suspense.

• Why do you love me?

  ➔ Embedded interrogation

  ➔ Acts as both direct question and philosophical self-inquiry, challenging listener while exploring self-worth struggles.