If You Do – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
If you do it’s GOOD, if I do it’s DONE
How can you always say that I’m wrong
You always want to win
Tears are your ultimate weapon
I was attracted to your confidence at first
But every day I went down on my knees
You magnified even my minor mistakes
And pushed me to the edge of the cliff
Well I love you anyway, that’s why I put up with you
Every day every night feel like a fool
You gotta know
Why why why are you always mad mad mad at me
Can we go back to the way we were
If you do it always becomes the right words
If you do I can never win
Suddenly you become a different person
When we get along well I get more nervous
If I do If I do
If I say something you always say let’s break up
So I can’t get any closer
Can’t deepen my love for you
Your major is saying the same thing over and over
You force me to do things to please you
I am tired of these trials with already known results
I’m desperate to break free
To you they’re just friends
To me they’re jerks who could be flirting with you
Another mistake, if you do it’s ok, but if I do huh
I wish you wouldn’t go too far but you just can’t stop
Now I say in my sleep, I’ll be good
When there’s nothing to say you always say, I’m gonna go to bed
Frustrated with no one to talk to
Sometimes I delude myself that I'm trapped
If you do it always becomes the right words
If you do I can never win
Suddenly you become a different person
When we get along well I get more nervous
If I do If I do
If I say something you always say let’s break up
So I can’t get any closer
Can’t deepen my love for you
Every day every night feel like a fool
You gotta know
Why why why are you always mad mad mad at me
Can we go back to the way we were
If you do it always becomes the right words
If you do I can never win
Suddenly you become a different person
When we get along well I get more nervous
If I do If I do
If I say something you always say let’s break up
So I can’t get any closer
Can’t deepen my love for you
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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good /ɡʊd/ A1 |
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done /dʌn/ A1 |
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wrong /rɔŋ/ A2 |
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weapon /ˈwɛpən/ B1 |
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confidence /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/ B2 |
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mistake /mɪˈsteɪk/ B1 |
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nervous /ˈnɜrvəs/ B2 |
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flirting /ˈflɜrtɪŋ/ B2 |
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desperate /ˈdɛspərɪt/ B2 |
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trial /ˈtraɪəl/ B2 |
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closer /ˈkloʊsər/ B1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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If you do it's GOOD, if I do it's DONE
➔ First Conditional
➔ Uses the *first conditional* to express possible future situations based on a condition.
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You magnified even my minor mistakes
➔ Past simple tense
➔ Describes an action completed in the past, emphasizing the effect of the subject's action.
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When we get along well I get more nervous
➔ Zero Conditional / Present Simple in if-clause and main clause
➔ Expresses general truths or habitual actions; both clauses are in present tense.
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So I can't get any closer
➔ Modal verb + base verb (can + not)
➔ Uses a modal verb to express inability or impossibility.
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If you do it always becomes the right words
➔ Zero Conditional / Present Simple after 'if'
➔ States a general truth or habitual outcome based on a condition; both clauses are in present tense.
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I wish you wouldn’t go too far but you just can’t stop
➔ Second Conditional / Past subjunctive (wish + past perfect)
➔ Expresses a regret or hypothetical desire about the present or future; uses 'wish' with past tense to imply unreal situations.
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If I say something you always say let’s break up
➔ Zero Conditional / Present Simple after 'if'
➔ States a habitual or general truth that occurs whenever the condition is met; both clauses are in present tense.