killing boys – English Lyrics

• By: Halsey
• Album: If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Halsey's "killing boys" and discover a powerful narrative of emotional resilience and reclaiming personal agency. This song offers a unique insight into expressing frustration and moving past heartbreak, making it a compelling piece to explore English vocabulary and idiomatic expressions related to relationships and empowerment.

[English]

You're killing people

No, I'm killing boys

Boys are just placeholders, they come and they go

You're my best friend, and I wanna help you

But I won't let you kill again

That's a lose-lose

Told me pick my battles and be pickin' 'em wise

But I wanna pick 'em all and I don't wanna decide

No more, no more, anymore

So we'll sneak in in the back and then we'll kick in the door

Tell me, have you ever keyed a Ferrari before?

Oh no, I don't anymore

And I'm not breakin', I won't take it

And I won't ever feel this way again

'Cause you don't need me anymore, woah

And I won't ever try again

And all I want in return is revenge

'Cause I don't need you anymore, woah

So where do you go?

Pull up to the drive and I remember the codes

Yeah, the only fuckin' number you don't hide in your phone

No more, no more, anymore

Climb up to the window and I'm breakin' the glass

Then stop, 'cause I don't wanna Uma Thurman your ass

No more, no more, anymore

And I'm not breakin', I won't take it

And I won't ever feel this way again

'Cause you don't need me anymore, woah

And I won't ever try again

And all I want in return is revenge

'Cause I don't need you anymore, woah

So where do you go?

Woah, woah, woah, oh, oh

When I don't need you anymore?

Woah, woah, woah, oh, oh

When I don't need you

...

Key Grammar Structures

• You're killing people, No, I'm killing boys

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The present continuous tense is used with 'killing' to describe actions happening now or around now. Example: 'You're killing people' highlights an ongoing action.

• Boys are just placeholders, they come and they go

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The present simple tense is used with 'are' and 'come/go' to describe general truths or habits. Example: 'they come and they go' indicates repeated actions.

• But I won't let you kill again

  ➔ Future with 'won't'

  ➔ 'Won't' is used to express a strong refusal or decision in the future. Example: 'I won't let you kill again' shows a firm decision.

• Tell me, have you ever keyed a Ferrari before?

  ➔ Present perfect with 'ever'

  ➔ The present perfect with 'ever' is used to ask about experiences in the past. Example: 'have you ever keyed a Ferrari before?' asks if the action happened at any time before now.

• And I won't ever feel this way again

  ➔ Emphasis with 'ever'

  ➔ 'Ever' is used to emphasize the extent or duration of an action. Example: 'I won't ever feel this way again' stresses the finality of the feeling.

• So where do you go?

  ➔ Present simple question

  ➔ The present simple is used in questions to ask about habitual actions or general truths. Example: 'where do you go?' asks about a regular or general action.

• No more, no more, anymore

  ➔ Adverb of frequency 'anymore'

  ➔ 'Anymore' is used to indicate that something no longer happens or is no longer true. Example: 'no more, anymore' emphasizes the end of a situation.