Lie – English Lyrics

• By: Halsey, Quavo
• Album: hopeless fountain kingdom

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the raw emotion and lyrical depth of Halsey's "Lie," a poignant exploration of love and deception. Featuring Quavo, this track offers a unique opportunity to dissect complex relationship dynamics and improve your understanding of metaphorical language in music.

[English]

Breakfast is cold, as cold as our bed

I'm watching you choke down the words that you said

I watch you devour, mistake me for bread

Well boy, is you fed?

Or are you misled?

I gave you the messiest head

You give me the messiest head

Oh, you're turning red

'Cause I'm tryna give the impression

That I get the message you wish I was dead

See you 'bouta break a sweat

I, I, I

I won't let us finish yet

I, I, I

Please don't take this as a threat

I, I, I

All I'm saying is if you don't love me no more then

Lie, lie

...

Lie, lie

...

(Quavo)

I heard what you said (heard what she said)

You talk about your head game (oh)

I know that it's fire flame (fire)

Your mouth make a hurricane (splash)

You notice that we in love (love)

That's something we cannot change (no)

It's the plans we should arrange (plans)

Treat her right and she won't complain (yeah)

Bring back the title (bring back)

She tall like the Eiffel (yeah)

Got no one to lie to (no)

There's no need to lie, no more (eh)

Bring me a trial (bring)

Every move's vital

What you gon' die for

When every day you told lies, alright

Lie, lie

...

Lie, lie

...

Lie, lie

...

Lie, lie

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - low in temperature
choke /tʃoʊk/ B1	verb - to have difficulty breathing or speaking because of smoke, food, or emotion
devour /dɪˈvaʊər/ B2	verb - to eat something quickly and eagerly
misled /ˌmɪsˈlɛd/ B2	verb - to give someone the wrong idea or impression
messiest /ˈmɛsiɪst/ B1	adjective - most untidy or disordered
impression /ɪmˈprɛʃən/ B1	noun - a feeling or opinion about something or someone
message /ˈmɛsɪdʒ/ A2	noun - a piece of information or communication
sweat /swɛt/ A2	noun - moisture excreted through the skin verb - to excrete moisture through the skin
threat /θrɛt/ A2	noun - a statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action
flame /fleɪm/ A1	noun - the hot glowing gas that comes from something burning
hurricane /ˈhɜrɪkən/ A2	noun - a violent storm with very strong winds
vital /ˈvaɪtl/ B2	adjective - absolutely necessary or important
trial /ˈtraɪəl/ B1	noun - a test of the performance, qualities, or reliability of someone or something
arrange /əˈreɪndʒ/ B1	verb - to organize or plan something
complain /kəmˈpleɪn/ A2	verb - to express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something

Key Grammar Structures

• Breakfast is cold, as cold as our bed

  ➔ Comparative Adjectives & Adverbial Phrases

  ➔ Uses "as...as" to compare the temperature of breakfast to the bed. "Cold" is a comparative adjective. "As cold as" creates an adverbial phrase of comparison.

• I'm watching you choke down the words that you said

  ➔ Present Continuous & Relative Clause

  ➔ Uses the present continuous tense "I'm watching" to describe an ongoing action. "That you said" is a relative clause that modifies "the words".

• Or are you misled?

  ➔ Passive Voice

  ➔ Uses the passive voice "are you misled" to focus on the state of being misled, rather than who is misleading.

• I gave you the messiest head

  ➔ Past Simple Tense & Direct Object

  ➔ Uses the past simple tense "gave". "The messiest head" is the direct object of the verb "gave".

• Oh, you're turning red

  ➔ Present Continuous

  ➔ Uses the present continuous "you're turning" to describe a change in state (becoming red).

• 'Cause I'm tryna give the impression

  ➔ Contraction & Present Continuous

  ➔ Uses a contraction "'Cause" for "Because" and the present continuous "I'm tryna". 'Tryna' is the contracted form of 'trying to'.

• I won't let us finish yet

  ➔ Future with "won't"

  ➔ Uses "won't" (will not) to express a refusal or a future action.

• I heard what you said (heard what she said)

  ➔ Past Simple & Reported Speech (Implied)

  ➔ Uses the past simple "heard". The second part of the sentence, 'heard what she said', implies reported speech, even without explicit quotation marks or reporting verbs.

• You notice that we in love

  ➔ Simple Present, Omission of Auxiliary Verb

  ➔ Simple present tense "notice". The sentence structure is common in colloquial speech, the auxiliary verb "are" is dropped before "in love" which acts as an adjective.

• There's no need to lie, no more

  ➔ Contraction & Compound Adverbial Phrase

  ➔ Uses the contraction "There's" for "There is." "No more" is a compound adverbial phrase that modifies "lie".