Little Girl – English Lyrics

• By: Japanese Breakfast
• Album: For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Pissing in the corner of a hotel suite

Do you always remember where you are?

Drank the gin at noon and watched the ATVs

Rounding muddy corners until I found the strength to leave

All I need is understanding

Pretty girl in my arms

Passing days, immolation

Little girl, meant no harm

...

Seven years of running at a breakneck speed

Convalescing cheaply far abroad

Dreaming of a daughter who won't speak to me

Running for her father coming home

All I need is understanding

Little girl never calls

Every day, annihilation

Pretty girl, all I own

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pissing /ˈpɪsɪŋ/ C1	verb - urinate
remember /rɪˈmembər/ B1	verb - recall to the mind; be mindful of
drank /dræŋk/ A2	verb - past tense of drink - to consume liquid by swallowing
strength /strɛŋθ/ B1	noun - the power to resist something; physical power
understanding /ˌʌndərˈstændɪŋ/ B2	noun - the ability to comprehend something
immolation /ˌɪməˈleɪʃən/ C1	noun - the act of killing or offering as a sacrifice by fire
running /ˈrʌnɪŋ/ A2	verb - moving rapidly on foot
breakneck /ˈbreɪkˌnek/ C1	adjective - extremely rapid or dangerous
convalescing /ˌkɒnvəˈlesɪŋ/ C1	verb - gradually recovering health and strength
daughter /ˈdɔːtər/ A2	noun - a female child
annihilation /ˌænɪheɪˈleɪʃən/ C2	noun - the complete destruction of something
corners /ˈkɔːrnərz/ A2	noun - a place where two lines or surfaces meet at an angle
abroad /əˈbrɔːd/ B1	adverb - in or to a foreign country

Key Grammar Structures

• Pissing in the corner of a hotel suite

  ➔ Present participle (-ing form)

  ➔ The word 'Pissing' is a present participle, used here as a verbal noun to describe an action in progress.

• Do you always remember where you are?

  ➔ Present simple question

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple tense in a question form to ask about a habitual action.

• Drank the gin at noon and watched the ATVs

  ➔ Simple past and conjunction

  ➔ The sentence uses the simple past tense for completed actions and the conjunction 'and' to join two actions.

• All I need is understanding

  ➔ Emphatic structure with 'all'

  ➔ The phrase uses 'all' to emphasize what the speaker needs, followed by a noun ('understanding').

• Pretty girl in my arms

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'in my arms' is a prepositional phrase that describes the location of the 'pretty girl'.

• Seven years of running at a breakneck speed

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with 'of'

  ➔ The phrase 'of running' is a prepositional phrase using 'of' to describe a duration of action.

• Dreaming of a daughter who won't speak to me

  ➔ Relative clause with 'who'

  ➔ The clause 'who won't speak to me' is a relative clause that describes the daughter, using 'who' as the subject.

• Every day, annihilation

  ➔ Appositive

  ➔ The word 'annihilation' is an appositive that renames or explains 'every day'.