Lost Boys – English Lyrics

• By: Phoebe Bridgers
• Album: Lost Weekend

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic world of Phoebe Bridgers with 'Lost Boys'. This song is a perfect gateway to learning English through its rich, metaphorical vocabulary and slow, clear delivery, allowing you to grasp deep emotional nuances and contemporary lyrical expressions.

[English]

(Lost boys)

(Lost boys)

On a motorbike, doing 90 in a 55

To another life where they make you cut your hair

Impatient with a rifle and your papers

Weightless but not scared

This machine is killing me

I pretended it was make-believe

Lost boys never grow up, never go home

Lost boys never spend their lunch money, yeah

Lost boys never grow up, never get old

Lost boys, find me

That one time in East Berlin

When you threw a tantrum with a .57 and broke a rib

You told me you wish you were dead

But I don't believe that

I still wonder how you're sleeping

I don't feel bad, but I'm sorry

This machine is killing me

I pretended it was make-believe

Lost boys never grow up, never go home

Lost boys never spend their lunch money, yeah

Lost boys never grow up, never get old

Lost boys, find me

In a twin bed, where all will be forgiven in an instant

Hands in each other's hair

We are born again, so who cares where we're going?

In the morning, you were not there

One, two, three, whoo

Lost boys never grow up, never go home

Lost boys never spend their lunch money, yeah

Lost boys never give up, never get old

Lost boys, come find me, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
impatient /ɪmˈpeɪ.ʃənt/ B2	adjective - restless or short-tempered; not willing to wait
rifle /ˈraɪ.fəl/ B1	noun - a long firearm designed for precision shooting
weightless /ˈweɪt.ləs/ C1	adjective - having little or no weight
machine /məˈʃiːn/ A2	noun - an apparatus using mechanical power to perform a function
pretend /prɪˈtend/ B1	verb - to behave as if something is true when it is not
make-believe /ˌmeɪk bɪˈliːv/ C1	noun - imagination or fantasy; something not real
tantrum /ˈtæn.trəm/ C1	noun - an uncontrolled outburst of anger and frustration
broke /broʊk/ A2	verb - past tense of break; to separate into pieces
rib /rɪb/ B2	noun - each of the curved bones in the chest
wonder /ˈwʌn.dər/ B1	verb - to desire to know something; to feel curiosity
forgiven /fərˈɡɪv.ən/ B2	verb - to stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense
instant /ˈɪn.stənt/ B2	noun - a very short period of time

Key Grammar Structures

• Doing 90 in a 55

  ➔ Participle clause (Reduced relative clause)

  ➔ The "-ing" form describes an action happening simultaneously with the subject's main state.

• To another life where they make you cut your hair

  ➔ Causative structure (make + object + bare infinitive)

  ➔ Use "make" to express forcing someone to do something.

• This machine is killing me

  ➔ Present Continuous for current ongoing action

  ➔ The "is killing" form indicates an action in progress at the moment of speaking.

• I pretended it was make-believe

  ➔ Backshift (Reported Speech/Hypothetical past)

  ➔ We use "was" to shift the tense back after a past tense verb "pretended".

• I still wonder how you're sleeping

  ➔ Embedded Question (Indirect question)

  ➔ In "how you're sleeping", the subject-verb order is reversed compared to direct questions.

• All will be forgiven in an instant

  ➔ Passive Voice (Future Simple)

  ➔ "Will be forgiven" focuses on the receiver of the action rather than the doer.

• We are born again

  ➔ Present state passive

  ➔ "Are born" describes the current state of being, not just the past event of birth.

• Who cares where we're going?

  ➔ Wh- clause as a direct object

  ➔ "Where we're going" acts as the noun clause serving as the object of the verb "cares".