Lyrics & Translation
[English]
♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪
♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪
♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪
♪ Am I the only one that's coming unglued ♪
♪ Emotions building up, they start to run you ♪
♪ Bottles on the shelf I'm 'bout to run through ♪
♪ Doing everything I wish that I can undo ♪
♪ I'm by myself and why won't no one help ♪
♪ I know this can't be healthy so I'm looking for a way out ♪
♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪
♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪
♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪
♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪
♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪
♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪
♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪
♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪
♪ Trying to find the beauty in the let down ♪
♪ Going through my texts now ♪
♪ Trying to find the things I never said to prove a point ♪
♪ Imma roll my feelings in a joint ♪
♪ Pieces of the story that got left out, I checked out ♪
♪ Wish it was, I wish it was, I wish it was a phase ♪
♪ Nothing you can do and there's nothing you can say ♪
♪ Running from the, running from the, running from the pain♪
♪ I gotta get away ♪
♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪
♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪
♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪
♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪
♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪
♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪
♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪
♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪
♪ Ay, ay, ay, ay ♪
♪ Drinking every day till the memories fade away, ay, ay, ay ♪
♪ I don't wanna die but I don't wanna live this way ay, ay, ay, ay ♪
♪ Drinking every day till the memories fade away, ay, ay, ay ♪
♪ I don't wanna die but I don't wanna live this way ♪
♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪
♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪
♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪
♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪
♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪
♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪
♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪
♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪
♪ Am I the only one that's coming unglued ♪
♪ And I don't want to be a memory ♪
♪ There's bottles on the shelf I'm 'bout to run through ♪
♪ And I don't want to be a memory ♪
♪ I'm by myself and why won't nobody help ♪
♪ I know this can't be healthy so I'm looking for a way out ♪
♪ And I don't want to be a memory ♪
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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run /rʌn/ A1 |
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memory /ˈmɛməri/ A1 |
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empty /ˈɛmpti/ A1 |
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fast /fæst/ A1 |
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high /haɪ/ A1 |
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slow /sloʊ/ A1 |
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down /daʊn/ A1 |
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help /hɛlp/ A1 |
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unglued /ʌnˈɡluːd/ B2 |
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emotion /ɪˈmoʊʃən/ A2 |
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bottle /ˈbɑːtl/ A1 |
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healthy /ˈhɛlθi/ A2 |
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beauty /ˈbjuːti/ A2 |
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fade /feɪd/ B1 |
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joint /dʒɔɪnt/ B1 |
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phase /feɪz/ B1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down
➔ Present Simple with 'wanna' (informal contraction of 'want to')
➔ The phrase 'I wanna' is an informal way to say 'I want to', commonly used in spoken English and lyrics.
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Am I the only one that's coming unglued
➔ Present Continuous with 'that's' (contraction of 'that is')
➔ The phrase 'that's coming unglued' uses the present continuous to describe an action happening now, with 'that's' as a contraction of 'that is'.
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Emotions building up, they start to run you
➔ Present Continuous Passive
➔ 'Emotions building up' is in the present continuous passive, indicating an ongoing action where the subject is being acted upon.
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I'm by myself and why won't no one help
➔ Contraction 'I'm' (I am) and Double Negative
➔ 'I'm' is a contraction of 'I am', and 'won't no one' is a double negative, which is common in informal English but generally avoided in formal writing.
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I know this can't be healthy, so I'm looking for a way out
➔ Modal Verb 'can't' (cannot) and Present Continuous
➔ 'Can't' is a modal verb expressing inability, and 'I'm looking' is in the present continuous, indicating an action in progress.