My Fuck You to You – English Lyrics

• By: Robbie Williams
• Album: Under The Radar, Vol. 2

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the raw emotion of English through Robbie Williams' "My Fuck You to You." This song offers a powerful example of how music can be used to express strong feelings like anger and resentment directly. By delving into the lyrics, you can learn colloquial English expressions and understand the nuances of tone in songwriting, making it a unique and compelling way to engage with the language.

[English]

Don't show your true colors.

Let 'em lie, follow someone else's dream.

One day I'll look back at this and die,

but you won't know what it means.

To never see me.

Did we sail you down river?

Do you run around all day avoiding mirrors?

Do you find comfort in the hate?

Is this abuse too late?

My heart's just bleeding for you.

And this is my fuck you to you.

By the time you were into my blood,

I was all of seventeen.

You were the light of my life,

and the darkness in between.

Whatever that means.

Did they sail you down river?

Did they give you stuff to keep your head together?

When your faith took a call.

What are you keeping it real for?

Dumb hearts lie bleeding for you.

So this is a fuck you.

I used to see you in my dreams,

but I could not compete.

Then you told me the value,

of never losing sleep.

How you sink like a home,

putting children on the street.

Is it anger or sympathy?

How I sail you down river?

But you must feel some disdain, then I'll forgive you.

All day long you are night.

But I am vaguely right.

Oh, my heart's just bleeding for you.

This is a fuck you.

This is my fuck you to you.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
colors /ˈkʌl.ərz/ A2	noun - hues or shades perceived by the eye
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to imagine or aspire to something
bleed /bliːd/ B2	verb - to lose blood from the body
abuse /əˈbjuːz/ B2	noun - cruel or harmful treatment verb - to treat someone cruelly or use something wrongly
faith /feɪθ/ B1	noun - complete trust or confidence in something or someone
darkness /ˈdɑːk.nəs/ B1	noun - the state of having little or no light
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - visible radiance that makes things visible adjective - not heavy; having little weight
river /ˈrɪv.ər/ A1	noun - a large natural stream of water flowing toward an ocean, lake, or another river
forgive /fəˈɡɪv/ B2	verb - to stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense
disdain /dɪsˈdeɪn/ C1	noun - a feeling that someone or something is unworthy of respect verb - to regard with contempt
comfort /ˈkʌm.fət/ B1	noun - a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or distress verb - to soothe or relieve someone's distress
value /ˈvæl.juː/ B2	noun - the importance, worth, or usefulness of something verb - to regard highly; to consider important
sleep /sliːp/ A1	noun - the natural, periodic suspension of consciousness verb - to rest with eyes closed and consciousness temporarily suspended
children /ˈtʃɪl.dren/ A1	noun - young human beings below the age of puberty
anger /ˈæŋ.ɡər/ B1	noun - a strong feeling of displeasure or hostility
sympathy /ˈsɪm.pə.θi/ C1	noun - feelings of pity and compassion for someone else's misfortune

Key Grammar Structures

• Don't show your true colors.

  ➔ Negative imperative

  ➔ The word "Don't" is a contraction of "do not" used to give a negative command.

• Let 'em lie, follow someone else's dream.

  ➔ Imperative with bare infinitive & colloquial contraction

  ➔ "Let" is the base verb used to give a suggestion; "'em" is the colloquial contraction of "them".

• One day I'll look back at this and die,

  ➔ Future simple with will + bare infinitive

  ➔ "I'll" is the contraction of "I will"; it expresses a future intention.

• but you won't know what it means.

  ➔ Future simple negative + embedded question

  ➔ "won't" is the contraction of "will not"; the clause "what it means" functions as an embedded question.

• Did we sail you down river?

  ➔ Simple past interrogative with auxiliary "did"

  ➔ "Did" is the past‑tense auxiliary; the main verb remains in its base form "sail".

• Do you run around all day avoiding mirrors?

  ➔ Present simple question + gerund phrase as complement

  ➔ "Do" is the auxiliary for present‑simple questions; "avoiding mirrors" is a gerund phrase functioning as an adverbial complement.

• My heart's just bleeding for you.

  ➔ Present continuous with adverb "just"

  ➔ "Heart's" is a contraction of "heart is"; "just" limits the action to a short or recent period.

• I used to see you in my dreams, but I could not compete.

  ➔ "used to" for past habitual actions; modal "could not" for past inability

  ➔ "used to" signals an action that was regular in the past but no longer occurs; "could not" expresses inability at that past time.

• What are you keeping it real for?

  ➔ Present continuous question with preposition at the end (informal)

  ➔ "What" introduces the question; "are you keeping" is present continuous; the preposition "for" is placed at the end, which is common in informal English.