Natural At Disaster (Orchestral Version) – English Lyrics

• By: JADE
• Album: That’s Showbiz Baby!

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotional depth and vocal prowess of JADE with "Natural At Disaster (Orchestral Version)" as you explore themes of difficult love and self-worth through rich English lyrics, enhanced by a stunning orchestral arrangement that truly brings the song's drama to life.

[English]

It's hard to love you when you hate yourself

Can't be there for you without negatively impacting my mental health

Tryna fix you made me break myself

It's like I'm a moth to the toxicity

You reeled me in, I'm addicted to narcissistic qualities

But now your ignorance kinda scares me

Someone's gotta say it

'Cause you were all snakes, no ladders

You're happiest when you make me sadder

Tried to help you, but it didn't matter

You're a natural at disaster

Tryna build a bridge outta matches

But then you breathe out and fire catches

Everything you touch turns to ashes

You're a natural at disaster

Wreaking havoc, everything you do is problematic

Never getting better when you're stuck in your ways forever

So here's a medal, you fooled me into thinking I was special

Can't get through to you unless I go down to your level

So on a level

I'm pretty sure that you're the devil

'Cause you were all snakes, no ladders

You're happiest when you make me sadder

Tried to help you, but it didn't matter

You're a natural at disaster

Tryna build a bridge outta matches

But then you breathe out and fire catches, yeah

Everything you touch turns to ashes

You're a natural at disaster

Well done, you, for raining on every parade 'til it turns black and blue

It's just what you do

You're a natural at disaster

And well done, me, for letting you step over every single boundary

Does that make me weak?

Does that make me weak, yeah?

It's hard to love you when you hate yourself

I can't be there for you without negatively impacting my mental health

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hate /heɪt/ A1	verb - to dislike someone or something intensely
impact /ɪmˈpækt/ B1	verb - to have a strong effect on someone or something
toxicity /tɑːkˈsɪsəti/ B2	noun - the quality of being poisonous or harmful
addicted /əˈdɪktɪd/ B1	adjective - unable to stop using or doing something harmful
narcissistic /nɑːrsɪˈsɪstɪk/ C1	adjective - having an excessive interest in or admiration of oneself
ignorance /ˈɪɡnərəns/ B2	noun - lack of knowledge or awareness
scare /skɛər/ A2	verb - to cause fear or alarm
havoc /ˈhævək/ B2	noun - widespread destruction or chaos
problematic /ˌprɑːbləˈmætɪk/ B2	adjective - causing or presenting a problem
medal /ˈmɛdəl/ A2	noun - a metal disk given as an award
fool /fuːl/ A1	verb - to trick or deceive someone
special /ˈspɛʃəl/ A2	adjective - better or more important than others
boundary /ˈbaʊndəri/ B1	noun - a limit or division
weak /wiːk/ A1	adjective - lacking strength or power
disaster /dɪˈzæstər/ B1	noun - a sudden event causing great damage or harm

Key Grammar Structures

• It's hard to love you when you hate yourself

  ➔ It + be + adjective + infinitive

  ➔ The structure "It is + adjective + to + verb" is used to talk about how difficult or easy something is. → "It's "hard to love" you when you hate yourself"

• Can't be there for you without negatively impacting my mental health

  ➔ without + gerund

  ➔ "Without" is followed by a gerund to show an action that does not happen. → "Can't be there for you "without negatively impacting" my mental health"

• Tryna fix you made me break myself

  ➔ causative verb ‘make’ + object + base verb

  ➔ ‘Make’ is used to show that someone causes another person to do something. → "Tryna fix you "made me break" myself"

• You're a natural at disaster

  ➔ simple present with linking verb ‘be’ + noun phrase

  ➔ ‘Are’ links the subject with a noun phrase that describes a permanent quality. → "You're "a natural at disaster""

• But then you breathe out and fire catches

  ➔ present simple for habitual or general actions

  ➔ The verbs “breathe” and “catches” are in the present simple to describe actions that happen repeatedly. → "But then you "breathe out" and "fire catches""

• Well done, you, for raining on every parade 'til it turns black and blue

  ➔ gerund after preposition ‘for’

  ➔ ‘For’ is followed by a gerund to express the reason or purpose of the praise. → "Well done, you, "for "raining" on every parade..."

• Does that make me weak?

  ➔ yes‑no question with auxiliary ‘do/does’

  ➔ ‘Does’ is the auxiliary used to form a question in the present simple. → ""Does" that make me weak?"

• I'm pretty sure that you're the devil

  ➔ that‑clause as complement of an adjective

  ➔ The clause “that you're the devil” completes the meaning of the adjective ‘sure’. → "I'm pretty sure "that you're the devil""