NIGHT RIDER – English Lyrics

• By: Joji
• Album: SMITHEREENS

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Tell me how you wake up, I just wanna wake up

UFO again, doesn't matter what it takes up

Crazy in the dome, baby, can I get a heads-up?

Girl, they tried to break us, girl, they tried to break us

Wanna get away, would you tell me your location?

Feels like yesterday, I remember I would stay up

Baby, can you say somethin'? Wanna feel sensation

Promise you I'll never get numb, I'm too precious

I'm too precious

I'm too precious

I'm too precious

I'm too precious

Burning forever and ever

Fully blazing, I don't remember

No better days, you know I'm waiting just whenever

Shit's whatever

Burning forever and ever

Fully blazing, I don't remember

No better days, you know I'm waiting just whenever

Shit's whatever

...

I'm too precious

I'm too precious

I'm too precious

I'm too precious

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
UFO /ˈjuː.ɛfˈoʊ/ C1	noun - unidentified flying object
precious /ˈpreʃ.əs/ B2	adjective - of great value; highly cherished
burning /ˈbɜːr.nɪŋ/ B2	verb - to be on fire; to give off heat adjective - intensely hot or passionate
blazing /ˈbleɪ.zɪŋ/ C1	verb - to burn brightly and fiercely adjective - very bright; intensely hot
sensation /sɛnˈseɪ.ʃən/ B2	noun - a physical feeling or perception
promise /ˈprɒm.ɪs/ B1	noun - a declaration that one will definitely do something verb - to assure someone that one will definitely do something
location /loʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/ B1	noun - a particular place or position
remember /rɪˈmem.bər/ A2	verb - to keep something in mind; to recall
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or a physical sensation
crazy /ˈkreɪ.zi/ B1	adjective - extremely enthusiastic or insane
dome /doʊm/ B2	noun - a rounded vault forming the roof of a building
yesterday /ˈjestərdeɪ/ A2	noun - the day before today
heads‑up /ˈhedzˌʌp/ C1	noun - a warning or advance notice
baby /ˈbeɪ.bi/ A1	noun - a very young child; a term of endearment
wake /weɪk/ A2	verb - to stop sleeping; become awake
get /ɡet/ A1	verb - to obtain or receive
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - to separate into pieces; to cause to stop functioning
waiting /ˈweɪ.tɪŋ/ B1	verb - to stay in place until something happens

Key Grammar Structures

• Tell me how you wake up, I just wanna wake up

  ➔ Imperative + wh‑question; colloquial “wanna” = want to

  ➔ The speaker uses the imperative **“Tell”** to make a request, followed by the wh‑question **“how you wake up.”** The informal contraction **“wanna”** replaces **“want to.”**

• UFO again, doesn't matter what it takes up

  ➔ Negative contraction “doesn't”; idiomatic expression “doesn't matter”

  ➔ The clause uses the negative contraction **“doesn't”** (does + not) before the verb **“matter.”** The phrase **“doesn't matter”** means “it is not important.”

• Crazy in the dome, baby, can I get a heads‑up?

  ➔ Modal verb “can” for polite request; noun phrase “heads‑up”

  ➔ The speaker uses the modal **“can”** to ask politely **“Can I get a heads‑up?”** The noun **“heads‑up”** means a warning or advance notice.

• Girl, they tried to break us, girl, they tried to break us

  ➔ Simple past tense “tried”; repeated clause for emphasis

  ➔ The verb **“tried”** is in the simple past, indicating a completed action. The clause is repeated to stress the difficulty they faced.

• Wanna get away, would you tell me your location?

  ➔ Conditional polite request with “would you”; colloquial “wanna”

  ➔ The speaker uses **“would you”** to make a polite conditional request: **“Would you tell me your location?”** The verb **“wanna”** is an informal contraction of **“want to.”**

• Feels like yesterday, I remember I would stay up

  ➔ Simple present “feels”; past habitual “would stay”

  ➔ The clause **“Feels like yesterday”** uses the simple present to describe a current feeling. **“I would stay up”** expresses a habitual action in the past.

• Promise you I'll never get numb, I'm too precious

  ➔ Future simple with “will”; present simple “I'm”

  ➔ The speaker makes a promise using **“I'll never get numb”** (future simple with **“will”**). The statement **“I'm too precious”** is in the present simple.

• Burning forever and ever, fully blazing, I don't remember

  ➔ Present participle as adjective “Burning”; negative contraction “don't”

  ➔ The verb **“Burning”** functions as an adjective describing a continuous state. The clause **“I don't remember”** uses the negative contraction **“don't.”**