Oscar Winning Tears. – English Lyrics

• By: RAYE
• Album: My 21st Century Blues

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the depths of emotional storytelling with RAYE's "Oscar Winning Tears," a song that blends jazz influences with raw, personal experiences. Discover how RAYE transforms a moment of betrayal into a powerful anthem of self-discovery and resilience, offering listeners a lesson in emotional strength and artistic expression.

[English]

Hello, it's RAYE here

Please, get nice and comfortable and lock your phones

Because the story is about to begin (uh)

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm gonna tell you 'bout

One of the many men, name is irrelevant, height is irrelevant

He was a one out of a ten, I wish that I knew it then

I'm still recovering

Truly, I'm vulnerable, I love a sentiment

Quickly I opened up, I learned my lesson then

Thought I was safe again, thought he was innocent

I was so wrong

I can't deny

I was stuck in the daze, terrible phase

You was convincing, though

Very believable, the role that you played

So, I'll take this front row seat

And, baby, baby, you can go ahead

Cry those Oscar-winning tears

Popcorn and I scream

Baby, baby, you can go ahead

Cry those Oscar-winning tears, baby, hmm

Oh, what a tragedy, it didn't have to be

Look how you talk to me, cursing and blasphemy

Cinematography, get this on camera, please

Or no one gon' believe this here

I can't deny

I thought you were the man, but you had a plan

The fuck you lying for? Fuck you crying for?

You did it again (yeah, ah-ah-ah)

So, I'll take this front row seat

And baby, baby, you can go ahead

Cry those Oscar-winning tears

Popcorn and I scream

Baby, baby, you can go ahead

Cry those Oscar-winning (tears) tears, baby

You can miss me with the bullshit

I can see right through your (tears) tears, baby

Nine o'clock entertainment

Oh, man, I wish I could tape it

Sit down, no tissues

No string section, no tiny violin

For the last time, I'm your audience

I'll take this front row seat

And baby, baby, you can go ahead and cry those, baby

And baby, baby, baby, would you really go ahead

And would you go ahead and just cry, cry, cry? (Tears, baby)

C-cry those Oscar (Oscar) winning (winning) tears (tears), baby

(Tears, baby, go ahead, cry those Oscar-winning)

And after his Oscar-winning performance

I left the room and never saw him again

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
recover /rɪˈkʌvər/ B1	verb - to return to a normal state after difficulty or illness
sentiment /ˈsɛntɪmənt/ B2	noun - a feeling or emotion
innocent /ˈɪnəsənt/ A2	adjective - not guilty or responsible for something
daze /deɪz/ B2	noun - a state of confusion or stunned feeling
believable /bɪˈliːvəbl/ B2	adjective - good enough to be believed
tear /tɪər/ A2	noun - a drop of liquid from the eye verb - to produce tears
performance /pərˈfɔːməns/ B2	noun - an act of presenting a play or music
tragedy /ˈtrædʒədi/ B2	noun - an event causing great suffering or destruction
lying /laɪɪŋ/ B1	verb (noun form) - the act of not telling the truth
performance /pərˈfɔːməns/ B2	noun - an act of presenting a play or music

Key Grammar Structures

• Because the story is about to begin

  ➔ be about to + verb (future intention or imminent action)

  ➔ Expresses an action that is imminent, about to happen soon.

• I was a one out of a ten

  ➔ be + a (adjective/numerical phrase)

  ➔ Expresses a subjective evaluation, comparing oneself to a scale.

• I've learned my lesson then

  ➔ present perfect + past tense (to indicate a completed experience and its consequence)

  ➔ Indicates an experience completed in the past with effects relevant to the present.

• You was convincing, though

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement (was vs. were)

  ➔ Ensures correct subject-verb agreement in past simple tense.

• Sit down, no tissues

  ➔ imperative mood (command/request)

  ➔ Used to give direct commands or requests.

• And would you go ahead and just cry, cry, cry?

  ➔ modal verb + base verb (polite/request/possibility)

  ➔ Expresses a polite request or hypothetical possibility.

• And after his Oscar-winning performance

  ➔ possessive pronoun + adjective + noun phrase

  ➔ Uses possessive pronoun to show ownership or relation, followed by an adjective and noun phrase.