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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[Music]

hey

hi hey oh what's the matter well hmm

you know that psychic i see yeah

well she told me that i'm gonna die this

week so i'm kind of bummed about that

yeah and i know you guys don't know a

lot about psychic readings but that one

is pretty much the worst one you can get

evie that's crazy i can't believe she

would say that to you yeah honey you

don't believe her do you i don't she you

know said that i'd have triplets

but she also said one of them would be

black

just out of curiosity did she tell you

how you're gonna go no cause she didn't

tell me i was gonna die till the very

end of the session and i was not going

to waste a whole other hour there i mean

i've only got a week left you know i've

really got to start living now

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hey hey phoebe you're still alive

how are you feeling oh it's so

exhausting waiting for death

oh by the way do you think you

thieves what are you doing i was

preparing you for my dip didn't you

think i was dead did that not come off

oh yeah scared the hell out of me i

thought we'd lost you forever

babes you want to lie down yeah thanks

and listen can you do me a favor could

you just um wake me up in a couple hours

you know if you can

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hey hey

listen to this

my reading was wrong i'm not going to

die really how do you know because my

psychic is dead

she must have read the cards wrong

oh i'm sorry ah better her than me

hey let's make cookies

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
psychic /ˈsaɪkɪk/ B2	adjective - relating to or denoting faculties or phenomena that are outside the range of normal human perception. noun - a person who appears to have extrasensory abilities.
reading /ˈriːdɪŋ/ A2	noun - the action or process of reading written or printed material. noun - an interpretation of something, especially one based on skill or experience.
die /daɪ/ A1	verb - stop living.
exhausting /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪŋ/ B1	adjective - making someone very tired.
waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ A2	verb - remaining inactive in expectation.
preparing /prɪˈpeərɪŋ/ A2	verb - make or become ready for something.
scared /skeərd/ A2	adjective - frightened or anxious.
forever /fərˈevər/ A2	adverb - for all time; eternally.
cookies /ˈkʊkiz/ A1	noun - a small, flat, sweet baked good.
session /ˈseʃən/ B1	noun - a period of time devoted to a particular activity.
waste /weɪst/ A2	verb - use or expend something carelessly or to no purpose.
living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ A2	verb - the condition of being alive.
triplets /ˈtrɪplɪts/ B1	noun - three children born to a mother at one birth.
curiosity /ˌkjuːriˈɒsɪti/ B1	noun - a strong desire to know or learn something.
matter /ˈmætər/ A2	noun - a thing that concerns someone.

Key Grammar Structures

• you know that psychic i see yeah

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'see'

  ➔ The verb 'see' is used in the present simple tense to describe a habitual action, indicating the speaker regularly visits the psychic.

• well she told me that i'm gonna die this week

  ➔ Future with 'going to'

  ➔ The phrase 'going to' is used to express a future prediction based on present evidence, here indicating the psychic's prediction of death.

• i've only got a week left

  ➔ Present perfect with 'have got'

  ➔ The present perfect with 'have got' is used to describe a situation that started in the past and continues up to the present, emphasizing the remaining time.

• i was preparing you for my dip

  ➔ Past continuous tense

  ➔ The past continuous tense is used to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past, here referring to the preparation for the 'dip'.

• my reading was wrong i'm not going to die

  ➔ Past simple vs. future with 'going to'

  ➔ The contrast between past simple ('was wrong') and future with 'going to' ('am not going to die') highlights a change from a past belief to a current certainty.