Red Bottoms – English Lyrics

• By: ADÉLA

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the rhythms and lyrical nuances of ADÉLA's music to enhance your language skills and cultural understanding.

[English]

Cuts like a knife, call me your wife

But it's only on the weekend

Kinda feels like you want me for life

But it's only when I'm leavin'

My worst fear, you'll disappear after one disagreement

Then I'm grievin', yeah

I'll say how I'm doin' dependin' on who's askin'

I can't talk in feelings, but I can talk in fashion

I'm like my red-bottom soles

You can't wear me out too many times, too many times

'Cause when the red starts to go

Will you love what's on the other side? The other side?

Nobody wants dirty shoes

Nobody wants dad issues

Don't wanna feel secondhand

Not when it comes to you

I'm like my red-bottom soles

If I'm not perfect, will you say goodbye?

You say goodbye?

Need to know your love won't go

When I got lines and creases

Hold the weight or fold and break

Dependin' on how I'm treated

Give me time, break me in, shower me with compliments

If you do, then I'll be soft the way that leather gets

I'm like my red-bottom soles

You can't wear me out too many times, too many times

'Cause when the red starts to go

Will you love what's on the other side? The other side?

Nobody wants dirty shoes (dirty shoes)

Nobody wants dad issues (dad issues)

Don't wanna feel secondhand (secondhand)

Not when it comes to you

I'm like my red-bottom soles

If I'm not perfect, will you say goodbye? You say goodbye?

I say how I'm doin' dependin' on who's askin'

I think I'm too fucked up from everythin' that's happened (la-la-la-la, la)

I say how I'm doin' dependin' on who's askin'

I can't talk in feelings, but I can talk in fashion (ah-ha-ah)

I'm like my red-bottom soles

You can't wear me out too many times, too many times (too many times)

'Cause when the red starts to go

Will you love what's on the other side? The other side? (Oh, no)

Nobody wants dirty shoes (dirty shoes)

Nobody wants dad issues (dad issues)

Don't wanna feel secondhand (secondhand)

Not when it comes to you

I'm like my red-bottom soles

If I'm not perfect, will you say goodbye? You say goodbye?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
knife /naɪf/ A2	noun - A tool or weapon with a cutting edge.
weekend /ˈwiːkend/ A1	noun - Saturday and Sunday.
disagreement /ˌdɪsəˈɡriːmənt/ B2	noun - A failure to agree.
fashion /ˈfæʃən/ A2	noun - A popular trend or style.
soles /soʊlz/ B2	noun - The underside of a shoe.
dirty /ˈdɜːrti/ A1	adjective - Covered or marked with an unclean substance.
secondhand /ˈsekəndˌhænd/ B1	adjective - Not new; previously owned or used.
perfect /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/ A1	adjective - Having all the required elements; flawless.
creases /kriːsɪz/ C1	noun - Lines or ridges produced on paper or cloth by folding.
compliments /ˈkɒmplɪmənts/ B1	noun - Polite expressions of praise.
leather /ˈlɛðər/ A2	noun - A material made from the skin of an animal.
fucked /fʌkt/ C2	adjective - In a bad, damaged, or distressed state.

Key Grammar Structures

• Kinda feels like you want me for life / But it's only when I'm leavin'

  ➔ Subordinate clauses with 'when' and 'like'

  ➔ The artist uses 'like' to express similarity or perception and 'when' to define the specific timing or condition of an action.

• I'll say how I'm doin' dependin' on who's askin'

  ➔ Reduced relative clause (participial phrase)

  ➔ The phrase 'depending on who's asking' functions as an adverbial modifier indicating the condition upon which the action is performed.

• If I'm not perfect, will you say goodbye?

  ➔ First Conditional

  ➔ This structure uses 'if' + present tense to describe a possible future condition and its result.

• Need to know your love won't go

  ➔ Elliptical construction (Subject omission)

  ➔ The subject 'I' is omitted for stylistic flow, common in song lyrics and informal English.

• If you do, then I'll be soft the way that leather gets

  ➔ Comparative clause with 'the way'

  ➔ 'The way that' refers to the manner or state in which something happens, functioning as a comparison.

• I think I'm too fucked up from everythin' that's happened

  ➔ Present Perfect Passive

  ➔ The structure 'that's happened' (that has happened) refers to past events with present consequences.