Riddle Of The Night – English Lyrics

• By: Pamungkas

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the intriguing world of Pamungkas' "Riddle Of The Night," a song that blends catchy pop melodies with thought-provoking lyrics about modern society. Explore the Indonesian artist's unique perspective and improve your English comprehension as you uncover the layers of meaning behind this captivating track.

[English]

Million talkers are talking

With their blue broken thumbs

Billion children are playing

With their brand new weapons, yeah

And the dancers are dancing

Like they moving their souls

Everyone’s a superstar now

Yeah whatever that means

Rainbows

Fast cars

Flare pants

Long jaw

Syalalale

Syalalala

Love is up my sleeve

I wanna ride the world

Syalalale

Syalalala

Two times two is four

I wanna ride the world, yeah

It’s just a riddle of the night

Oh yeah

We post

so much

We don’t know

what we’re doing

Numbers

Apples

High waist

Shotgun

Syalalale

Syalalala

Love is up my sleeve

I wanna ride the world

Syalalale

Syalalala

Two times two is four

I wanna ride the world

I’ll sing it away

Syalalala

All the things

I don’t understand

I don’t mind,

i’ll just play my hand

I’ll watch it, watch it, watch it played out

It’s just a riddle of the night

Oh yeah

Key Grammar Structures

• Million talkers are talking

  ➔ Present Continuous (be + V‑ing)

  ➔ The auxiliary **"are"** + verb‑ing (**"talking"**) shows an action happening right now.

• Billion children are playing

  ➔ Present Continuous (be + V‑ing)

  ➔ The form **"are playing"** (auxiliary +‑ing) describes an ongoing activity.

• Everyone’s a superstar now

  ➔ Simple Present with contraction (is) + noun complement

  ➔ The contracted form **"Everyone’s"** = **"Everyone is"** linking the subject to the noun **"superstar"**.

• I wanna ride the world

  ➔ Colloquial "wanna" = want + infinitive

  ➔ The informal **"wanna"** replaces **"want to"**, followed by the infinitive **"ride"**.

• Two times two is four

  ➔ Simple Present for factual statement

  ➔ The verb **"is"** (present simple) links the subject **"Two times two"** with the complement **"four"**.

• We don’t know what we’re doing

  ➔ Negative present simple + embedded question (indirect) + present continuous

  ➔ The negative **"don’t know"** is followed by the indirect question **"what we’re doing"**, where **"are"** +‑ing shows ongoing action.

• I’ll sing it away

  ➔ Future simple with "will" + infinitive; phrasal verb "sing away"

  ➔ The contraction **"I’ll"** = **"I will"** plus the infinitive **"sing"** forms a future intention; **"away"** functions as a particle completing the phrasal verb.

• I don’t mind, I’ll just play my hand

  ➔ Negative present simple + future simple with "will"; adverb "just"

  ➔ The clause **"don’t mind"** uses the negative present simple; **"I’ll"** (= I will) introduces a future action, with **"just"** limiting the action to “only”.

• It’s just a riddle of the night

  ➔ Contraction "It’s" (it is) + simple present; predicate noun phrase

  ➔ The contracted **"It’s"** (= **"It is"**) links the subject **"It"** with the noun phrase **"a riddle of the night"**.