Romantic Rights – English Lyrics

• By: Death From Above 1979
• Album: You're a Woman, I'm a Machine

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw energy of English rock with 'Romantic Rights.' This track is perfect for learners who want to experience colloquial, punchy expressions and the rhythmic cadence of modern alternative music, all delivered through a powerful, minimalistic sound.

[English]

Your romantic advisor all that she got.

Put your downside it's more than just

love.

Come on girls, I know you know what you

want.

Come on, come on now, come on.

You're beating walls, now you just want

clear.

You play with shapes, but they just

won't fit.

I know you want me, but you don't know

what you like.

You're watching TV, I say I'm up

all night.

Tell me to show you.

Tell me to

This Carolina heat is heating us.

This one's a bleeding and we're feeling

the touch.

The skin is saying it seems we don't die

young.

Come on, come on, yeah.

Come here, baby.

I love you, come be.

Come do it,

START A FAMILY.

SHE WAS LIVING

ALONE AND

COME DO IT.

IT'S LIKE A MYSTERY.

Come here, baby. I love you, come be.

Come do it,

start a family.

She was living alone and happy.

Come do it, start a romantic

dream.

You can't believe.

DO IT.

YOUR FAMILY.

WE'RE LIVING

IN OUR OWN HAPPILY

EVER AFTER.

WE GOT OUR ROMANTIC ENDING.

I LOVE YOU, BABY. I LOVE YOUR COMPANY.

WE GOT OUR

FAIRYTALE

ENDING. WE'RE LIVING

IN OUR OWN HAPPILY

EVER AFTER. WE

GOT OUR

ROMANTIC ENDING.

I DON'T NEED YOU.

I WANT YOU.

I don't need you.

I want you.

I don't need you.

I want you.

I don't need you.

I want you.

I don't need you.

I want you.

I don't

need you.

I want you.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
romantic /roʊˈmæntɪk/ B1	adjective - conducive to or characterized by the expression of love
advisor /ədˈvaɪzər/ B2	noun - a person who provides advice
downside /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/ B2	noun - the negative aspect of something
beating /ˈbiːtɪŋ/ A2	verb - striking a person or object repeatedly
shapes /ʃeɪps/ A1	noun - the external form or appearance of something
bleeding /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ B1	verb - losing blood from the body
mystery /ˈmɪstəri/ B1	noun - something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain
fairytale /ˈfɛərˌteɪl/ B2	noun - a children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands
company /ˈkʌmpəni/ A2	noun - the fact or condition of being with another or others
living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ A1	verb - to be alive; to reside

Key Grammar Structures

• You're beating walls, now you just want clear.

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ "You're beating" indicates an action happening at the moment of speaking.

• I know you want me, but you don't know what you like.

  ➔ Wh- noun clauses as objects

  ➔ "what you like" acts as the object of the verb "know".

• You're watching TV, I say I'm up all night.

  ➔ Adverbial phrase of time

  ➔ "all night" functions as an adverbial phrase explaining the duration of "being up".

• She was living alone and happy.

  ➔ Past Continuous Tense

  ➔ "was living" describes a continuous state or background situation in the past.

• You can't believe.

  ➔ Modal verb of inability

  ➔ "can't" indicates the inability or impossibility to perform the action.

• We're living in our own happily ever after.

  ➔ Reflexive/Possessive pronoun usage

  ➔ "our own" is used for emphasis on possession.

• I don't need you. I want you.

  ➔ Present Simple (Stative verbs)

  ➔ "need" and "want" are stative verbs expressing feelings or internal states.

• Come do it, start a family.

  ➔ Imperative sentence

  ➔ "Come" and "start" are used in their base form to give a command or invitation.