Something Beautiful – English Lyrics

• By: Miley Cyrus
• Album: Something Beautiful

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Tell me something beautiful, tonight

Until your lips turn blue

Said I don't wanna talk about it for too long

Baby, now I think I do

Ah, water to red wine, kissin' to kill time

Oh my, yeah

Ah, watching the doves cry into the sunrise

Oh

Flash, bang, spark

Send home the guards and lay down your arms

And da, da-da-da, da-da

The great golden bomb, bomb, bomb

Boy, I'm losing my breath, yes

Boy, you're markin' up my necklace

Boy, I'm losing my breath

I'm undressin', confessin' that I'm so obsessed, yes

Tell me something beautiful, yeah, about this world

When I'm in your palm, I'm like a pearl

Tell me something I can hold on to, you're who I belong to

I drown in devotion (devotion) as deep as the ocean (the ocean)

So don't let me go, no, no, no

Flash, bang, spark

Lightin' up the dark

Bomb, bomb

Boy, I'm losing my breath, yes

Boy, it's poppin' out my chest, yes

Boy, I'm losing my breath

I'm undressin', confessin' that I'm so obsessed, yes

Eat my heart, break my soul

Take my parts, let me go

Eat my heart, break my soul

Take my parts, let me go

Eat my heart, break my soul

Take my parts

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/ B1	adjective - pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically.
breath /breθ/ A2	noun - the air taken into and expelled from the lungs.
lose /luːz/ A2	verb - to be deprived of or cease to have.
obsessed /əbˈsest/ B2	adjective - preoccupied with something.
confess /kənˈfes/ B1	verb - to admit something.
devotion /dɪˈvoʊʃən/ B2	noun - love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity, or cause.
ocean /ˈoʊʃən/ A2	noun - a very large expanse of sea.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood.
soul /soʊl/ B1	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being.
parts /pɑːrts/ A2	noun - pieces into which something is divided.
belong /bɪˈlɒŋ/ A2	verb - to be the property of.
drown /draʊn/ B1	verb - to die from submersion in water.
spark /spɑːrk/ A2	noun - a small fiery particle.
light /laɪt/ A1	verb - to illuminate.
mark /mɑːrk/ A2	verb - to make a visible impression on a surface.
undress /ʌnˈdres/ B1	verb - to remove clothes.

Key Grammar Structures

• Tell me something beautiful, tonight

  ➔ Imperative Mood; Adjective modifying a noun

  ➔ "Tell" is the imperative form, instructing someone. "Beautiful" is an adjective describing the noun "something".

• Until your lips turn blue

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction "until"; intransitive verb "turn"

  ➔ "Until" introduces a time clause. "Turn" here is intransitive, meaning it doesn't take a direct object.

• Said I don't wanna talk about it for too long

  ➔ Contraction ("wanna"); Negative sentence with auxiliary verb "do"

  ➔ "Wanna" is a contraction of "want to". "Don't" is formed with the auxiliary verb "do" to create the negative.

• Watching the doves cry into the sunrise

  ➔ Present participle as a noun modifier; Prepositional phrase

  ➔ "Watching" acts as a noun modifier describing the action. "Into the sunrise" is a prepositional phrase indicating direction.

• Send home the guards and lay down your arms

  ➔ Imperative mood; Phrasal verb ("lay down")

  ➔ "Send" and "lay" are in the imperative mood, giving commands. "Lay down" is a phrasal verb meaning to relinquish or surrender.

• When I'm in your palm, I'm like a pearl

  ➔ Conditional clause with "when"; Simile (like)

  ➔ "When I'm in your palm" introduces a condition. "Like a pearl" is a simile, comparing the speaker to a pearl.

• I drown in devotion as deep as the ocean

  ➔ Simile with "as...as"; Intransitive verb "drown"

  ➔ "As deep as the ocean" uses the "as...as" structure to compare the depth of devotion to the depth of the ocean. "Drown" is used intransitively, meaning there is no direct object.

• Eat my heart, break my soul

  ➔ Imperative mood; Direct object

  ➔ "Eat" and "break" are in the imperative mood. "My heart" and "my soul" are the direct objects of the verbs.