Something New – English Lyrics

• By: Tokio Hotel
• Album: 2001

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the introspective world of Tokio Hotel's "Something New" and use its powerful theme of self-discovery to enhance your English learning. The song's clear and emotive lyrics about searching for a new beginning offer a unique way to connect with the language on a deeper level. Exploring the vocabulary of change and introspection in "Something New" can make your language journey more personal and meaningful.

[English]

Midnight in my city

All these lights they call my name

My world isn't pretty

I've seen the best of it

I got the best of you

Pick me up, pick me up

Pick me up, pick me up

Help me back on my feet

Pick me up, pick me up

Pick me up, pick me up

It feels like I can see

Something new...

Do you feel it too?

I'm looking for something new

I don't know what I'm looking for

But I'm looking for something, for something

For something

I felt everything

I'm ever gonna feel

Don't know where I've been

All these streets look wrong

Don't know where I belong

Pick me up, pick me up

Pick me up, pick me up

Help me back on my feet

Pick me up, pick me up

Pick me up, pick me up

It feels like I can see

Something new...

Do you feel it too?

I'm looking for something new

I don't know what I'm looking for

But I'm looking for something

For something

For something

Do you feel it too?

I'm looking for something...

But I'm looking for something

Something new...

Do you feel it too?

But I'm looking for something

For something

For something

I never knew

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pick /pɪk/ A1	verb - to choose or select something verb - to lift or carry something up
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
look /lʊk/ A1	verb - to use one's eyes to see something verb - to appear or seem
new /njuː/ A1	adjective - recently made or created
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
something /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ A1	noun - a thing not specified or known
street /striːt/ A1	noun - a public road in a city or town
world /wɜːld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries and peoples
pretty /ˈprɪti/ A2	adjective - attractive or beautiful
belong /bɪˈlɒŋ/ A2	verb - to be in the right place or suitable
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to speak loudly to get someone's attention
best /best/ A1	adjective - of the highest quality
foot /fʊt/ A1	noun - the part of the body at the bottom of the leg
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc. adjective - not heavy
wrong /rɒŋ/ A2	adjective - not correct or true
midnight /ˈmɪdnaɪt/ A2	noun - 12 o'clock at night
city /ˈsɪti/ A1	noun - a large town

Key Grammar Structures

• Midnight in my city

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with a noun phrase

  ➔ The preposition "in" introduces the location "my city".

• All these lights they call my name

  ➔ Present simple with a subject‑verb‑object structure

  ➔ The verb "call" is in the present simple, indicating a habitual action: "they "call" my name".

• My world isn't pretty

  ➔ Negative contraction in the present simple

  ➔ The contraction "isn't" combines "is" + "not", forming a negative statement.

• I got the best of you

  ➔ Past simple used as a colloquial present perfect

  ➔ The verb "got" is the past simple of "get", but in informal speech it can express a present state: "I "got" the best of you".

• Pick me up, pick me up

  ➔ Imperative mood (command)

  ➔ The base form "Pick" is used to give a direct command: ""Pick" me up".

• Help me back on my feet

  ➔ Imperative with direct object and predicative complement

  ➔ "Help" is the imperative verb, "me" is the direct object, and "back on my feet" functions as a predicative complement.

• It feels like I can see Something new...

  ➔ Simile clause with modal verb "can" + infinitive

  ➔ The phrase "like I "can" see" uses the modal "can" to express ability, followed by the infinitive "see".

• I don't know what I'm looking for

  ➔ Indirect question with present continuous

  ➔ "what I'm "looking" for" is an embedded clause; "looking" is in the present continuous to show an ongoing action.

• Don't know where I've been

  ➔ Elliptical clause with present perfect

  ➔ "I've "been"" uses the present perfect (have + past participle) to refer to experiences up to now; the subject "I" is omitted for brevity.