Start – English Lyrics

• By: Ellie Goulding, serpentwithfeet
• Album: Higher Than Heaven

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I was old when I was younger

All the lives I'm not living

Always trying to pull me under

Feel like I've been barely living

But I keep getting struck by the thunder

Maybe we don't need the bigger picture

'Cause all I see is everything I've done called into question

Sorry, what was the question?

And you don't know how much I missed the winter

It's been the longest summer, game without a winner

And you can't even begin to understand

The magic she had before you killed her

...

I could call a truce for anyone but you

And I could change the truth for anyone but you

I guess what I'm trying to say is, you changed me (Mhm)

Oh, why can't things just stay the same, stay the same?

I'm thinking 'bout how many times I've had to recover

All I do is start again

I'm thinking 'bout a new beginning

It's never too late to start again, oh-oh

Start again, start again, start again

All I do is

Start again, start again, start again

I separate my colours like a prism

Try to be myself but I'm stuck in your religion

Love keeps blurring my vision

I can't beat the narcissism

Think I'm gonna reinvent myself again

Wash off all the paint

'Cause it runs away but I know it stains (Know it stans)

You were always there

But you never stayed (You never, never stayed)

I could call a truce for anyone but you (Anyone but you)

And I could change the truth for anyone but you (Anyone but you)

I guess what I'm trying to say is, you changed me (Mhm)

Oh, why can't things just stay the same, stay the same? (Stay the same)

I'm thinking 'bout how many times I've had to recover

All I do is start again

I'm thinking 'bout a new beginning

It's never too late to start again, oh-oh

Start again, start again, start again (Start, start)

All I do is

Start again, start again, start again (Start again)

Every summer my friends prevent me from using the grill (Grill, grill, ah)

They believe Cancer men don't have the will to play with fire

But I'm gonna prove them wrong

I'm cutting my man off

Yes, I will burn this bridge

No, I do not want him

No-no, no-no, no-no

I'm gonna prove them wrong

I'm cutting my man off

Yes, I will burn this bridge

No, I do not want him (Him)

I'm gonna prove them wrong

I'm cutting my man off

Yes, I will burn this bridge

No, I do not want him (I'm moving on from him)

Fighting against what I'm fighting for

Another walk to the liquor store

Tryin' to break me down a little more (I'm moving on from him)

You fuck with me, I'll start a war

Fighting against what I'm fighting for

Another walk to the liquor store

Try to break me down a little more

I'm moving on from him (You fuck with me, I'll start a war)

You fuck with me, I'll start a war (I'm moving on from him)

You fuck with me, I'll start a war

You fuck with me, I'll start a war (I'm moving on from him)

You fuck with me, I'll start a war

I'm moving on from him

I'm moving on from him

I'm moving on from him

I'm moving on from him

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Key Grammar Structures

• I was old when I was younger

  ➔ Past simple vs. Past continuous

  ➔ Contrasts two past states using 'was' to highlight a paradoxical condition.

• Maybe we don't need the bigger picture

  ➔ Modal verb (speculation)

  ➔ 'Maybe' expresses uncertainty or possibility about a suggestion.

• I guess what I'm trying to say is, you changed me

  ➔ Reported speech (indirect)

  ➔ Uses 'guess' to introduce a tentative statement, followed by indirect reporting.

• All I do is start again

  ➔ Emphatic structure with 'all'

  ➔ Highlights exclusivity using 'all' to emphasize repetitive action.

• I separate my colours like a prism

  ➔ Simile

  ➔ Compares separation to a prism using 'like' for vivid imagery.

• You fuck with me, I'll start a war

  ➔ Conditional threat (if-then)

  ➔ Expresses a consequence using conditional structure for a threat.

• I'm moving on from him

  ➔ Present continuous for future action

  ➔ Uses present continuous to indicate planned future action.

• It's been the longest summer, game without a winner

  ➔ Present perfect for ongoing situation

  ➔ Uses 'has/have been' to describe a situation starting in the past and continuing.