Stay Green – English Lyrics

• By: Allie X
• Album: Happiness Is Going To Get You

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Allie X's "Stay Green," a track from *Happiness Is Going To Get You*, which poetically explores themes of self-awareness and renewal. Through its honest and reflective English lyrics, you can connect with the universal journey of navigating change and seeking clarity, a hallmark of Allie X's compelling storytelling.

[English]

We're missing the way the world used to look

We're missing the calm before everything shook

There was a time in my life, it was almost a dream

But blues were still blue, the greens were so, were so green (Green)

And memories wait, they're a double-edged sword

There's still ones that you need, and the ones you can't afford

But then you can't go back, even if you try

And no one asked me for this advice, but erase

Your nerves, soften your heart

It's like it makes you hard enough

You gotta stay green

As long as you can

Keep dreaming until the end

'Cause when someone breaks another wish, you let it just die

Then you can stay forever a green, beautiful child

And bones, they creak, they snap, and they break

My eyes get weak when there's just too much to take

And then your hair gets coarse, your hands get dry

It's hard to ignore the harshness of time

Reset

Your nerves, soften (Soften) your heart

It's like (It's like) it makes you hard enough

You gotta stay green

As long as you can

Keep dreaming until the end

'Cause when someone breaks another wish, you let it just die

Then you can stay forever a green, beautiful child

You gotta stay green

As long as you can

Keep dreaming until the end

When someone breaks your latest wish, you let it just die (Just die, let it just die)

'Cause when someone tells you who you are, don't internalize ('Nalize, don't internalize)

Sometimes it hurts, it hurts so bad, but baby, that's life (That's life, baby, that's life)

So try your best to stay forever a green

Stay forever a green

Yeah, you can stay forever a green, beautiful child

Ba-ra-ra-ra, ba-ra-ra-ra

Ba-ra-ra-ra, ba-ra-ra-ra (Stay green)

Ba-ra-ra-ra, ba-ra-ra-ra

Ba-ra-ra-ra, ba-ra-ra-ra

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
missing /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ A2	verb - to feel sadness for something lost or absent
calm /kɑːm/ A1	adjective - peaceful and quiet
shook /ʃʊk/ B1	verb - past tense of shake; to move or disturb greatly
blues /bluːz/ B1	noun - feelings of sadness
green /ɡriːn/ A1	adjective - of the color between blue and yellow noun - the color between blue and yellow
memories /ˈmeməriz/ A2	noun - something remembered from the past
double-edged /ˈdʌbəlˌɛdʒd/ C1	adjective - having both good and bad effects
erase /ɪˈreɪz/ B1	verb - to remove or delete
nerves /nɜːrvz/ B1	noun - feelings of anxiety or tension
soften /ˈsɒfən/ B1	verb - to make or become less hard
dreaming /ˈdriːmɪŋ/ A2	verb - to have visions or thoughts during sleep
wish /wɪʃ/ A1	noun - a desire or hope for something
bones /boʊnz/ A1	noun - hard parts of the body that form the skeleton
coarse /kɔːrs/ B2	adjective - rough in texture or quality
harshness /hɑːrʃnəs/ C1	noun - the quality of being severe or cruel
internalize /ɪnˈtɜːrnəlaɪz/ C1	verb - to absorb an idea and make it part of one's own beliefs