Stuck – English Lyrics

• By: Thirty Seconds To Mars
• Album: It's the End of the World but It's a Beautiful Day

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Thirty Seconds To Mars' "Stuck" and discover a song that beautifully blends themes of infatuation and liberation with a powerful, dance-driven sound. Its evocative lyrics and a visually stunning music video, rich in artistic references, make it a perfect track to explore modern English vocabulary and expressions of deep emotional states, offering a unique gateway to understanding contemporary music language.

[English]

I've been lost in your eyes all afternoon

The more I drift, the closer I get to you

She's a ghost and the truth, it's impossible, but I love her lies

You make sure I don't find somebody new

It's the way you move

It's the way you move, ooh-ooh

I knew I would stay with you after just one touch

The way you move has got me stuck

Stuck, got me stuck

Stuck, got me stuck

I was lost, and then found inside of a dream (wet dreams)

Running 'round in a circle, tryna believe

She's a ghost, and the truth, it's impossible, but I love her lies

You make sure I don't find somebody new

It's the way you move

It's the way you move, ooh, ooh

I knew I would stay with you after just one touch

The way you move has got me stuck

Stuck, got me stuck

Stuck, got me stuck

Ram-dam, da-da-da, dam-dam, ba-da-da-da-da

Ram-dam, ba-da-da, ram-dam-dam

Ram-dam, da-da-da, dam-dam, ba-da-da-da-da

Ram-dam, da-da-da, ram-dam-dam (away, let's go)

It's the way you move

It's the way you move, oh-oh

I knew I would stay with you after just one touch

The way you move has got me stuck

Ram-dam, da-da-da, dam-ba-ba (got me, got me), stuck

Ram-dam, da-da-da, dam-ba-ba (got me stuck)

Ram-dam, da-da-da, dam-ba-ba (got me, got me), stuck

Ram-dam, da-da-da, dam-ba-ba (got me), stuck

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Key Grammar Structures

• I've been lost in your eyes all afternoon

  ➔ Present perfect continuous

  ➔ The phrase "I've been lost" uses the present perfect continuous (have/has + been + past participle) to show a state that started in the past and continues up to now.

• The more I drift, the closer I get to you

  ➔ Correlative comparative construction (the more…, the more…)

  ➔ "The more I drift, the closer I get" shows a cause‑effect relationship using the correlative pattern "the more…, the more…".

• She’s a ghost and the truth, it’s impossible, but I love her lies

  ➔ Contrast with "but" + simple present

  ➔ The clause "but I love her lies" contrasts the previous statement, using "but" to introduce a contrasting idea while keeping the verb in the simple present "love".

• You make sure I don’t find somebody new

  ➔ Causative verb "make sure" + infinitive

  ➔ "make sure" is followed by the base form of a verb. Here, "make sure I don’t find" means to ensure that I do not find.

• I knew I would stay with you after just one touch

  ➔ Past simple + would + infinitive (future in the past)

  ➔ "I knew I would stay" uses "knew" (past) plus "would" + base verb to express a future action that was seen from a past viewpoint.

• Running 'round in a circle, tryna believe

  ➔ Present participle phrase as adverbial modifier

  ➔ The participial phrase "Running 'round in a circle" functions like an adverb, describing the manner in which the speaker is "tryna believe".

• I was lost, and then found inside of a dream

  ➔ Past simple + past participle (passive construction)

  ➔ "was lost" and "found" are passive forms; the subject experiences the action rather than performs it.

• The way you move has got me stuck

  ➔ Present perfect with "have/has got"

  ➔ "has got" is a present perfect form meaning "has caused" or "has resulted in"; it shows an effect that began in the past and continues now.