Talk Is Cheap – English Lyrics

• By: Chet Faker
• Album: Built On Glass

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
weak /wiːk/ A2	adjective - lacking physical strength or energy
rhyme /raɪm/ B1	noun - correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry. verb - to (cause words to) have a correspondence of sound
bother /ˈbɒðər/ B1	verb - to take the trouble to do something noun - trouble or difficulty
left /left/ A1	verb - to go away from
difference /ˈdɪfrəns/ A2	noun - a point or way in which people or things are dissimilar
mouthful /ˈmaʊθfʊl/ B2	noun - a quantity that fills the mouth noun - A word or statement that is long or difficult to pronounce.
novel /ˈnɒvəl/ B2	noun - a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism. adjective - new or unusual in an interesting way
resourceful /rɪˈsɔːsfʊl/ C1	adjective - having the ability to find clever ways to overcome difficulties.
chain /tʃeɪn/ A2	noun - a sequence of connected things or people.
cheap /tʃiːp/ A2	adjective - low in price
darling /ˈdɑːrlɪŋ/ A2	noun - a beloved person
confidence /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/ B1	noun - the feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something.
comfortable /ˈkʌmfətəbl/ A2	adjective - in a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint.
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - of or at a low or relatively low temperature.
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury.
sustain /səˈsteɪn/ B2	verb - strengthen or support physically or mentally.
thinking /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ A1	verb - to have a particular belief or idea noun - the process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something
hold /hoʊld/ A1	verb - to grasp, carry, or support with one's hands.
pervasive /pərˈveɪsɪv/ C1	adjective - spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.
peace /piːs/ A2	noun - freedom from disturbance; tranquility.
evasive /ɪˈveɪsɪv/ B2	adjective - tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly.

Key Grammar Structures

• You doubt I'll bother reading into it

  ➔ Future Simple (will) with contraction 'll

  ➔ Uses the future simple with the contracted form "'ll" to express a prediction or belief about a future event. "I'll bother" means "I will bother".

• Left to my own devices

  ➔ Past participle used as an adjective, idiomatic expression.

  ➔ "Left" is the past participle of "leave" and it acts as an adjective describing the speaker's state. "Left to my own devices" is an idiom meaning to be alone and allowed to do whatever you want.

• That amounts for another week on my own

  ➔ Phrasal verb 'amounts for' with preposition 'on'

  ➔ "Amounts for" means to result in or add up to. The phrase suggests that someone's actions or words contribute to the speaker spending another week alone. The word "on" shows it is spent "on my own".

• I wanna make you move with confidence

  ➔ Informal contraction 'wanna' (want to) + infinitive 'make' + bare infinitive 'move'

  ➔ "Wanna" is a colloquial contraction of "want to". "Make you move" uses the causative verb "make", which is followed by the base form (bare infinitive) of the verb "move".

• Said help me help you start it

  ➔ Imperative verb 'help' used twice in a row, elliptical construction.

  ➔ This is a shortened, more impactful way of saying "Help me to help you start it." The first 'help' is an imperative directed at someone else, while the second 'help' is part of an infinitive phrase indicating the speaker's action.

• You're too comfortable to know

  ➔ Adjective 'too' + adjective 'comfortable' + infinitive of purpose 'to know'

  ➔ Uses the structure "too + adjective + to + verb" to indicate that someone is excessively in a certain state to the point that they are unable to understand something. The infinitive phrase explains the consequence of being too comfortable.

• Throwing out those words

  ➔ Present participle used as a gerund. Elliptical construction.

  ➔ While "throwing" looks like a continuous tense, here it functions as a noun (a gerund) indicating the *action* of throwing out words. The subject is omitted; we can infer the subject is someone, most likely "you". The full phrase would be something like: *You* are throwing out those words.