Traffic Light – English Lyrics

• By: Daughtry

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the power of connection through Daughtry's "Traffic Light." This song offers a poignant exploration of overcoming emotional barriers and finding common ground. Learn how a simple traffic light becomes a symbol of hope and shared understanding in this compelling rock ballad.

[English]

The traffic light

Waits for you to tell me the tale of a shattered life, tonight

And I just passed by when you have had the chance to fight

Or would you spend your last days alone

Thinkin' nobody would have cared

Or known just look me in the eye and see that its a light

So you're telling me, this is how you're going down

You thought that I never really wanted you around

Well you are way off track to think like that

'Cause now you have taken back, everything that you ever said

'Bout how I'd never want to see you again

Well this is what I, what I left behind

What I left behind, what I left behind

Need a change

In a minute of my time did I get your name?

Well you say, that I haven't been asked that in years

Now I think, the traffic light that stood in the way

So that I can hear what you had to say

I'm half way through your story

Can't help thinking that you're just like me

This is how I'm going down

I thought that they never really wanted me around

Well I was way off track to think like that

'Cause now I'm taken back, everything that I ever said

'Bout how they'd never want to see me again

Well this is what I, what I left behind

Forgetting about ourselves

Is like history that dust is covering left on the self, on the self

The crosswalks make the way for us to say what we need to say

Yeah, this is how you're going down

You thought I'd never really wanted you around

Well you were way off track to think like that

'Cause now you have taken back, everything that you ever said

'Bout how I never want to see you again

Well this is what I, what I left behind

This is how you're going down

This is what I, what I left behind.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
traffic /ˈtræf.ɪk/ B1	noun - the vehicles that are on a road
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - something that makes things visible or gives illumination
shattered /ˈʃæt.əd/ B2	verb - broke into many pieces adjective - broken into many pieces
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the period between birth and death
fight /faɪt/ A1	verb - to use physical force to harm someone
spend /spend/ A2	verb - to use money to buy things
telling /ˈtel.ɪŋ/ A1	verb - communicating information to someone
going /ˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/ A1	verb - moving or traveling
wanted /ˈwɑːn.tɪd/ A1	verb - desired or needed something adjective - being searched for by the police
taken /ˈteɪ.kən/ A1	verb - grabbed or removed something
left /left/ A1	verb - went away from a place
need /niːd/ A1	verb - to require something
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1	verb - to make or become different noun - the act of making something different
way /weɪ/ A1	noun - a method or style of doing something
story /ˈstɔːr.i/ A1	noun - a description of events
history /ˈhɪs.tər.i/ B1	noun - the study of past events
forgetting /fərˈɡet.ɪŋ/ A2	verb - failing to remember
make /meɪk/ A1	verb - to create or produce something