Van Gogh – Bilingual Lyrics /English

• By: Em Beihold
• Album: Tales of a Failed Shapeshifter

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Paint splattered on the wall.

One quick move and I lose my grace

again. Torn between innocence

and blues and yellows and greens. Can’t

you see my colors fade again? Pray and

suffer.

It’s something clinical.

It’s something strange, but I don’t care

anymore, anymore, anyway.

If I have to dance alone,

if everybody sees my silly little life

falling apart right in front of me.

I’ve never taken the time to try to make it

single.

Everyone knows

everyone knows I’m lost.

The black dog begged me to stay. I said,

"No, sir. Please, the way I thought,

things I do, none of them involve you

now.

I watch my life from afar. I hold on

tight to the girl I used to be, but I’m

not her anymore.

If I have to dance alone,

if everybody sees my silly little life

falling apart right in front of me.

I’ve never taken the time to try to make it

single.

Everyone knows I’m

never going to be

I’ll never find a way to stop

until I

try.

I’ll never be that girl.

I’ll never find a way to stop until I find my peace.

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Splattered paint on the wall.

One swift move and I fall from grace

again. Tra my innocence

and blues and yellows and greens. Can't

you see my colors bleed again? Pray and

suffering.

It's something clinical.

It's something strange, but I don't care

anymore anymore anyway.

If I have to dance alone,

if everybody sees my silly little life

falling apart in front of me.

I never been the time to try to make a

single.

Everyone knows

everyone knows I'm 2.

The black dog begged me to stay. I said,

"No, sir. Please, the way I thought,

things I do, none of them involving you

now.

I watch my life from afar. I hold on

tight to the girl I was before, but I'm

not her anymore.

If I have to dance alone,

if everybody sees my silly little life

falling aart in front of me.

the time to try to make a single.

Everyone knows I'm

never going to be

I'm never going to find a way to stop

until I

ride.

I'm never going to be the girl.

I'm never going to find a way to stop

until I got my ear.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
splattered ˈsplætərd B1	verb - to scatter or spread in a messy way
swift swɪft A2	adjective - fast and sudden
grace ɡreɪs A2	noun - elegance or beauty of form, manner, or motion
innocence ˈɪnəsəns B1	noun - lack of guilt, sin, or mischief
bleed bliːd A2	verb - to lose blood from the body verb - to blend or merge gradually
clinical ˈklɪnɪkəl B2	adjective - relating to the practice of medicine or psychiatry
strange streɪnʤ A2	adjective - unusual or surprising
dance dæns A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
silly ˈsɪli A2	adjective - foolish or ridiculous
apart əˈpɑːrt A2	adverb - into pieces or parts
hold hoʊld A1	verb - to grasp or carry something
tight taɪt A2	adjective - firmly fixed or attached
find faɪnd A1	verb - to discover or locate something
stop stɑːp A1	verb - to cease moving or progressing
ride raɪd A1	verb - to travel on or in a vehicle or animal

Key Grammar Structures

• One swift move and I fall from grace again.

  ➔ Present simple with 'and' to connect actions

  ➔ The use of 'and' between 'one swift move' and 'I fall' shows consecutive actions in the present simple tense.

• Can't you see my colors bleed again?

  ➔ Modal verb (can't) in question form

  ➔ 'Can't you see' is a negative question using the modal verb 'can' to express ability or request.

• It's something clinical. It's something strange, but I don't care anymore.

  ➔ Contractions (It's) and present simple with 'but' for contrast

  ➔ Contractions like 'It's' are used for informality, and 'but' introduces a contrast between 'something clinical' and 'I don't care anymore.'

• If I have to dance alone, if everybody sees my silly little life falling apart...

  ➔ Conditional sentences (Type 1) with 'if'

  ➔ The use of 'if' introduces a Type 1 conditional sentence, expressing a possible situation and its result.

• Everyone knows everyone knows I'm 2.

  ➔ Emphasis with repetition

  ➔ The repetition of 'everyone knows' emphasizes the certainty or universality of the statement.

• I watch my life from afar. I hold on tight to the girl I was before...

  ➔ Present simple for habitual actions

  ➔ The present simple tense in 'I watch' and 'I hold' indicates habitual or ongoing actions.