Ya'aburnee – English Lyrics

• By: Halsey
• Album: If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I get undertones of sadness

When I think about the moments

That I never got to spend with you

I can't decide

If I love you more at morning

Or I love you more at night

With its luminous lux tides

Maybe in the daylight

All its pretty madness

And the complicated status

'Cause the moon don't pick sides

And the sun won't resign

Until you're by my side

Because the longing needs the leaving

And the loving needs the bleeding

And your beauty is a blessing

And I never got to tell you how

I loved the way my eyes make yours look green too

I think we could live forever

In each other's faces 'cause I

Always see my youth in you

And if we don't live forever

Maybe one day we'll trade places

Darling, you will bury me

Before I bury you

Before I bury you

I'll never know

If there's danger in confession

Or it's memory that presses

Like a blade against my throat

Another word and I could choke

But what's worse?

Tellin' you my feelings

Or to die without revealing

That you got inside my head

And set a fire there instead?

Letting all my insecurity

Devour me with certainty

That love is just a currency

So take my pockets, take me home

Take my life, and take my soul

Wrap me in a wedding ring

You know I swear I'd give you anything

And I think we could live forever

In each other's faces 'cause I

Always see my youth in you

And if we don't live forever

Maybe one day we'll trade places

Darling, you will bury me

Before I bury you

Before I bury you

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
bury /ˈbɛri/ A2	verb - to place a dead body in the ground
luminous /ˈluːmɪnəs/ B2	adjective - giving off light
longing /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/ B1	noun - a strong desire for something
bleeding /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ A2	verb - to lose blood from the body
blessing /ˈblɛsɪŋ/ A2	noun - a prayer asking for God's favor
devour /dɪˈvaʊər/ B1	verb - to eat something eagerly and quickly
insecurity /ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊrɪti/ B2	noun - lack of confidence or assurance
currency /ˈkʌrənsi/ B1	noun - a system of money used in a country
confession /kənˈfɛʃən/ B1	noun - the act of admitting to something
reveal /rɪˈviːl/ A2	verb - to make known or show something previously unknown
youth /juːθ/ A1	noun - the time of life when someone is young
trade /treɪd/ A2	verb - to exchange goods or services
luminous /ˈluːmɪnəs/ B2	adjective - full of light; shining
complicated /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/ B1	adjective - involving many parts in a complex way
status /ˈsteɪtəs/ B1	noun - the position or rank of someone or something
madness /ˈmædnəs/ A2	noun - the state of being mentally ill

Key Grammar Structures

• I get undertones of sadness

  ➔ Present Simple with 'get'

  ➔ The phrase uses the Present Simple with 'get' to describe a habitual or general feeling, emphasizing the speaker's recurring experience of sadness.

• If I love you more at morning / Or I love you more at night

  ➔ If-clause in indirect comparison

  ➔ The if-clause is used to express uncertainty or a hypothetical situation, comparing two different times without a definitive answer.

• Because the longing needs the leaving

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement with abstract nouns

  ➔ The sentence treats abstract nouns ('longing' and 'leaving') as singular subjects, requiring singular verb forms ('needs').

• And I never got to tell you how

  ➔ Past Simple with 'get to'

  ➔ The phrase uses 'get to' in the Past Simple to express an opportunity or experience that did not occur in the past.

• Maybe in the daylight / All its pretty madness

  ➔ Subjunctive mood for hypothetical situations

  ➔ The subjunctive mood with 'maybe' is used to express a hypothetical or uncertain situation, suggesting a possibility without certainty.

• Darling, you will bury me / Before I bury you

  ➔ Future Simple for predictions

  ➔ The Future Simple is used here to make a prediction about future events, expressing certainty or belief about what will happen.