you should see me in a crown – English Lyrics

• By: Billie Eilish
• Album: WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

Lyrics & Translation

Learn English with Billie Eilish's 'you should see me in a crown,' a song that's perfect for exploring a darker, more powerful side of the language. Its straightforward yet menacing lyrics, filled with declarations of ambition and control, provide a unique and compelling way to practice expressive and assertive phrasing in English.

[English]

Bite my tongue, bide my time

Wearing a warning sign

Wait 'til the world is mine

...

Visions I vandalize

Cold in my kingdom size

Fell for these ocean eyes

You should see me in a crown

I'm gonna run this nothing town

Watch me make 'em bow

One by, one by one, one by, one by

You should see me in a crown

Your silence is my favorite sound

Watch me make 'em bow

One by, one by one, one by, one by one

Count my cards, watch them fall

Blood on a marble wall

I like the way they all

Scream

Tell me which one is worse

Living or dying first

Sleeping inside a hearse

(I don't dream)

You say, "Come over, baby

I think you're pretty"

...

I'm okay, I'm not your baby

If you think I'm pretty

You should see me in a crown

I'm gonna run this nothing town

Watch me make 'em bow

One by, one by one, one by, one by

You should see me in a crown

Your silence is my favorite sound

Watch me make 'em bow

One by, one by one, one by, one by one

...

Crown

I'm gonna run this nothing town

Watch me make 'em bow

One by, one by one, one by, one by

You should see me in a crown

Your silence is my favorite sound

Watch me make 'em bow

One by, one by one, one by, one by one

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Bite my tongue, bide my time

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The phrase "Bite my tongue" is an example of the imperative mood, which is used to give commands or instructions.

• You should see me in a crown

  ➔ Modal verb 'should'

  ➔ The use of 'should' indicates a suggestion or recommendation, implying that seeing the speaker in a crown would be impressive.

• Your silence is my favorite sound

  ➔ Simple present tense

  ➔ The simple present tense is used here to express a general truth or a habitual action.

• Count my cards, watch them fall

  ➔ Imperative mood with a compound verb

  ➔ This line uses the imperative mood to give commands, with 'count' and 'watch' as compound verbs.

• Tell me which one is worse

  ➔ Interrogative clause

  ➔ The phrase 'which one is worse' forms an interrogative clause, asking for a comparison between two options.

• I'm okay, I'm not your baby

  ➔ Contraction and negation

  ➔ The use of contractions like 'I'm' and negation with 'not' emphasizes the speaker's independence.

• Watch me make 'em bow

  ➔ Informal contraction 'em'

  ➔ 'em' is an informal contraction of 'them', commonly used in spoken English to create a more casual tone.