Golden Arrow – English Lyrics

• By: BINI

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of P-pop with 'Golden Arrow'! This track is a perfect gateway to learning Filipino (Tagalog) and English code-switching (Taglish), as it blends modern colloquialisms with poetic metaphors, all delivered through BINI's infectious energy and world-class harmonies.

[English]

Alright

Hey, yeah

Let's go

...

Think I've lost my keys again

Madness out the door

It's a Friday night

I'm wishing for a little more

Under streetlights, 8 p.m.

Let's make this one count

No one else but me and my girls

Running this whole town

Grab the ice cream, go turn the clock

Dance 'til midnight, nobody know

Everybody watch out, a storm is coming your way

Warning signs and flashin' lights

It's all of the clichés

Feel a little nervous with this moment in our hands

Got nothing to worry about

Time to take a chance

We got, we got, we got tonight to borrow

We got, we got, we got this golden arrow

Grab the ice cream, go turn the clock

Dance 'til midnight, nobody know

We got, we got, we got this golden arrow

...

I like it

Let's go

You can bet we own the world

Crown is on our heads (yeah)

Go check out the rules and see

Nothing to be said (nothing to be said)

In our own world, 1 a.m.

Perfect harmony (hey)

No one else but me and my girls (me and my girls)

Making our legacy

Grab the ice cream, go turn the clock

Dance 'til midnight, nobody know

Everybody watch out, a storm is coming your way

Warning signs and flashin' lights

It's all of the clichés

Feel a little nervous with this moment in our hands

Got nothing to worry about

Time to take a chance

We got, we got, we got tonight to borrow

We got, we got, we got this golden arrow

Grab the ice cream, go turn the clock

Dance 'til midnight, nobody know

We got, we got, we got this golden arrow

I gotta take a minute

Gotta catch my breath

I don't care about these limits, ready for your test

I got no time, no dime for nothing else

I got beauty, got strength, I'm the Beast to my Belle

Now it's my time to face my way through

With this golden arrow ain't ever be wasted

Yeah, I'm pushin' and pushin' when I'm on the edge, huh

Fightin' and fightin' 'til I got nothing left

I go-go-gotta just be carefree, just ignore the bad energy

Nobody can stop me 'cause the star belongs to me

I placed the crown on my head and told myself

This is my shot, watch me I can make it, I can do it (that's right)

Working hard to get to the top

Hope is on the horizon, with BINI ain't gonna stop

Take your aim, make your mark, fix your eyes on the prize

Stop believin, hold the feelin'

This far within, is why we're born to win (woah, woah)

We got, we got, we got tonight to borrow (we got tonight)

We got, we got, we got this golden arrow (got this golden arrow)

Grab the ice cream, go turn the clock (yeah)

Dance 'til midnight, nobody know (yeah)

We got, we got, we got this golden arrow (arrow)

We got, we got, we got tonight, to borrow (yeah-eh)

We got, we got, we got this golden arrow (we got this arrow)

Grab the ice cream, go turn the clock

Dance 'til midnight, nobody know

We got, we got, we got this golden arrow (ooh)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
madness /ˈmædnəs/ B2	noun - wild behavior or a state of chaos
clichés /kliːˈʃeɪz/ C1	noun - overused phrases or ideas
nervous /ˈnɜːrvəs/ A2	adjective - feeling worried or anxious
borrow /ˈbɒroʊ/ A2	verb - to use something temporarily
golden /ˈɡoʊldən/ A2	adjective - made of gold or shining like gold
arrow /ˈæroʊ/ A2	noun - a pointed object shot from a bow
harmony /ˈhɑːrməni/ B2	noun - the state of being in agreement or musical balance
legacy /ˈleɡəsi/ C1	noun - something handed down from the past
limits /ˈlɪmɪts/ B1	noun - boundaries or restrictions
strength /streŋθ/ B1	noun - the quality or state of being physically or mentally strong
wasted /ˈweɪstɪd/ B1	adjective - used or expended carelessly or without purpose
carefree /ˌkerˈfriː/ B2	adjective - free from anxiety or responsibility
horizon /həˈraɪzn/ B2	noun - the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet
prize /praɪz/ A2	noun - something given as a reward

Key Grammar Structures

• Think I've lost my keys again

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ Use "I've" (I have) + past participle 'lost' to describe an action that happened at an unspecified time in the past with relevance to the present.

• No one else but me and my girls running this whole town

  ➔ Reduced Relative Clause / Participial Phrase

  ➔ The phrase "running this whole town" acts as a modifier for "me and my girls," where 'running' is a present participle replacing a clause like 'who are running'.

• Everybody watch out, a storm is coming your way

  ➔ Present Continuous for Future Arrangement

  ➔ The structure "is coming" uses the present continuous to indicate an event that is imminent or planned to happen in the near future.

• I'm wishing for a little more

  ➔ Stative Verbs in Continuous Form

  ➔ Usually, 'wish' is a stative verb not used in continuous, but here it is used to emphasize the temporary, ongoing nature of the speaker's current feeling.

• You can bet we own the world

  ➔ Modal Verbs (Ability/Certainty)

  ➔ The modal verb "can" here expresses a high degree of confidence or certainty about the statement "we own the world."

• I got beauty, got strength, I'm the Beast to my Belle

  ➔ Ellipsis (Omission of 'have')

  ➔ The speaker omits the auxiliary verb 'have' in "I got" for stylistic reasons, common in informal spoken English and song lyrics.

• Stop believin, hold the feelin

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The verbs "Stop" and "hold" are in the imperative form, used here to give advice or encouragement to the listener.

• This far within, is why we're born to win

  ➔ Subordinate Clause as Subject

  ➔ The entire clause "This far within" (modified by the context of progress) acts as the subject for the verb "is".