Green Light – English Lyrics

• By: Lorde
• Album: Melodrama

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of Lorde's 'Green Light' to master expressive English through its rhythmic storytelling. This song is perfect for learning how to convey intense emotions and transitional states using dynamic vocabulary and evocative metaphors.

[English]

♪ I do my makeup in somebody else's car ♪

♪ We order different drinks at the same bars ♪

♪ I know about what you did and I wanna scream the truth ♪

♪ She thinks you love the beach, you're such a damn liar ♪

♪ Those great whites, they have big teeth ♪

♪ Hope they bite you ♪

♪ Thought you said that you would always be in love ♪

♪ But you're not in love no more ♪

♪ Did it frighten you ♪

♪ How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor ♪

♪ On the light up floor ♪

♪ But I hear sounds in my mind ♪

♪ Brand new sounds in my mind ♪

♪ But honey I'll be seein' you 'ever I go ♪

♪ But honey I'll be seein' you down every road ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

♪ 'Cause honey I'll come get my things, but I can't let go ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

♪ Oh, I wish I could get my things and just let go ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

♪ Sometimes I wake up in a different bedroom ♪

♪ I whisper things, the city sings 'em back to you ♪

♪ All those rumors, they have big teeth ♪

♪ Hope they bite you ♪

♪ Thought you said that you would always be in love ♪

♪ But you're not in love no more ♪

♪ Did it frighten you ♪

♪ How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor ♪

♪ On the light up floor ♪

♪ But I hear sounds in my mind ♪

♪ Brand new sounds in my mind ♪

♪ But honey I'll be seein' you 'ever I go ♪

♪ But honey I'll be seein' you down every road ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

♪ 'Cause honey I'll come get my things, but I can't let go ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

♪ Oh, honey I'll come get my things, but I can't let go ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

♪ Yes, honey I'll come get my things, but I can't let go ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

♪ Oh, I wish I could get my things and just let go ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

♪ I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
makeup /ˈmeɪˌkʌp/ A2	noun - cosmetics applied to the face
scream /skriːm/ B1	verb - to make a loud, high-pitched cry
liar /ˈlaɪər/ A2	noun - a person who tells lies
frighten /ˈfraɪtən/ B2	verb - to make someone afraid
whisper /ˈwɪspər/ B2	verb - to speak very softly
rumors /ˈruːmərz/ B2	noun - stories or reports currently in circulation
different /ˈdɪfərənt/ A1	adjective - not the same
green /ɡriːn/ A1	adjective - color between blue and yellow
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - illumination or a signal device
truth /truːθ/ A2	noun - that which is in accordance with fact
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - move to music
bite /baɪt/ A2	verb - to use teeth to cut into something
sound /saʊnd/ A1	noun - auditory effect
bedroom /ˈbedruːm/ A1	noun - room for sleeping
wait /weɪt/ A1	verb - to stay until something happens

Key Grammar Structures

• I do my makeup in somebody else's car

  ➔ Possessive apostrophe with indefinite pronouns

  ➔ The use of "somebody else's" indicates possession for an indefinite pronoun by adding 's.

• I know about what you did and I wanna scream the truth

  ➔ Noun clause as object of a preposition

  ➔ "What you did" functions as a noun clause acting as the object of the preposition "about".

• She thinks you love the beach, you're such a damn liar

  ➔ Intensifier 'such a'

  ➔ The structure "such a" + noun phrase is used to emphasize the degree or quality of a noun.

• Thought you said that you would always be in love

  ➔ Future in the past (would)

  ➔ "Would" is used here to describe a future intention from the perspective of the past.

• Did it frighten you / How we kissed when we danced

  ➔ Noun clause as direct object

  ➔ "How we kissed..." acts as the direct object of the verb "frighten".

• But honey I'll be seein' you 'ever I go

  ➔ Future progressive tense

  ➔ "I'll be seein'" uses the future progressive to describe an ongoing action in the future.

• 'Cause honey I'll come get my things, but I can't let go

  ➔ Modal verb 'can't' for inability

  ➔ "Can't" indicates the subject's inability to perform the action of letting go.

• I wish I could get my things and just let go

  ➔ Wish + past subjunctive (could)

  ➔ "Wish I could" expresses a desire for a state that is currently not reality (hypothetical).