Lying From You – English Lyrics

• By: Linkin Park
• Album: Meteora

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw energy of Linkin Park's 'Lying From You.' This song is a fantastic way to learn English expressions related to conflict, deception, and emotional honesty, all delivered through a powerful blend of rapping and singing that makes the vocabulary memorable and impactful.

[English]

[Music]

[Music]

when I prend everything is what I want

it to be I look exactly like what you

would always wanted to see when pretend

I can forget about the criminal I am

stilling second after second just cuz I

know I can but I can't pretend this is

the way it'll stay I'm just trying to

bend the truth I can't pretend I'm who

you want me to be so I'm lying my way

from

you turn it back now I want to be first

deide so let me go no not turn it back

now let me take back my life I'd rather

F all alone no J back now anywhere on my

own cuz I can say no no TR back now the

very worst part of you is me I remember

what they T to me remember condescending

talk of who I ought to be remember

listening to all of that this again so I

pretended up a person who is fitting in

and now you think this person really is

me and I'm trying to bend the

the more I push the more I'm pulling

away cuz I'm flying my way from

you no tur it back now I want to be

pushed aside so let me go no no turning

back now let me take back my life I'd

rather be all alone turn it back now

anywhere on my own cuz I can't say no

not turn it back now the very worst part

of you the very worst part of you yes no

this isn't what I wanted to be I never

thought that what I said would have you

run it for me like this this isn't what

I want it to be I never thought that

what I said would have you want it for

me like this this isn't what I wanted to

be I never thought that what I said

would have you want it for me like yes

this isn't what I wanted to be I never

thought that what I said would have you

running for me like this yeah no turning

back now I want to be first deide so let

me go no you're turn it back now let me

take back my life I'd rather be allone

turn it back now anywhere on my own cuz

I can say now turn it back now the very

worst part of you the very worst part of

you is me

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pretend /prɪˈtend/ A2	verb - to behave as if something is true when it is not
criminal /ˈkrɪmɪnl/ B1	noun - a person who has committed a crime
bend /bend/ B1	verb - to change the shape of something; to twist
truth /truːθ/ A2	noun - the quality or state of being true
lying /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - telling an untruth
condescending /ˌkɒndɪˈsendɪŋ/ C1	adjective - showing that you believe you are more intelligent or important than others
fitting /ˈfɪtɪŋ/ B1	verb - to be suitable or appropriate
push /pʊʃ/ A2	verb - to exert force on someone or something to move them away
pulling /ˈpʊlɪŋ/ A2	verb - to exert force on someone or something to move them towards oneself
worst /wɜːst/ A2	adjective - of the poorest quality or most unpleasant
alone /əˈləʊn/ A1	adjective - having no one else present
remember /rɪˈmembə(r)/ A1	verb - to bring to one's mind an awareness of someone or something

Key Grammar Structures

• When I pretend everything is what I want it to be

  ➔ Complex Sentence with Adverbial Clause of Time

  ➔ The clause "When I pretend" sets the temporal condition for the main action.

• I look exactly like what you would always want to see

  ➔ Past Modal for Habitual Action / Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ "would" here expresses a past habit or persistent expectation.

• I can't pretend I'm who you want me to be

  ➔ Object Relative Clause

  ➔ "who you want me to be" acts as the object of "pretend".

• I'd rather be all alone

  ➔ Preference structure: 'Would rather' + base verb

  ➔ "would rather" is used to express a preference for one situation over another.

• I remember what they taught to me

  ➔ Relative Clause with "what" (Noun Clause)

  ➔ "what they taught to me" functions as the direct object of the verb "remember".

• The more I push, the more I'm pulling away

  ➔ Parallel Comparative Structure

  ➔ This structure (The + comparative, The + comparative) shows how one action increases as another increases.

• I never thought that what I said would have you running for me

  ➔ Causative Verb Pattern / Past Future

  ➔ "have you running" implies causing someone to be in a state of doing something.

• The very worst part of you is me

  ➔ Superlative Adjective with Emphatic "very"

  ➔ "very" is used here as an intensifier to emphasize the superlative "worst".