Rock Music – English Lyrics

• By: Charli xcx

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the high-energy world of 'Rock Music' to master modern English slang and rhythmic expression. This track is perfect for learners looking to understand contemporary pop culture vocabulary and the fast-paced, emotive language used in today's electronic music scene.

[English]

Me and my friends,

we go out,

we take pictures and make stuff

together. And sometimes we cry, we kiss

each other with ancestrious eyes.

Yeah, we're so

basically all the time.

Yeah, we're on to the next. I think the

dinos is dead. So now we make

I'm really banging my head.

I'm really hurting my neck.

The love is real, but it's the only way

to feel something about yourself.

You may be jumping.

So now we're making

Heat. HEAT.

Thank you.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
friends /frɛndz/ A1	noun - people whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
pictures /ˈpɪktʃərz/ A1	noun - photographs or images
together /təˈɡɛðər/ A1	adverb - with each other or at the same time
sometimes /ˈsʌmtaɪmz/ A1	adverb - occasionally, now and then
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - shed tears in distress or pain
kiss /kɪs/ A2	verb - touch with the lips as a sign of love or greeting
ancestrious /ænˈsɛstriəs/ C2	adjective - related to ancestors or bearing characteristics of ancient lineage
basically /ˈbeɪsɪkli/ B1	adverb - in the most important respects; fundamentally
dinos /ˈdaɪnoʊz/ B2	noun - dinosaurs (informal)
dead /dɛd/ A1	adjective - no longer alive
banging /ˈbæŋɪŋ/ B1	verb - striking or hitting something forcefully
hurting /ˈhɜːrtɪŋ/ A2	verb - causing pain or injury to
neck /nɛk/ A1	noun - the part of a person's body connecting the head to the rest of the body
jumping /ˈdʒʌmpɪŋ/ A1	verb - pushing oneself off a surface into the air
heat /hiːt/ A2	noun - the quality of being hot; high temperature

Key Grammar Structures

• Me and my friends, we go out

  ➔ Subject Pronoun + Noun Phrase

  ➔ Using 'Me and my friends' as a compound subject is common in informal English to emphasize the collective 'we'.

• we take pictures and make stuff

  ➔ Present Simple Tense (Habitual Action)

  ➔ The simple present is used here to describe routine or repeated actions shared by the group.

• we kiss each other

  ➔ Reciprocal Pronoun

  ➔ The phrase "each other" indicates an action being performed by two or more people mutually.

• we're on to the next

  ➔ Phrasal Verb / Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ The phrase "on to the next" implies moving forward to a new phase or experience.

• I think the dinos is dead

  ➔ Subordinate Clause (Noun Clause)

  ➔ The structure "I think [that]..." introduces a noun clause acting as the object of the verb "think".

• I'm really banging my head

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The present continuous "I'm... -ing" denotes an action currently happening or a state being experienced at the moment.

• The love is real, but it's the only way to feel something

  ➔ Adjective + Infinitive Phrase

  ➔ The infinitive "to feel" acts as an adjective modifier describing the "way".

• So now we're making

  ➔ Present Continuous for Future Arrangement/Current Trend

  ➔ The speaker uses the present continuous to express a dynamic shift in what they are creating now.