Cold Goodbyes – English Lyrics

• By: Gracie Abrams
• Album: Daughter from Hell

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful world of Gracie Abrams with 'Cold Goodbyes.' This song is a perfect tool for learners to master intimate, conversational English and emotive vocabulary, making it a beautiful way to connect with the nuances of modern songwriting.

[English]

Bottle on the table

I'm not always kind

Wrote a note addressed to no one

Left for somebody to find

"Wish we try to hold her

Should've kept an open line"

I'm imagining again, it's past my bedtime

I know a better than cold goodbyes

...

I still make believe them sometimes

...

Look at all these people

Do I have to play tonight?

Used to know what landed well for me

But now it's hard to find

In the hay, I am the needle

There's 100 blinking eyes

Proving cities are for lonely dear in headlights

I come up for air to a few times, I

I can't get it right, can't I

...

And you don't mean to bother

But there's something on my face

It's this subtlest expression

I should change it just in case

If the questioning starts coming

In half hearted show of faith

Now the aliens are asking if I'm okay

I'm far out, I'm by the shoreline, I

I, I lived there in my spare time

I know better than cold goodbyes, I

I still make believe them sometimes

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
bottle /ˈbɒt.əl/ A1	noun - A container, typically made of glass or plastic, with a narrow neck, used for storing liquid.
table /ˈteɪ.bəl/ A1	noun - A piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs.
addressed /əˈdrest/ B1	verb - To write directions for delivery on an envelope or package.
imagining /ɪˈmædʒ.ɪ.nɪŋ/ A2	verb - To form a mental image or concept of.
bedtime /ˈbed.taɪm/ A2	noun - The time at which one usually goes to bed.
goodbyes /ˌɡʊdˈbaɪz/ A1	noun - The act of saying farewell.
needle /ˈniː.dəl/ A2	noun - A small, slender implement, usually of metal, used for sewing.
blinking /ˈblɪŋ.kɪŋ/ B1	adjective - Shining with an unsteady light; flashing.
lonely /ˈləʊn.li/ A2	adjective - Sad because one has no friends or company.
headlights /ˈhed.laɪts/ B1	noun - A powerful light at the front of a motor vehicle.
expression /ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/ B1	noun - The look on someone's face.
questioning /ˈkwes.tʃən.ɪŋ/ B1	noun - The process of asking questions.
faith /feɪθ/ B2	noun - Complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
aliens /ˈeɪ.li.ənz/ B1	noun - A hypothetical or fictional being from another world.
shoreline /ˈʃɔː.laɪn/ B2	noun - The line along which a large body of water meets the land.