Homemade Dynamite – English Lyrics

• By: Lorde
• Album: Melodrama

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of modern English pop with 'Homemade Dynamite'. This song is perfect for learners who want to explore metaphorical language, idioms related to energy and tension, and the rhythmic flow of contemporary spoken-style singing.

[English]

A couple rebel top gun pilots

Flying with nowhere to be

Don't know you super well

But I think that you might be the same as me

Behave abnormally

Let's let things come out of the woodwork

I'll give you my best side, tell you all my best lies

Yeah, awesome, right?

So let's let things come out of the woodwork

I'll give you my best side, tell you all my best lines

Seeing me rolling, showing someone else love

Dancing with our shoes off

Know I think you're awesome, right?

Our rules, our dreams, we're blind

Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite

Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired

Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite

...

Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite

Might get your friend to drive, but he can hardly see

We'll end up painted on the road, red and chrome

All the broken glass sparkling

I guess we're partying

So let's let things come out of the woodwork

I'll give you my best side, tell you all my best lies

Seeing me rolling, showing someone else love

Hands under your t-shirt

Know I think you're awesome, right?

Our rules, our dreams, we're blind

Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite

Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired

Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite

...

Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite

...

Now you know it's really gonna blow

Our rules, our dreams, we're blind

Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite

Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired

Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite

...

Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite

...

Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite

Our rules, our dreams, we're blind

Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite

Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired

Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rebel /ˈreb.əl/ B2	noun - a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler.
abnormally /æbˈnɔːr.mə.li/ C1	adjective - in a manner that deviates from what is normal or usual.
woodwork /ˈwʊd.wɜːrk/ B2	noun - the wooden parts of a house or room, such as doors and window frames.
awesome /ˈɔː.səm/ A2	adjective - extremely good; excellent.
homemade /ˌhoʊmˈmeɪd/ B1	adjective - made at home, rather than in a store or factory.
dynamite /ˈdaɪ.nə.maɪt/ B2	noun - a high explosive consisting of nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent material.
inspired /ɪnˈspaɪərd/ B2	adjective - of extraordinary quality, as if arising from some external creative impulse.
sparkling /ˈspɑːr.klɪŋ/ B1	adjective - shining brightly with flashes of light.
rolling /ˈroʊ.lɪŋ/ A2	verb - moving by turning over and over on an axis.
blind /blaɪnd/ A2	adjective - unable to see; lacking foresight or judgment.

Key Grammar Structures

• Flying with nowhere to be

  ➔ Infinitive phrase functioning as an adjective

  ➔ The infinitive "to be" modifies the noun "nowhere", indicating a place that does not exist or a destination that is not required.

• Don't know you super well

  ➔ Ellipsis (Subject omission in informal speech)

  ➔ The subject "I" is omitted from the beginning of the sentence: "[I] don't know you super well."

• Let's let things come out of the woodwork

  ➔ Causative verb 'let'

  ➔ The structure "let" + object + base verb ("come") expresses permission or allowing something to happen.

• Might get your friend to drive

  ➔ Causative verb 'get' (persuasion)

  ➔ The structure "get" + person + "to" + infinitive expresses convincing or persuading someone to do an action.

• We'll end up painted on the road

  ➔ Phrasal verb 'end up' + participle

  ➔ "End up" refers to the final result or state of a situation. "Painted" acts as a passive participle describing the state of the subjects.

• Now you know it's really gonna blow

  ➔ Future informal contraction "gonna"

  ➔ "Gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to," used to express future intent or predictions.

• Seeing me rolling, showing someone else love

  ➔ Parallel gerund phrases

  ➔ Both "Seeing" and "showing" function as gerunds describing actions happening simultaneously.

• Hands under your t-shirt

  ➔ Prepositional phrase describing location

  ➔ The preposition "under" specifies the spatial relationship between the "hands" and the "t-shirt."