My Own Worst Enemy – English Lyrics

• By: Lit

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(trunk clanking)

(trunk slamming)

(pins clanking) (arcade games beeping)

(upbeat pop punk music)

♪ Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk? ♪

♪ I didn't mean to call you that ♪

♪ I can't remember what was said or what you threw at me ♪

♪ Please tell me ♪

♪ Please tell me why ♪

♪ My car is in the front yard ♪

♪ And I'm sleeping with my clothes on ♪

♪ I came in through the window last night ♪

♪ And you're long gone, gone ♪

♪ It's no surprise to me, I am my own worst enemy ♪

♪ 'Cause every now and then ♪

♪ I kick the living sh out of me ♪

♪ The smoke alarm is going off and there's a cigarette ♪

♪ Still burning ♪

♪ Please tell me why ♪

♪ My car is in the front yard ♪

♪ And I'm sleeping with my clothes on ♪

♪ I came in through the window last night ♪

♪ And you're gone, gone ♪

♪ Please tell me why ♪

♪ My car is in the front yard ♪

♪ And I'm sleeping with my clothes on ♪

♪ I came in through the window last night ♪

♪ It's no surprise to me, I am my own worst enemy ♪

♪ 'Cause every now and then ♪

♪ I kick the living sh out of me ♪

♪ Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk? ♪

♪ I didn't mean to call you that ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
things /θɪŋz/ A1	noun - objects, items
drunk /drʌŋk/ B1	adjective - intoxicated by alcohol
car /kɑːr/ A1	noun - automobile
yard /jɑːrd/ A2	noun - outdoor area around a house
clothes /kloʊðz/ A1	noun - garments worn on the body
window /ˈwɪn.doʊ/ A1	noun - opening in a wall for light or air
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
surprise /sərˈpraɪz/ B1	noun - unexpected event causing astonishment
enemy /ˈɛn.ə.mi/ B2	noun - person who opposes or is hostile
worst /wɜːrst/ B2	adjective - most severe or undesirable
own /oʊn/ B1	adjective - belonging to oneself
kick /kɪk/ A2	verb - strike with the foot
living /ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/ B2	adjective - alive, existing
smoke /smoʊk/ A2	noun - visible vapor from fire
alarm /əˈlɑːrm/ B1	noun - warning device emitting sound
cigarette /ˈsɪɡ.ə.rɛt/ B1	noun - small roll of tobacco for smoking
burning /ˈbɜːr.nɪŋ/ B1	verb - to be on fire; to emit heat
forget /fərˈɡɛt/ A2	verb - fail to remember
remember /rɪˈmɛm.bɚ/ A2	verb - retain in memory
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to name or contact by phone

Key Grammar Structures

• Can we "forget" about the things I said when I was drunk?

  ➔ Modal verb + infinitive (question)

  ➔ "Can" is a modal verb used to ask for permission or possibility, followed by the base verb "forget".

• I didn't "mean" to call you that.

  ➔ Past simple negative + infinitive (verb of intention)

  ➔ "didn't" is the negative form of "did" (past), and "mean" is followed by the infinitive "to call" to express intention.

• I can't "remember" what was said or what you threw at me.

  ➔ Modal verb + verb + embedded interrogative clause

  ➔ "can't" (cannot) is a modal verb expressing inability, followed by "remember" and the embedded clause "what was said or what you threw at me".

• "Please tell me" why.

  ➔ Polite imperative + indirect question

  ➔ "Please" softens the imperative "tell me", turning it into a polite request, followed by the indirect question "why".

• My car is "in" the front yard.

  ➔ Prepositional phrase of location

  ➔ "in" is a preposition introducing the location phrase "the front yard".

• I "came" in through the window last night.

  ➔ Simple past + prepositional phrase (movement)

  ➔ "came" is the past form of "come", and the prepositional phrase "in through the window" describes how the action was performed.

• I'm "my own" worst enemy.

  ➔ Reflexive pronoun used as possessive adjective

  ➔ "my own" combines the possessive pronoun "my" with the adjective "own" to stress that the speaker is the cause of his own problems.

• I "kick" the living sh out of me.

  ➔ Present simple + idiomatic expression (verb + object)

  ➔ "kick" is in the simple present, and the phrase "the living sh out of me" is an idiom meaning to harm or hurt oneself.