Mews – English Lyrics

• By: Gracie Abrams
• Album: Daughter from Hell

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the conversational and emotive power of the English language through Gracie Abrams’ 'Messy.' This song is an excellent study in modern colloquialisms and the way English speakers use repetitive, rhythmic phrasing to express complex, nuanced feelings of regret and self-awareness.

[English]

Do you hear the sound

Of our engine fading?

Really ran it out

Four tires flaming

Can't we just hose 'em down?

Cause I wanna drive till the morning

Till you forget that you're having doubts

Run every light, every warning

Still if you want, we can have it out

Out, out

Once was a rock I'm your hard place now

Now, now

You floor it, I choke

When you find the ground

Tell me where you've landed

Don't you thank me now

For my understanding

There's none of that

Close your mouth

I wanna scream till I'm burning up

I want your family to know me now

But I'm not, but I seemed more important, love

To you before it all changed somehow, somehow

How

I moved with your tide till it turned around, around

Still, you should know

I believed every word that you read

Every glorified tome by the side of your bed

When you swore you'd go right

Then you went left instead

How was I supposed to know?

Did I miss the sign when you'd answer my call?

Like if between the lines, did one breath say it all?

When you called me naïve

Did you mean to a fault?

...

But it's over now

You're not outside waiting

Guess I slowed you down

...

When you planned on racing

Buckle up, kick me out

I would've fought anybody

Who tried to tell me you wanted out

Beat to a pulp till I'm bloody

Oh God, you can bet, I regret it now, now

Oh, you can bet I regret it now, now

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
engine /ˈɛndʒɪn/ A2	noun - a machine with moving parts that converts power into motion
fading /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/ B1	verb - gradually growing faint and disappearing
flaming /ˈfleɪmɪŋ/ B2	adjective - on fire or burning brightly
doubts /daʊts/ B1	noun - feelings of uncertainty or lack of conviction
choke /tʃoʊk/ B2	verb - to have difficulty breathing or to struggle to speak
understanding /ˌʌndərˈstændɪŋ/ A2	noun - the ability to perceive, to rationalize, or to empathize
glorified /ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪd/ C1	adjective - described or represented as admirable, often more than is actually the case
tome /toʊm/ C2	noun - a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one
naïve /naɪˈiːv/ B2	adjective - showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment
pulp /pʌlp/ C1	noun - a soft, wet, shapeless mass of material
regret /rɪˈɡrɛt/ B1	verb - to feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over something that has happened noun - a feeling of sadness or disappointment over something that has happened