bury a friend – English Lyrics

• By: Billie Eilish
• Album: WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a unique linguistic journey with Billie Eilish's "bury a friend." This haunting electropop track offers a captivating way to immerse yourself in English, especially its more nuanced and poetic expressions related to emotions and internal struggles. The song's atmospheric production and Eilish's distinct vocal style create an evocative soundscape, making it a powerful and memorable piece for language learners to explore complex feelings and modern lyrical artistry.

[English]

I'm just me why do you care for me when we all follow this thing where do we go

come here spit it out what is it exactly a plane is the amount cleaning you out

and my satisfactory today I'm thinking about the things that are deadly the way

I'm drinking you don't like I want a job like I wanna dance me step on the glass

staple your tongue bury your friend try to wake up there your friend I want to

end

where do we go listen keep you in the dark without you

expected me to make my heart like it was star and get you connected me too

very a friend try to wake up

I wanna end why don't you run for me why do you care for me when we all fall

asleep or do we go

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
care /keər/ A2	verb - to feel concern or interest
follow /ˈfɒləʊ/ A2	verb - to go or come after
spit /spɪt/ B1	verb - to eject saliva forcibly from the mouth
clean /kliːn/ A2	verb - to remove dirt
satisfactory /ˌsætɪsˈfæktəri/ B2	adjective - good enough to meet a need or desire
deadly /ˈdedli/ B2	adjective - causing or likely to cause death
drink /drɪŋk/ A1	verb - to swallow liquid
job /dʒɒb/ A2	noun - a task or piece of work
dance /dɑːns/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
glass /ɡlɑːs/ A2	noun - a hard, transparent substance
staple /ˈsteɪpl/ B2	verb - to fasten with staples
tongue /tʌŋ/ B1	noun - the fleshy organ in the mouth used for tasting
bury /ˈberi/ B1	verb - to put or hide underground
friend /frend/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
wake /weɪk/ A2	verb - to stop sleeping
dark /dɑːrk/ A2	noun - absence of light adjective - with little or no light
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky that is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - move downward, typically rapidly and freely without control

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm just me why do you care for me when...

  ➔ Use of "why" for questioning reason.

  ➔ This line uses the question word "why" to inquire about the reason for someone's care or concern.

• we all follow this thing where do we go

  ➔ Use of "where" as an interrogative adverb.

  ➔ The word "where" is used to ask about a location or destination: "where" do we go?

• come here spit it out what is it exactly

  ➔ Imperative verb "come" and pronoun "it"

  ➔ "Come" is an imperative verb, a command to move towards the speaker. "It" refers to something unspecific, requiring clarification.

• try to wake up there your friend

  ➔ Imperative verb "try" followed by infinitive "to wake"

  ➔ The sentence uses "try" in the imperative mood, urging someone to make an effort. It is followed by "to wake", the infinitive form of the verb.

• I want to end

  ➔ Use of "want to" + infinitive

  ➔ This construction expresses a desire or intention. "Want to end" means the speaker desires the cessation of something.

• listen keep you in the dark without you

  ➔ Imperative verb "listen" and preposition "without"

  ➔ "Listen" is an imperative, a command to pay attention. "Without" indicates a condition or state of lacking something.

• expected me to make my heart like it was

  ➔ Past participle "expected" with "to" infinitive

  ➔ The use of "expected me to make" shows someone was supposed to do something. "Expected" indicates an anticipation of an action.

• get you connected me too

  ➔ Passive voice implication with "get" + past participle.

  ➔ The phrase "get you connected" implies that someone else or something else is doing the connecting; it's similar to saying "you are connected". "Get + past participle" sometimes functions as an alternative to the auxiliary verb "to be" in the passive voice.