Halsey
The Great Impersonator lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:23
No one has to know
I could always hide
But sometimes it might get to me
The things on all their minds
Like, "They don't know I'm lonely"
And, "They don't know I'm kind"
Or scared that I can't hack it with the current paradigm
Every single line
Every single rhyme
Every single truth I sing
Once started as a lie
I promise that I'm fine
But then I redesign
And put myself together like some little Frankenstein
Ah-ah
Does a story die with its narrator?
Ah-ah
Surely it's forgotten sooner or later
Ah-ah
Hope they spell my name right in the paper
Ah-ah
In here lies the great impersonator
Mm-mm
I'm lying in a car crash
In a pile of broken glass
It's funny how it looks like glitter from the overpass
I'm in a pick-up truck, the door is stuck, I'm sinking in the water
And the girl inside is waving, but the people just applaud her
This is a cry for help, callin' for assistance
But you can't tell I need it when you're watchin' from a distance
Ah-ah
Does a story die with its narrator?
Ah-ah
Surely it's forgotten sooner or later
Ah-ah
Hope they spell my name right in the paper
Ah-ah
In here lies the great impersonator
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Key vocabulary
- promise
- say you will doA2
- waving
- moving hand back and forthA2
- hide
- stay unseenA2
- glass
- clear solid drinkwareA1
- funny
- making you laughA1
- glitter
- sparkle with small flashes
- overpass
- bridge over a road
- always
- every time; continuouslyA1
- know
- have understandingA1
- once
- at one timeA1
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About this song
Halsey is an American pop singer-songwriter born Ashley Nicolette Frangipane. Their work blends alternative and mainstream pop with sharp, often satirical storytelling across albums like BADLANDS and Manic.