Lorde
Broken Glass lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:15
Mystique is dead
Last year was bad
I let myself get
Sucked in by arithmetic
Felt great to strip
New waist to hip
I hate to admit
Just how much I paid for it
Did I cry myself to sleep about that?
Cheat about that?
Rot teeth about that?
Did I sweat hours a week about that?
Compete about that?
Lose my freak about that?
Huh, all of the above
I wanna punch the mirror
To make her see that this won't last
It might be months of bad luck
But what if it's just broken glass?
I spent my summer getting lost in math
Making weight took all I had
Won't outrun her if you don't hit back
It's just broken glass
I'm scared to quit
Loosen my grip
It's tough to admit
Just how much I get from it
When I cry myself to sleep about that
Cheat about that
Get in too deep about thatW
When I sweat hours a week about that
Compete about that
Lettin' her treat me like that
I think that it's love
I wanna punch the mirror
To make her see that this won't last
It might be months of bad luck
But what if it's just broken glass?
I spent my summer getting lost in math
Making weight took all I had
Won't outrun her if you don't hit back
It's just broken glass
(Keep the faith)
Broken glass
(Same mistakes)
Broken glass
(Just a phase)
Broken glass
(Just a phase)
I wanna punch the mirror
To make her see that this won't last
It might be months of bad luck
But what if it's just broken glass?
I spent my summer getting lost in math
Making weight takes all you had
Won't outrun her if you don't hit back
It's just broken glass
Key vocabulary
- mystique
- special mysterious quality
- when
- at what timeB1
- thatw
- unknown/unclear form
- lettin
- allowing; informal cut
- treat
- kind act; food rewardB1
- like
- enjoy; similar toA1
- love
- deep careA1
- keep
- continue having; holdA1
- faith
- strong beliefB2
- cry
- shed tears; weepA2
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About this song
Lorde is a New Zealand singer-songwriter known for electro-pop and pop with a sharp adolescent perspective. She is best known for the 2013 debut Pure Heroine, especially the breakout single “Royals,” and for later albums Melodrama and Solar Power.