Lorde
Still Sane lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2013
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:09
Today is my birthday and I'm riding high
Hair is dripping, hiding that I'm terrified
But this is summer, playing dumber than in fall
Everything I say falls right back into everything
I'm not in the swing of things
But what I really mean is
Not in the swing of things yet
Riding around on the bikes, we're still sane
I won't be her, tripping over onstage
Hey, it's all cool
I still like hotels, but I think that'll change
Still like hotels and my newfound fame
Hey, promise I can stay good
(Everything feels right)
I'm little, but I'm coming for the crown
I'm little, but I'm coming for you
(Chase paper, get by)
I'm little, but I'm coming for the title held by everyone who's up
All work and no play
Never made me lose it
All business, all day
Keeps me up a level
All work and no play
Keeps me on the new shit, yeah
All work and no play
Let me count the bruises
All business, all day
Keeps me up a level
All work and no play
Lonely on that new shit, yeah, yeah
Only bad people live to see
Their likeness set in stone
Only bad people live to see
Their likeness set in stone
What does that make me?
I'm not in the swing of things
But what I really mean is
Not in the swing of things yet
I'm not in the swing of things
But what I really mean is
Not in the swing of things yet
All work and no play
Never made me lose it
All business, all day
Keeps me up a level
All work and no play
Keeps me on the new shit, yeah
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Key vocabulary
- shit
- very bad situation
- bruises
- hurt marks on skinB1
- likeness
- similar appearance
- chase
- run afterB2
- fame
- being well-knownB2
- riding
- on or controlling an animalB2
- terrified
- very afraidB2
- cool
- calm and fashionableA1
- everything
- all thingsA1
- change
- become differentA1
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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.