Rihanna
Love the Way You Lie (Part II) lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2012
- Genre
- Hip-Hop, Pop, R&B
- Length
- 4:57
On the first page of our story
The future seemed so bright
Then this thing turned out so evil
I don't know why I'm still surprised
Even angels have their wicked schemes
And you take that to new extremes
But you'll always be my hero
Even though you've lost your mind
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
Well, that's alright because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
Well, that's alright because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie, oh
I love the way you lie
Now there's gravel in our voices
Glass is shattered from the fight
In this tug of war, you'll always win
Even when I'm right
'Cause you feed me fables from your hand
With violent words and empty threats
And it's sick that all these battles
Are what keeps me satisfied
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
Well, that's alright because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
Well, that's alright because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie, oh-oh
I love the way you lie, oh-oh-oh
So maybe I'm a masochist
I try to run, but I don't wanna ever leave
'Til the walls are goin' up
In smoke with all our memories
It's mornin', you wake, a sun ray hits your face
Smeared makeup as we lay in the wake of destruction (ssh)
Hush baby, speak softly, tell me you're awfully sorry
That you pushed me into the coffee table last night, so I can push you off me
Try and touch me, so I can scream at you not to touch me
Run out the room, and I'll follow you like a lost puppy
Baby, without you, I'm nothing, I'm so lost, hug me
Then tell me how ugly I am, but that you'll always love me
Then after that, shove me, in the aftermath of the
Destructive path that we're on, two psychopaths but we
Know that no matter how many knives we put in each other's backs
That we'll have each other's backs, 'cause we're that lucky
Together we move mountains, let's not make mountains out of molehills
You hit me twice, yeah, but who's countin'?
I may have hit you three times, I'm startin' to lose count
But together, we'll live forever, we found the youth fountain
Our love is crazy, we're nuts, but I refuse counsellin'
This house is too huge, if you move out, I'll burn all two thousand
Square feet of it to the ground, ain't - you can do about it
'Cause with you, I'm in my - mind, without you, I'm out it
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
Well, that's all right because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
Well, that's all right because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
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Key vocabulary
- ever
- at any timeA1
- face
- front part of headA1
- first
- at the beginningA1
- follow
- go afterA1
- future
- time to comeA1
- empty
- not full; having nothingA2
- fight
- struggle againstA2
- pushed
- past of push; moved with forceA2
- smoke
- visible gas from burningA2
- hear
- perceive soundA1
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About this song
Rihanna is a Barbadian singer and songwriter who works primarily in dance pop and pop-leaning R&B, incorporating influences from reggae, EDM, dancehall, and hip-hop. She is known for chart-dominating hits such as “Umbrella” and “Work” and for taking major creative control with releases like ANTI.