Tate McRae
Greenlight lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:46
Two chains hangin' off your chest when you kiss me
So strange, who'd've thought we'd get here with our history?
You know, I tried to be what he thought I was, I wasn't
I tried to be everything I thought he wanted
And truthfully, I'm so over but stuck on it
And if I'm honest
I'm still waitin' at the green light
To tell you what I feel like, but I can't go
I'm still tryna make a beeline
Stuck up in a rewrite of the same song
Band-Aids and bullet holes don't go
I can't unhear shit I've been told
Guess I never healed right
Maybe it's a green light, but I can't go
Midnight, 120 on the PCH, just you and me
Baby, no, I can't lie
The most alive I think I'll maybe ever be, oh
You know, I tried to be what he thought I was, I wasn't
I tried to be everything I thought he wanted
And truthfully, I'm so over but stuck on it
And if I'm honest (oh, yeah)
I'm still waitin' at the green light
To tell you what I feel like, but I can't go
I'm still tryna make a beeline
Stuck up in a rewrite of the same song
Band-Aids and bullet holes don't go
I can't unhear shit I've been told
Guess I never healed right
Maybe it's a green light, but I can't go
I can't go, I can't let go
I can't go, I can't let go
I can't go, I can't let go
I can't go
I'm still waitin' at the green light
To tell you what I feel like, but I can't go
I'm still tryna make a beeline
Stuck up in a rewrite of the same song
Band-Aids and bullet holes don't go
I can't unhear shit I've been told
Guess I never healed right
Maybe it's a green light, but I can't go
Maybe it's a green light (oh)
Green light, green light
Maybe it's a green light (oh)
Green light, green light
I can't go
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Key vocabulary
- hangin
- hanging (informal)
- chest
- front part of the bodyB1
- who'd've
- who would have
- we'd
- we would
- alive
- living, not deadA2
- holes
- open spaces or gapsA2
- strange
- unusual; oddA2
- feel
- have an emotionA1
- go
- move to a placeA1
- it's
- it is (contraction)A1
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About this song
Tate McRae is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence via teen dance competitions and later became known for style-shifting releases that blend pop with trap, alt-rock, and R&B.