The Neighbourhood - Softcore (Learn English with Songs)

Lyrics

You've been my muse for a long time
You get me through every dark night
I'm always gone, out on the go
I'm on the run and you're home alone
I'm too consumed with my own life

Are we too young for this?
Feels like I can't move

Sharing my heart
It's tearing me apart
But I know I'd miss you, baby, if I left right now
Doing what I can, tryna be a man
And every time I kiss you, baby
I can hear the sound of breaking down

I've been confused as of late (Yeah)
Watching my youth slip away (Yeah)
You're like the sun, you wake me up
But you drain me out if I get too much
I might need you or I'll break

Are we too young for this?
Feels like I can't move

Sharing my heart
It's tearing me apart
But I know I'd miss you, baby, if I left right now
Doing what I can, tryna be a man
And every time I kiss you, baby
I can hear the sound of breaking down

Breaking down, breaking down, breaking down
Breaking down, breaking down, breaking down

I don't want to play this part
But I do all for you
I don't want to make this hard
But I will 'cause I'm still

Sharing my heart
It's tearing me apart
But I know I'd miss you, baby, if I left right now (I know I would)
Doing what I can, tryna be a man (Be your man)
And every time I kiss you, baby
I can hear the sound of breaking down

Sharing my bed, uh
Sharing my bread, yeah
Sharing my bread
Sharing my head
(I'm breaking down)
Sharing my heart
Sharing my, suddenly I'm
(Breaking down)
Sharing, I'm done
Sharing my life

Difficult Phrases and Words

1. on the go

   1. Context: I'm always gone, out on the go

   2. Definition: To be in constant or frequent motion or activity.

   3. Additional sentence: I enjoy always being on the go.

2. tearing me apart

   1. Context: Sharing my heart / It's tearing me apart

   2. Definition: To cause someone to be extremely or inconsolably sad; to devastate someone.

   3. Additional sentence: Getting a bad grade on this test is tearing me apart.

3. breaking down

   1. Context: And every time I kiss you, baby / I can hear the sound of breaking down

   2. Definition: to collapse, fail, to break down in tears

   3. Additional sentence: I broke down in tears when my car broke down in the middle of the desert.

4. slip away

   1. Context: I've been confused as of late (Yeah) / Watching my youth slip away (Yeah)

   2. Definition: to pass out of existence, to leave a place without being noticed

   3. Additional sentence: My girlfriend slipped away last month, and I haven’t heard from her since then.

5. drain me out

   1. Context: You're like the sun, you wake me up / But you drain me out if I get too much

   2. Definition: 1)To cause a liquid to flow or move out of something. 2) Energy can be drained (flow out) from a person as well. (This lyric is using both meanings of the phrase.)

   3. Additional sentence: The mother’s five kids drain her out everyday.

Discussion Questions

1. What do you think this song is about?

2. Can you relate to anything in this song? Do you live far from someone you love?

3. Do you enjoy being on the go or being still and calm?

4. When was a time when you were torn apart by a sad event or moment? What do you do when you are torn apart by something?

5. Has your car ever broken down? What did you do? Did you break down in tears?

6. If someone like the singer tells you that their youth is slipping away, what would you say to them?

7. What drains you out? (Shopping, parties, homework, work, family, kids, etc.)