Today, I'll be introducing Closer from the Chain Smokers

Welcome back to Crown's English Song Spotlight

We introduced Fight Song from Rachel Platten in the last episode

Today, I'll be introducing the hottest song , Closer

Closer is from the popular DJ duo

The Chainsmokers ft Halsey

Because of this song

they reached No.1 on Billboard Hot 100

This song is an EDM hit

with strong beats and conversational lyrics

making it super real

The lyrics are about a couple who broke up long ago

suddenly met at the hotel's bar

When i first heard the song

I thought it was a romantic one

But after Googling on the Internet

the Chainsmokers have a really unique explanation themselves

You guys will know it soon

Today, We'll be reading behind the lyrics

The translation of the lyrics is in the info section

you can take a look if needed

Let's check the song out

Hey, I was doing just fine before i met you

I drink too much and that's an issue

But I'm OK

Hey, you tell your friends it was nice to meet them

But i hope i never see them again

The translation of this part is that

I'm pretty good before meeting you

There are two explanations regarding the timing

It could be the first time they met

or the time they bumped into each other

No matter which timing it is

the "was doing just fine" in the lyrics strongly suggests that

I'll be fine without you

"Was doing" suggests his condition

before meeting the girl

The just in "just fine" further emphasizes the message that I don't care about you

but you can feel there is something going on deep inside

The translation of the lyrics is

maybe I have some drinking issues, but I'm ok

According to the two timings

If it's before meeting the girl, he might be just saying

he has some drinking problems

but if it's the other timing, which is

when they met again, he might be suggesting

he relied alcohol to get out of the relationship

But he still emphasizes

he's perfectly fine and released now

No matter what, he's talking about his weakness

but denying his weakness at the same time

Issue can be seen as a debatable point

or just a problem

If we want to talk behind a person with our BFF

and the person is really annoying

or acting like a moron

we can say that he or she has some serious issues

Don't tell anyone that I taught you this

I know it breaks your heart

Moved to the city in a broke-down car

And four years, no calls

Now you're pretty in a hotel bar and

I, I, I, I, I can't stop

No, I, I, I, I, I can't stop

The translation of the lyrics is

I know i broke your heart

But i still left you and drove that broke-down car to city

The guy admitted that he's the one who dumped the girl

and hurt the girl completely

After ending this relationship

he moved to a major city

You can see they used the same word twice

which are break and broken

Break is a verb

On the other hand, broke is an adjective

Break someone's heart means 傷透了某個人的心

Broke-down car described that

the car's condition couldn't be worse

so you can see the guy drives a broke-down car

he must be poor

The translation of the lyrics is

You haven't contacted me in four years

but now i met you in the hotel bar

When Drew and Alex were writing this song

they really wanted to create an unexpected atmosphere

when meeting their ex accidently

When you meet people in this condition

you will be struck by the memories

and there would be some kind of chemical

"four years, no calls" I personally think that

they not only didn't call each other

but also haven't heard anything of each other

You look as good as the day I met you

I forget just why I left you

I was insane

Stay, and play the Blink-182 song

That we beat to death in Tucson

OK

The translation of the lyrics is

you're still as handsome as before

I totally forgot why I left you

I was probably insane

four years past

you still look so handsome and charming

WTH did i break up with you

I kinda regret it now

This part is very interesting

They both thought that

they were the person who dumped the other

as good as means 一樣好, 一樣帥

phrases with the same meaning are

as far as, as long as, and as soon as

but the "just" here

is different from the one previously mentioned

here, it kinda has the feeling like

WTH did I make this decision

insane means 發瘋 or 發神經

The translations of the lyrics is

Stay and lets think about Tucson, where

we heard the song from Blink-182 millions of times

Now, the girl seems to be attracted to the guy

so she invited him

to relive their happy memories four years ago again

Bline-182 is an American rock band formed in 1992

The song mentioned in the lyrics

is probably "I Miss You"

or "All the Small Things"

hearing "Beat to death", we might thought that

someone was beaten to death

But if it's beat something to death

the meaning is completely different

Beat something to death is

you've done something so repeatly

that you lose the fun doing it

So here is means you heard the same song too many times

the pronunciation of "2 song"

Is similar to Arizona's Tucson

that's why they arranged the lyrics

So, baby pull me closer

In the back seat of your Rover

That I know you can't afford

Bite that tattoo on your shoulder

Pull the sheets right off the corner

Of that mattress that you stole

From you roommate back in Boulder

We ain't never getting older

the translation of the lyrics is

Put me in your warms in the back seat of the car that i know you can't afford

In the story the girl is a rich kid

so she can't afford Rover, a pretty expensive car

It was given to her straight by her family

compared with her ex's broke-down car

they come from different classes

this may be one of the reasons that they broke up

Pull me closer is the main idea

so in the back seat of your Rover

and that i know you can't afford

are just describing the situation

Back seat is how we describe 車子的後座

Rover is a car brand

can't afford something is 付不起

we've taught about this phrase before

in our 10 English Phrases series

You can check it out by clicking the card

The translation of the lyrics is

我們永遠不會老去

We'll live in this moment forever

There are also two explanations as well, the first one

is that even though it has been a long time

four years has passed, neither of the couple has grown up

they broke up before and they're making the same mistake now

They didn't learn their lesson

Another explanation is that, in that moment

it was as if they had traveled back in time

It gives people tje feeling that time has frozen and

youth stays forever

" Ain't " is an abbreviation of various phrases

it may be am not, is not, are not

has not, have not

anyways, it just mean not, no or not gonna

this is our English Spotlight today

If you want to listen to the original song, click here

I made this song because of

the poll in the last episode Fightsong

Closer won by a lot in the poll

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