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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

pass the cheese please

my god you can't even look at me can you

nope

hey it's phoebe we can talk to baby

no i'm i'm too depressed to talk

i'll give you a thousand dollars to talk

to us

hey you guys what do you think about

making that beach trip an annual thing

no

all right that's it you guys what

happened out there

what

we took a walk nothing happened

i came back with nothing all over me

come on what happened joey

all right no

joey we swore we'd never tell they'll

never understand

well we have to say something we have to

get it out it's eating me alive

monica got stung by a jellyfish all

right

all right

i got stung

stung bad

i couldn't stand i

i couldn't walk

we were two miles from the house

we're scared and alone

we didn't think we could make it

i was in too much pain and i was tired

from digging the huge hole

and then joey remembered something

i'd seen this thing on the discovery

channel wait a minute i saw that on the

discovery channel yeah about jellyfish

and how if

oh

you peed on yourself

ew

you can't say that you don't know

i mean i thought i was gonna pass out

from the pain

anyway i i tried

but i couldn't

bend that way

so

[Applause]

that's right i stepped up

she's my friend and she needed help

if i had to i'd pee on any one of you

only uh i couldn't

i got the stage fright

i wanted to help but there was just too

much pressure so

so i uh i turned to chandler

joy kept screaming at me do it now do it

do it do it now

sometimes late at night i can still hear

this screaming

that's cause sometimes i just do it

through my wall to freak you out

[Music]

you

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pass pæs A1	verb - to move something from one person to another
depressed dɪˈprɛst A2	adjective - feeling very sad and without hope
annual ˈænjuəl A2	adjective - happening once a year
walk wɔk A1	verb - to move on foot at a regular pace
stung stʌŋ A2	verb - past tense of sting; to cause a sharp pain
jellyfish ˈdʒɛliˌfɪʃ A2	noun - a sea creature with a soft body and stinging tentacles
scared skɛrd A1	adjective - afraid or frightened
digging ˈdɪɡɪŋ A1	verb - present participle of dig; to break up and move earth
remembered rɪˈmɛmbərd A2	verb - past tense of remember; to recall something from the past
pressure ˈprɛʃər B1	noun - the force applied per unit area
screaming ˈskriːmɪŋ A2	verb - present participle of scream; to shout loudly
freak frik B1	noun - a person who is unusual or bizarre verb - to become very upset or angry

Key Grammar Structures

• my god you can't even look at me can you

  ➔ Tag question

  ➔ The phrase "can you" at the end is a tag question, used to confirm or seek agreement.

• i'm i'm too depressed to talk

  ➔ Stammering repetition

  ➔ The repetition of "i'm" shows hesitation or emotional distress.

• i'll give you a thousand dollars to talk

  ➔ Future tense with 'will'

  ➔ 'I'll' is a contraction of 'I will,' used to express a future action.

• we swore we'd never tell

  ➔ Past tense with 'swore'

  ➔ 'Swore' is the past tense of 'swear,' indicating a past promise or oath.

• it's eating me alive

  ➔ Present continuous for ongoing effect

  ➔ 'It's eating me alive' uses the present continuous to emphasize an ongoing emotional impact.

• if i had to i'd pee on any one of you

  ➔ Conditional sentence with 'if'

  ➔ This is a conditional sentence expressing a hypothetical situation and its consequence.

• i got the stage fright

  ➔ Past simple for completed action

  ➔ 'Got' is used in the past simple to indicate a completed action.

• sometimes late at night i can still hear this screaming

  ➔ Present simple for habitual actions

  ➔ 'Can still hear' uses the present simple to describe a recurring action.