– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[connecting tone]

- Hi, I'm April.

What's your name?

- Samara.

[ominous tone]

You're pretty.

I like your skin.

- Thanks.

- Do you want to switch bodies with me?

- Wait, what?

- [Samara] I wanna be you.

I wanna wear your skin like clothes.

[ominous music]

Wouldn't that be so much fun?

- That's so weird.

Uh, no thanks.

- [Samara] Come on, it'll be fun.

Switch with me, switch with me, switch with me.

[keyboard click] [connecting tone]

- That was so creepy.

[ominous music]

- [Samara] Look, I'm you now.

- Samara?

[Samara laughs]

- You caught me.

-That's- that's not funny.

- Uh, I'm going to go.

- [Samara] Wait, don't go.

I want to show you something.

- What are you going to show me?

- Just wait, you'll see.

- What are you doing?

[zip-tie tightening]

[zip-tie tightening]

Switch with me,

switch with me, switch with me, switch with me

[lights flicker]

- What's going on?

switch with me.

[laughter] [lights flicker]

[lights flicker]

What's happening?

Where am I?

Why- why do I sound like that?

[scared breathing]

No, no, no, no, please. 

Please, Samara, please no.

What- what did you do?

- See I told you this would be fun.

I like wearing your skin.

- [April] Change us back this isn't funny.

- Awe, poor old me.

What's wrong? You don't like your new body?

- Please, Samara,

I- I don't want to be you.

I... I...

I want my body back.

- Awe, well that's too bad

because I like being you.

- Please.

- Bye-bye, now.

- Wait, wait, no no no no...

[cries] No.

[ominous music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
switch /swɪtʃ/ B2	verb - to change from one thing to another verb - to swap positions or roles
body /ˈbɑdi/ A2	noun - the physical structure of a person or animal
skin /skɪn/ A2	noun - the outer layer covering the body
want /wɑnt/ A1	verb - to desire or wish for something
be /bi/ A1	verb - to exist or occur
like /laɪk/ A1	verb - to find something pleasurably acceptable
fun /fʌn/ A1	noun - enjoyment or amusement adjective - enjoyable
creepy /ˈkripi/ B2	adjective - causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease
weird /wɪrd/ B1	adjective - strange or uncanny
pretty /ˈprɪti/ A1	adjective - pleasurably beautiful
thanks /θæŋks/ A1	noun - expressions of gratitude
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word used to refer to someone or something
show /ʃoʊ/ A1	verb - to display or demonstrate something
see /si/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
go /goʊ/ A1	verb - to move from one place to another
wait /weɪt/ A1	verb - to stay in place for a time
happen /ˈhæpən/ A2	verb - to take place or occur
sound /saʊnd/ A2	verb - to appear or seem from what is heard
wrong /rɔŋ/ A1	adjective - not correct or accurate
new /nu/ A1	adjective - not previously used or experienced

Key Grammar Structures

• What's your name?

  ➔ Wh-question

  ➔ The sentence uses a "Wh-question" with "What's" as a contraction of "What is" to ask for information about the person's name.

• You're pretty.

  ➔ Present simple

  ➔ The sentence uses the "present simple" tense with contraction "You're" (You are) to describe a permanent state or characteristic.

• Do you want to switch bodies with me?

  ➔ Yes/No question with infinitive

  ➔ This is a "yes/no question" starting with the auxiliary "Do" followed by "want to" + infinitive "switch" to ask about willingness.

• I wanna be you.

  ➔ Informal contraction with want + infinitive

  ➔ The informal contraction "wanna" stands for "want to" followed by the infinitive "be" to express desire.

• Wouldn't that be so much fun?

  ➔ Modal would in hypothetical question

  ➔ The modal "wouldn't" (would not) forms a rhetorical "hypothetical question" suggesting a conditional situation for fun.

• I'm going to go.

  ➔ Future with going to

  ➔ The structure "'m going to" + base verb "go" expresses a future intention based on present evidence or plan.

• What are you doing?

  ➔ Present continuous question

  ➔ The "present continuous" "are you doing" asks about an action happening at the moment of speaking.

• I like wearing your skin.

  ➔ Like + gerund

  ➔ The verb "like" is followed by the "gerund" "wearing" to express enjoyment of an activity.

• You don't like your new body?

  ➔ Negative question

  ➔ The "negative question" uses "don't like" to express surprise or seek confirmation about dislike.