Baby Steps – English Lyrics

• By: Perrie
• Album: Perrie

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Perrie's debut solo track, 'Baby Steps,' to connect with the universal language of healing after heartbreak. This English pop song uses relatable lyrics about taking life one small stride at a time, making it a special entry point for understanding vulnerability and perseverance in her new musical chapter.

[English]

Back to the start, to the beginning

Back to my mama's on the weekends

Back to the way I was before I met you

I'm left with all these heavy feelings

With no help, I don't know how to feel them

When you're the only one I wanna talk to

Oh, holding on, but I'm about to break

Gotta take it day by day

Oh

Where do I go?

How do I love, when I can't love you any less?

Go around in circles, I'm a mess

So, oh

How do I run?

How do I run? Can't even walk away from this

Learning to let go, it's gonna take baby steps

Rush through the day to get to my bed

'Cause when I'm awake you're just in my head

Hurts to know you chose to do life without me

And I hate to go to places that we used to go to

Hate to know the only way out is to go through

Hurts to know that right now I just don't know how to

Ooh, holding on, but I'm about to break

You still call me way too late

Oh

Where do I go? (Where do I go?)

How do I love, when I can't love you any less?

Go around in circles, I'm a mess

So, oh

How do I run? (How do I run, run, run?)

How do I run? Can't even walk away from this

Learning to let go, it's gonna take baby steps

Oh, oh, oh

Learning to let go, it's gonna take baby steps

Oh, oh, oh

Learning to let go, it's gonna take baby steps

Gonna take baby steps

Learning to let go, it's gonna take baby steps

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
heavy /ˈhɛvi/ A2	adjective - of great weight; difficult to bear
mess /mɛs/ A2	noun - a chaotic or confusing situation
let go /lɛt goʊ/ B1	verb - to stop holding or grasping something; to release emotionally
hurts /hɜːrts/ A2	verb - to cause physical pain or emotional distress
awake /əˈweɪk/ A2	adjective - not asleep; conscious
hate /heɪt/ A1	verb - to dislike intensely or passionately
steps /stɛps/ A1	noun - a movement made by lifting one's foot and putting it down in a new position
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A1	adjective - small or initial stage of something
circles /ˈsɜːrkəlz/ A1	noun - a round shape or path
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - to speak to someone
choose /tʃuːz/ A1	verb - to select something from a number of possibilities
places /pleɪsɪz/ A1	noun - a particular area or location
through /θruː/ A1	preposition - from one side to the other

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm left with all these heavy feelings

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ This tense describes ongoing states or actions: "I'm left" indicates a current feeling.

• With no help, I don't know how to feel them

  ➔ Participle Clause

  ➔ A clause starting with a participle reduces relative clauses: "With no help" implies despite having no help.

• When you're the only one I wanna talk to

  ➔ Wanna as Want to

  ➔ Informal contraction for 'want to': "wanna" is slang for wish or desire.

• Oh holding on, but I'm about to break

  ➔ Be About to + Infinitive

  ➔ Expresses impending action: "I'm about to break" means on the verge of happening.

• Hurts to know you chose to do life without me

  ➔ It Hurts + Infinitive

  ➔ Pain or distress with infinitive: "Hurts to know" expresses emotional pain from knowing.

• Hate to know the only way out is to go through

  ➔ Verbs of Dislike + Gerund

  ➔ Hate, like, love take gerunds: "Hate to know" means detest knowing that fact.

• Learning to let go, it's gonna take baby steps

  ➔ Going to for Future Plans

  ➔ Informal future with intention: "it's gonna take" predicts and expresses process over time.

• Rush through the day to get to my bed

  ➔ Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ How or why action is done: "to get to my bed" indicates the reason for rushing.

• When I'm awake you're just in my head

  ➔ Time Clauses with Present

  ➔ Timelines: "When I'm awake" refers to any time during wakefulness, using present for future events.