Before You Break My Heart – English Lyrics

• By: JADE

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Stop in the name of love

Before you break my heart

Stop in the name of love

Before you break, break, break, break

I'm your day-one, baby, but you're forgettin' lately

And it's tearin' us apart (oh-oh)

You got a nasty habit, uh, of doin' me damage

When all I wanna do is go back to the start

You're the dream that I've had for so long

You'0re the one who inspired all my love songs

And now you're tryin' to leave and

It's a crime to me, call up the police

You keep hurtin' me, I'm beggin' you to

Stop in the name of love (doo-doo-doo)

Before you break my heart (I'm beggin' you to)

Stop in the name of love (doo-doo-doo)

Before you break my heart

I'm beggin' (beggin') think it over (stop, stop, stop, stop)

Think it over (before you break my heart, (I'm beggin' you to)

Think it over (stop, stop, stop, stop)

Think it over (before you break my heart, oh-oh)

Can we switch the station (ooh) to the affirmations? (Ah)

Will you tell me that I'm worth your love?

Would you put me in the spotlight

On the main stage of your mind, so we can both shine? (Shine, shine)

Wish you could see me as your star (before you break my heart)

You're the dream that I've had for so long (before you break my heart)

You're the one who inspired all my love songs (before you break my heart)

And now you're tryin' to leave

It's a crime to me, call up the police (before you break)

You keep hurtin' me, I'm beggin' you to (break, break, break)

Stop in the name of love (doo-doo-doo)

Before you break my heart (I'm beggin' you to stop)

Stop in the name of love (doo-doo-doo)

Before you break my heart

I'm beggin' (beggin') think it over (stop, stop, stop, stop)

Think it over (think it over, before you break my heart, I'm beggin' you to)

Think it over (stop, stop, stop, stop)

Think it over (before you break my heart, mm-mm)

Stop in the name of love

Won't you stop in the name of love?

Won't you stop? 'Cause I've had enough (yeah)

Baby, think it over (just stop)

Stop in the name of love (drop)

Won't you stop in the name of love? (Your love, your heart)

Won't you stop? 'Cause I've had enough, yeah (had enough, before you break, break, break, break)

In the name of love, won't you stop in the name of love? In the name of love

(Won't you stop? 'Cause I've had enough) before you break my heart

In the name of love

Why don't you just stop? (In the name of love) won't you stop?

Stop 'cause I've had enough (before you break my heart, in the name of love)

Uh-huh, uh-huh (I'm beggin' you to think it over)

Stop in the name of love (won't you stop?)

(Before you break my heart)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
break /breɪk/ A1	verb - to separate into pieces
stop /stɒp/ A1	verb - to cease moving or acting
heart /hɑːt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a deep affection
beggin /ˈbɛɡɪŋ/ A2	verb - to ask for something earnestly
hurtin /ˈhɜːrtɪŋ/ A2	verb - to cause physical pain or emotional distress
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - a series of thoughts or images during sleep
inspired /ɪnˈspaɪərd/ B1	verb - to fill with the urge or ability to do something
crime /kraɪm/ A2	noun - an action constituting an offense
police /pəˈliːs/ A1	noun - a body of officers enforcing laws
shine /ʃaɪn/ A2	verb - to emit light
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a massive luminous ball of plasma
switch /swɪtʃ/ A2	verb - to change from one thing to another
affirmations /ˌæfərˈmeɪʃənz/ B2	noun - positive statements to encourage belief
spotlight /ˈspɒtlaɪt/ B1	noun - a focused beam of light
tearin /ˈtɛərɪŋ/ A2	verb - to pull apart or damage
nasty /ˈnɑːsti/ A2	adjective - very unpleasant or offensive
habit /ˈhæbɪt/ A2	noun - a settled or regular tendency
damage /ˈdæmɪdʒ/ A2	noun - harm or injury

Key Grammar Structures

• Stop in the name of love

  ➔ Imperative sentence

  ➔ The verb "Stop" is in the base form, giving an imperative command.

• Before you break my heart

  ➔ Subordinate clause introduced by "before" + present simple (future meaning)

  ➔ "Before" introduces a subordinate clause, and the verb "break" stays in the present simple to refer to a future event.

• I'm your day‑one, baby, but you're forgettin' lately

  ➔ Contractions and present progressive (continuous) tense

  ➔ "I'm" is a contraction of "I am" and "you're forgettin'" uses the present progressive with the "-ing" dropped in informal speech.

• It's a crime to me, call up the police

  ➔ Dummy subject "it" + imperative clause

  ➔ "It" does not refer to anything concrete; it is a dummy subject. The verb "call" that follows is an imperative command.

• You keep hurting me, I'm beggin' you to

  ➔ "keep + V‑ing" construction to express continuous action

  ➔ "keep" is followed by the gerund "hurting"; this pattern indicates that the hurting is ongoing.

• Can we switch the station to the affirmations?

  ➔ Modal verb "can" used for request or permission

  ➔ "Can" at the beginning forms a polite question asking for permission to change the station.

• Would you put me in the spotlight on the main stage of your mind

  ➔ Modal verb "would" for polite request

  ➔ "Would" introduces a polite request, making the sentence softer than a direct command.

• You're the one who inspired all my love songs

  ➔ Relative clause with "who"

  ➔ "who" introduces a relative clause that gives more information about "the one".

• Will you tell me that I'm worth your love?

  ➔ Indirect question with "will" + that‑clause

  ➔ "Will" starts the question, and the clause "that I'm worth your love" functions as the object of "tell".

• Think it over (stop, stop, stop, stop)

  ➔ Phrasal verb "think over" used as an imperative

  ➔ "Think over" means to consider carefully; placed at the beginning it functions as an imperative command.