Blinding Lights – English Lyrics

• By: The Weeknd

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into The Weeknd's global hit "Blinding Lights," a track that masterfully blends modern pop sheen with an authentic 80s synthwave sound. Through its propulsive beat and lyrics of urgent longing, you can learn about how sonic nostalgia is used to amplify emotional desperation in contemporary music, making it a truly special and unforgettable listening experience.

[English]

("Blinding Lights")

(upbeat music)

♪ I've been tryna call ♪

♪ I've been on my own for long enough ♪

♪ Baby you can show me how to love, maybe ♪

♪ I'm going through withdrawals ♪

♪ You don't even have to do too much ♪

♪ You can turn me on with just a touch, baby ♪

♪ I look around and Sin City's cold and empty ♪

♪ No one's around to judge me ♪

♪ I can't see clearly when you're gone ♪

♪ I said, ooh, I'm blinded by the lights ♪

♪ No, I can't sleep until I feel your touch ♪

♪ I said, ooh, I'm drowning in the night ♪

♪ Oh, when I'm like this, you're the one I trust ♪

♪ I'm running out of time ♪

♪ 'Cause I can see the sun light up the sky ♪

♪ So I hit the road in overdrive, baby ♪

♪ Oh, Sin City's cold and empty ♪

♪ No one's around to judge me ♪

♪ I can't see clearly when you're gone ♪

♪ I said, ooh, I'm blinded by the lights ♪

♪ No, I can't sleep until I feel your touch ♪

♪ I said, ooh, I'm drowning in the night ♪

♪ Oh, when I'm like this, you're the one I trust ♪

♪ I'm just walking by to let you know ♪

♪ I could never say it on the phone ♪

♪ Will never let you go this time ♪

♪ I said, ooh, I'm blinded by the lights ♪

♪ No, I can't sleep until I feel your touch ♪

(upbeat music)

♪ I said, ooh, I'm blinded by the lights ♪

♪ No, I can't sleep until I feel your touch ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
blind /blaɪnd/ C1	adjective - unable to see, lacking sight verb - to make blind
light /laɪt/ A2	noun - electromagnetic radiation that makes things visible verb - to make lighter in weight or color
touch /tʌtʃ/ A2	noun - the act of making contact with something verb - to make contact or come into contact with
night /naɪt/ A2	noun - the period of darkness in each twenty-four hours
city /ˈsɪti/ A2	noun - a large town
pressure /ˈpreʃər/ C1	noun - the force exerted on a surface
trust /trʌst/ B2	noun - belief in the reliability of someone or something verb - to believe in the reliability of someone or something
pull /pʊl/ A2	verb - to exert force on something to move it toward oneself
run /rʌn/ A2	verb - to move swiftly on foot
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
sky /skaɪ/ A2	noun - the region of the atmosphere seen from the earth

Key Grammar Structures

• I've been tryna call

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The verb phrase "I've been" indicates an action that started in the past and is still ongoing, using the auxiliary "have" with "been" and the present participle.

• I've been on my own for long enough

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous with duration

  ➔ The structure "I've been" + V-ing + "for long enough" shows an ongoing action with a specified duration, emphasizing extended time without a defined end.

• You don't even have to do too much

  ➔ Negative modal verb 'have to'

  ➔ "Don't even have to" expresses lack of obligation or necessity, using negative form of "have to" to mean something is unnecessary.

• I can't see clearly when you're gone

  ➔ Present simple in conditional when-clause

  ➔ "When you're gone" uses present simple in the subordinate clause to refer to a general or habitual condition, implying a cause-and-effect relationship.

• No, I can't sleep until I feel your touch

  ➔ Until-clause for future completion

  ➔ "Until I feel your touch" indicates that the action in the main clause will continue up to a point in the future when the until-action happens.

• Oh, when I'm like this, you're the one I trust

  ➔ When-clause for current state

  ➔ "When I'm like this" describes a current situation using present tense in the when-clause, linking it to a result in the main clause.

• 'Cause I can see the sunlight up the sky

  ➔ Causal conjunction with present simple

  ➔ "'Cause" introduces the reason, with "I can see" using present simple to describe a current ability or perception linked to the consequence.

• I could never say it on the phone

  ➔ Modal 'could' for hypothetical past impossibility

  ➔ "Could never" expresses a hypothetical or emphatic negation of past possibility, implying 'it was impossible for me to say it.'

• Will never let you go this time

  ➔ Future simple with emphatic negation

  ➔ "Will never" uses future simple for a strong, unyielding commitment or prediction, negating the idea of letting go in the future.

• I'm just walking by to let you know

  ➔ Present continuous for future arrangement

  ➔ "I'm just walking by" uses present continuous to describe a planned or fixed future action, here implying politeness in approaching.