Blue – English Lyrics

• By: Kali Uchis
• Album: Red Moon in Venus

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the smooth rhythms of 'Blue' by Kali Uchis to enhance your English listening skills. This song is perfect for learning expressive, emotive vocabulary and understanding how soulful melodies can convey complex feelings of love and melancholy.

[English]

I'm not broken yet

But sometimes it sure feels like it

When you treat me like a stranger

How do you get cold so fast?

'Cause there ain't much to make me ever walk away, yeah

Guess I love you way too hard

But you're breaking my heart with your body language

Wanna feel your hands on my waist

'Cause what's the point of all the pretty things in the world if I don't have you?

...

Yeah, there's no point of much anything in the world if I don't have you

Said, "What's the point of all the pretty things in the world if I don't have you?"

I guess that's my own fault for makin' you my world, now all I feel is blue

Ice-cold, actin' funny with your phone and

Now I can't control my attitude

...

Sorry, if I ruined your dinner party

Got my things together, I'll go home

See, I'm praying God will send me an angel

Will the angels bring me back to you?

Every single second missin' you is painful

I know I could go and find someone new

But they'll would never be you

Now all I feel is blue

All I feel is blue, blue, blue, blue

...

'Cause what's the point of all the pretty things in the world if I don't have you?

(I don't wanna see you with nobody else, I just wanna love you, baby, all to myself)

Yeah, there's no point of much anything in the world if I don't have you

(You, you, you, you, you, you, you)

Said, "What's the point of all the pretty things in the world if I don't have you?"

(I don't wanna see you with nobody else, I just wanna love you, baby, ooh)

I guess that's my own fault for makin' you my world, now all I feel is blue

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
broken /ˈbroʊkən/ A2	adjective - damaged, fractured, or emotionally devastated
stranger /ˈstreɪndʒər/ A2	noun - a person whom one does not know
treat /triːt/ A2	verb - to behave toward or deal with someone in a certain way
language /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ A2	noun - a system of communication; body signals
waist /weɪst/ B1	noun - the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips
fault /fɔːlt/ B1	noun - responsibility for an accident or fault
blue /bluː/ A1	adjective - feeling sad or depressed
attitude /ˈætɪtjuːd/ B1	noun - a way of thinking or feeling about someone or something
ruined /ˈruːɪnd/ B1	verb - to spoil or destroy something
praying /ˈpreɪɪŋ/ B1	verb - to address a prayer to God or a deity
angel /ˈeɪndʒəl/ A2	noun - a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant to God
painful /ˈpeɪnfʊl/ B1	adjective - causing physical or emotional pain
control /kənˈtroʊl/ A2	verb - to determine the behavior or supervise the running of
pretty /ˈprɪti/ A1	adjective - attractive in a delicate way
second /ˈsekənd/ A1	noun - a very short period of time

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm not broken yet

  ➔ Adverb 'yet' with present tense

  ➔ 'Yet' is used in negative sentences to indicate that something expected has not happened up to this moment.

• When you treat me like a stranger

  ➔ Subordinate clause with 'When'

  ➔ 'When' introduces a time clause that sets the context for the main action.

• 'Cause there ain't much to make me ever walk away

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose / Non-standard 'ain't'

  ➔ 'To make' functions as an infinitive explaining the cause, and 'ain't' is a colloquial contraction for 'there is not'.

• Guess I love you way too hard

  ➔ Adverbial intensifier 'way'

  ➔ In informal English, 'way' is used to emphasize the degree of an adjective or adverb (meaning 'much' or 'far').

• What's the point of all the pretty things

  ➔ Idiomatic expression 'What's the point of...'

  ➔ This phrase is used to question the purpose or utility of something.

• I guess that's my own fault

  ➔ Reflexive pronoun 'own' for emphasis

  ➔ 'Own' is added to emphasize that the fault belongs exclusively to the speaker.

• Sorry, if I ruined your dinner party

  ➔ Conditional 'if' clause

  ➔ The 'if' clause here introduces a past action to apologize for a specific occurrence.

• Will the angels bring me back to you?

  ➔ Future tense with 'Will' (interrogative)

  ➔ 'Will' is used here as an auxiliary verb to form a question about a future possibility.