Bottle Up – English Lyrics

• By: Backstreet Boys
• Album: PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful melodies of 'Bottle Up' to enhance your English vocabulary. This song is perfect for learning idiomatic expressions related to emotions and metaphors, making it a unique way to master expressive language through pop music.

[English]

Something about you got me

Like lightning struck my body

Tell the room get out of the way

We are made of broken pieces, but that's how the love gets in

You're under my skin

And even if I could stop it

I would change exactly nothing, not a word that I could say

It's some higher power, you make me feel like I've got everything

It's something that you bring

And I can't stop time

But tonight, it's for life

Take this moment

And bottle up this feeling

Take this moment

And bottle up this feeling

'Cause when I watch you dancing, I'm under your command

Just one touch, you got me right in the palm of your hand

So take this moment

And bottle up this feeling

Ooh, if you're feeling the love go deeper, and deeper

I'm down, I don't know when I'll come back 'round

Keep this forever, and, ooh, I'm studying every feature

I'm speechless right now, just one look, you take me out

And I can't stop time

But tonight is for life

Take this moment

And bottle up this feeling

Take this moment

And bottle up this feeling

'Cause when I watch you dancing, I'm under your command

Just one touch, you got me right in the palm of your hand

So take this moment

And bottle up this feeling

(Underneath these lights) I wanna never leave

Can I keep you close to me?

Right where I wanna be

(If this just feels so right) tell me is this make-believe?

How did this come to be?

It's our reality tonight

Take this moment

And bottle up this feeling

Take this moment

And bottle up this feeling

'Cause when I watch you dancing, I'm under your command

Just one touch, you got me right in the palm of your hand

So take this moment (come on, take this moment)

And bottle up this feeling

Let me hear you sing, hear you sing

Ooh-ooh (ooh-ooh)

Ooh-ooh (ooh-ooh)

Ooh-ooh (ooh-ooh)

Ooh-ooh (ooh-ooh)

Ooh-ooh (ooh-ooh)

Ooh-ooh (ooh-ooh)

Ooh-ooh (ooh-ooh)

Ooh-ooh (ooh-ooh)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
lightning /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ B2	noun - a flash of light in the sky during a storm
broken /ˈbroʊkən/ A2	adjective - having been fractured or damaged
bottle /ˈbɒtəl/ A1	verb - to preserve or store something, figuratively trapping an emotion
command /kəˈmænd/ B2	noun - an authority or control over someone
feature /ˈfiːtʃər/ B1	noun - a distinctive attribute or aspect of something
speechless /ˈspiːtʃləs/ C1	adjective - unable to speak, especially from shock or strong emotion
reality /riˈælɪti/ B1	noun - the state of things as they actually exist
moment /ˈmoʊmənt/ A1	noun - a very brief period of time
studying /ˈstʌdiɪŋ/ A2	verb - observing or examining someone or something carefully
palm /pɑːm/ B1	noun - the inner surface of the hand
dancing /ˈdænsɪŋ/ A1	verb - moving rhythmically to music
pieces /ˈpiːsɪz/ A2	noun - portions or parts of a whole
power /ˈpaʊər/ A2	noun - the capacity or ability to direct or influence
struck /strʌk/ B1	verb - hit forcibly
forever /fərˈɛvər/ A2	adjective - for all future time

Key Grammar Structures

• Something about you got me

  ➔ Causative/Phrasal Verb construction

  ➔ "Got me" is used here as an idiomatic expression meaning to captivate or influence someone.

• We are made of broken pieces

  ➔ Passive Voice (Present Simple)

  ➔ "Are made of" shows the state of being constructed from something.

• And even if I could stop it

  ➔ Second Conditional (Hypothetical)

  ➔ "Could stop" refers to a hypothetical situation in the present or future.

• You make me feel like I've got everything

  ➔ Causative verb 'make' + object + bare infinitive

  ➔ The structure "make me feel" implies that the subject causes the feeling in the object.

• When I watch you dancing

  ➔ Verb of perception + object + present participle

  ➔ "Watch you dancing" highlights the action in progress.

• I don't know when I'll come back 'round

  ➔ Future Simple in a subordinate clause

  ➔ The "when" clause uses the future form to express uncertainty about a future return.

• I'm studying every feature

  ➔ Present Continuous (Active)

  ➔ "I'm studying" indicates an action currently happening.

• How did this come to be?

  ➔ Past Simple interrogative structure

  ➔ "Did... come" is the correct auxiliary usage for past tense questions.