Call Me When You're Sober – English Lyrics

• By: Evanescence

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cry /kraɪ/ B1	verb - to produce tears as a result of emotion
love /lʌv/ A2	verb - to have a strong affection for someone
find /faɪnd/ A2	verb - to discover something or someone
mind /maɪnd/ B1	noun - the part of a person that thinks, feels, and remembers verb - to be concerned about something
believe /bɪˈliːv/ B1	verb - to accept something as true
deceive /dɪˈsiːv/ B2	verb - to cause someone to believe something that is not true
sick /sɪk/ B1	adjective - feeling ill or unwell
exhausting /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪŋ/ B2	adjective - very tiring
game /ɡeɪm/ A2	noun - a form of play or sport
victim /ˈvɪktɪm/ B2	noun - a person harmed or injured
call /kɔːl/ A2	verb - to speak to someone on the phone
burn /bɜrn/ B1	verb - to be on fire or to cause to be on fire
over /ˈoʊvər/ A1	adverb - above or higher than something
never /ˈnɛvər/ A2	adverb - at no time in the past or future
things /θɪŋz/ A1	noun - objects, items, or concepts

Key Grammar Structures

• If you loved me

  ➔ Conditional sentence using 'if' (second conditional).

  ➔ Expresses a hypothetical situation and its result.

• Make up your mind

  ➔ Imperative sentence with a phrasal verb.

  ➔ A command or strong suggestion to decide.

• You want me, come find me

  ➔ Coordination of two imperative clauses connected by a comma.

  ➔ Two commands or requests linked together to emphasize the actions.

• Can't keep believing

  ➔ Negative modal verb + gerund to express inability or refusal to continue an action.

  ➔ Expresses an inability or unwillingness to continue believing.

• You were never mine

  ➔ Past tense of 'to be' with adverb 'never' for negation.

  ➔ States that at no time in the past was the relationship theirs.

• Get your things

  ➔ Imperative sentence with 'get' + possessive pronoun + noun.

  ➔ A command telling someone to take or gather their belongings.

• You've only want it 'cause it's over

  ➔ Present perfect tense with 'have' + past participle 'want', expressing a completed action or state.

  ➔ Expresses an action that is completed in the recent past with relevance to the present.