Call Out My Name – English Lyrics

• By: The Weeknd
• Album: My Dear Melancholy

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poignant lyrics of The Weeknd's "Call Out My Name" to explore expressive vocabulary and phrases related to heartbreak, longing, and regret. The song's raw emotional honesty and powerful delivery offer a compelling way to understand deeply felt sentiments in English, as it articulates the universal experience of unreciprocated love and moving on.

[English]

♪ ♪

♪ WE FOUND EACH OTHER ♪

♪ I HELPED YOU OUT OF A BROKEN PLACE ♪

♪ YOU GAVE ME COMFORT ♪

♪ BUT FALLING FOR YOU WAS MY MISTAKE ♪

♪ I PUT YOU ON TOP ♪

♪ I PUT YOU ON TOP ♪

♪ I CLAIMED YOU SO PROUD AND OPENLY ♪

♪ AND WHEN TIMES WERE ROUGH ♪

♪ WHEN TIMES WERE ROUGH ♪

♪ I MADE SURE I HELD YOU CLOSE TO ME ♪

♪ SO CALL OUT MY NAME ♪

♪ (CALL OUT MY NAME) ♪

♪ CALL OUT MY NAME WHEN I KISS YOU SO GENTLY ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO STAY ♪

♪ (I WANT YOU TO STAY) ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO STAY ♪

♪ EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T WANT ME ♪

♪ GIRL WHY CAN'T YOU WAIT ♪

♪ (WHY CAN'T YOU WAIT BABY) ♪

♪ GIRL WHY CAN'T YOU WAIT TIL I FALL OUT OF LOVE ♪

♪ WON'T YOU CALL OUT MY NAME ♪

♪ (CALL OUT MY NAME) ♪

♪ GIRL CALL OUT MY NAME ♪

♪ AND I'LL BE ON MY WAY ♪

♪ AND I'LL BE ON MY ♪

♪ I SAID I DIDN'T FEEL NOTHING BABY ♪

♪ BUT I LIED ♪

♪ I ALMOST CUT A PIECE OF MYSELF FOR YOUR LIFE ♪

♪ GUESS I WAS JUST ANOTHER PIT STOP ♪

♪ TIL YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND ♪

♪ YOU'RE JUST WASTING MY TIME ♪

♪ YOU'RE ON TOP ♪

♪ I PUT YOU ON TOP ♪

♪ I CLAIMED YOU SO PROUD AND OPENLY BABY ♪

♪ AND WHEN TIMES WERE ROUGH ♪

♪ WHEN TIMES WERE ROUGH ♪

♪ I MADE SURE I HELD YOU CLOSE TO ♪

♪ SO CALL OUT MY NAME ♪

♪ (CALL OUT MY NAME BABY) ♪

♪ SO CALL OUT MY NAME WHEN I KISS YOU SO GENTLY ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO STAY ♪

♪ (I WANT YOU TO STAY) ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO STAY ♪

♪ EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T WANT ME ♪

♪ GIRL WHY CAN'T YOU WAIT ♪

♪ (GIRL WHY CAN'T YOU WAIT TIL I) ♪

♪ GIRL WHY CAN'T YOU WAIT TIL I FALL OUT OF LOVE ♪

♪ BABY CALL OUT MY NAME ♪

♪ (CALL OUT MY NAME BABY) ♪

♪ GIRL CALL OUT MY NAME ♪

♪ AND I'LL BE ON MY WAY GIRL ♪

♪ I'LL BE ON MY ♪

♪ (ON MY WAY, ON MY WAY) ♪

♪ (ON MY WAY, ON MY WAY) ♪

♪ (ON MY WAY, ON MY WAY) ♪

♪ (ON MY WAY, ON MY WAY) ♪

♪♪♪

Key Grammar Structures

• I helped you out of a broken place.

  ➔ Past simple tense.

  ➔ The verb "helped" indicates a completed action in the past.

• I want you to stay.

  ➔ Infinitive form after a verb.

  ➔ The phrase "to stay" is in the infinitive form, following the verb "want."

• Girl, why can't you wait?

  ➔ Modal verb for ability or permission.

  ➔ The phrase "can't" indicates inability or lack of permission.

• I claimed you so proud and openly.

  ➔ Adverb placement.

  ➔ The adverbs "so proud and openly" describe how the action of claiming was done.

• I said I didn't feel nothing, baby.

  ➔ Double negatives.

  ➔ The phrase "didn't feel nothing" uses double negatives, which can be informal in English.

• You're just wasting my time.

  ➔ Present continuous tense.

  ➔ The phrase "wasting" indicates an ongoing action in the present.

• And when times were rough.

  ➔ Past simple tense in conditional clauses.

  ➔ The phrase "were rough" indicates a past situation that was difficult.