Care – English Lyrics

• By: benny blanco, Omar Apollo
• Album: FRIENDS KEEP SECRETS 2

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw emotions of "Care" by benny blanco and Omar Apollo, a poignant song that beautifully articulates the bittersweet pain of a breakup. Its heartfelt lyrics and sparse, emotional production offer a unique opportunity to explore nuanced English vocabulary related to love, loss, and lingering affection, making it special for its honest portrayal of human vulnerability.

[English]

Sometimes I lose my breath

I can't miss you anymore

For you I got none left

I wish I could ignore

Nuisance

But you calm me

I got some new friends

But you still want me

You left me off for dead

I'll probably push my luck

I couldn't take no more

You saw what I care for

I know I promised you

Someone to look up to

I can't be that no more

And now I know for sure

Nuisance

But you calm me

(calm me)

I got some new friends

But you still want me

You left me off for dead

I'll probably push my luck

I couldn't take no more

You saw what I care for

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Ooh

Ooh

The feeling when it first happened

I felt that I was, like, losing my family

Because a family has got, you know

A mommy bear, a daddy bear, and two little cubs

And, and in the case of my family, it was taken from me

And then when you get divorced, everything is changed

You change your house, you change your furniture

You change your underwear, I mean everything is different

And, people deal with it in, in different ways

If I had to give one answer, I'd say

We thought differently about almost everything

You know, you don't have a lot of time

for each other, you're bringing up kids

I was traveling a lot, uh

We were both probably felt on some level that we were begging hard

And, and we grew apart

Somehow, people like, this life ain't TV

Some that was married sixty-seven years

Now I don't know if he had no ears or what

I mean that to me is accomplishment beyond all accomplishments

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
lose /luːz/ A2	verb - to fail to keep or retain
miss /mɪs/ A2	verb - to fail to hit, reach, or catch
calm /kɑːm/ B1	verb - to make tranquil or quiet adjective - peaceful, not agitated
friends /frɛndz/ A1	noun - people with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
dead /dɛd/ A2	adjective - no longer alive
push /pʊʃ/ B1	verb - to exert force on something in order to move it away
luck /lʌk/ A2	noun - good fortune; success or failure apparently brought by chance
care /kɛər/ A2	noun - concern or interest verb - to look after or provide for
family /ˈfæməli/ A1	noun - a group consisting of parents and their children
divorce /dɪˈvɔːrs/ B2	noun - the legal dissolution of a marriage verb - to end a marriage legally
changed /tʃeɪndʒd/ B1	verb - to become different; to make something different
different /ˈdɪfərənt/ B1	adjective - not the same as another or each other
thought /θɔːt/ B2	noun - an idea or opinion produced by thinking verb - past tense of think
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues
kids /kɪdz/ A1	noun - children; young persons
life /laɪf/ A2	noun - the existence of an individual human being or animal
accomplishment /əˈkɒmplɪʃmənt/ C1	noun - something that has been achieved successfully

Key Grammar Structures

• I can't miss you anymore

  ➔ Modal verb (can) + negative (not) + main verb + adverb of cessation (anymore)

  ➔ The modal verb "can't" expresses inability, followed by the base verb "miss" and the adverb "anymore" indicating that the action no longer occurs.

• I wish I could ignore

  ➔ Wish + subjunctive modal (could) to express an unreal desire

  ➔ The verb "wish" is followed by the past‑modal "could", which creates a subjunctive meaning: the speaker desires the ability to "ignore" something that is not currently possible.

• But you calm **me**

  ➔ Simple present with a transitive verb (calm) + direct object

  ➔ The subject "you" performs the action "calm" on the object "me"; the verb is in the simple present because it describes a habitual or general state.

• I **got** some new friends

  ➔ Past simple of "get" used colloquially to mean "have" (present perfect sense)

  ➔ The verb "got" is the past form of "get" but here it functions like the present perfect "have got" meaning "possess"; it is common in informal speech.

• You **left** me off for dead

  ➔ Phrasal verb "leave off" + idiomatic expression "for dead" (meaning abandoned)

  ➔ The verb "left" (past of "leave") combines with the particle "off" to form the phrasal verb "leave off", and the idiom "for dead" intensifies the sense of being completely abandoned.

• I'll **probably** push my luck

  ➔ Future simple with modal "will" + adverb of probability (probably) + verb phrase

  ➔ The contracted form "I'll" (I will) introduces a future action; "probably" modifies the certainty of the verb "push", indicating the speaker thinks the action is likely but not certain.

• I **couldn't** take no more

  ➔ Past modal "could" + negative "not" + verb + double negative "no more" (standard colloquial usage)

  ➔ "couldn't" is the contracted negative of "could not"; the phrase "no more" also carries a negative meaning, creating a double negative that intensifies the idea of reaching a limit.

• You **saw** what I care for

  ➔ Simple past verb "saw" + object clause introduced by "what" (relative pronoun)

  ➔ "what" functions as a relative pronoun meaning "the thing(s) that"; the clause "what I care for" serves as the object of the verb "saw".

• I **know** I promised you someone to look up to

  ➔ Verb of cognition "know" + that‑clause (omitted "that") + infinitive phrase as object complement

  ➔ "know" introduces a reported statement; the conjunction "that" is omitted, a common colloquial style, and the infinitive phrase "to look up to" explains what the promised "someone" is supposed to be.