Chills – English Lyrics

• By: Why Don't We

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Cold, laying on the floor

Long December nights are what I've been waitin' for

Pull my hand close to the fire

Shiverin', I'm shiverin', I can't stop

Give me the look, you know the one I want

I've been waiting for

It's so cold, it's so cold, yeah

I got chills when you walk

Chills when you talk

Chills everytime you say my name

It's the way that it feels when we touch

I can't get enough

Love got me frozen in place

Baby I got chills

Ooh, baby I got chills

Ooh, baby I got chills (Yeah)

Arms wrapped around my neck

You keep me warm

You are the spark igniting me again

Ooh, I can't get enough of you, I

Shiverin', I'm shiverin', I can't stop

Give me the look, you know the one I want

I've been waiting for (Ooh)

It's so cold, it's so cold, yeah

I got chills when you walk

Chills when you talk

Chills everytime you say my name

It's the way that it feels when we touch

I can't get enough

Love got me frozen in place

Baby I got chills

Ooh, baby I got chills

Ooh, baby I got chills

I think about you every second of the day

My heart used to be so cold, the world used to be so grey

And I know seasons change but it felt like you never would

No one seemed to understand me but you understood

We could be royalty, I'll be your prince, yeah

Give you that loyalty, don't matter the distance

I'ma love you for who you are 'cause I like that you're different

Tell me anything you wanna say and I'll sit back and listen

Ah yeah (Ooh)

And I know we're living busier days

And life be moving so fast, I feel like everything's changing

But when we kiss, I feel a jump in my heart

The same feeling that I felt from the start (Ooh)

Yeah baby I got chills, oh no

Ooh, baby I got chills

Ooh, baby I got chills

Ohh

Oh woah

Yeah

Ooh, baby I got chills

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
chills /tʃɪlz/ B1	noun - a feeling of coldness, often with shivering
cold /kəʊld/ A1	adjective - at a low temperature noun - the absence of heat; low temperature
waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ A1	verb - to remain in place or postpone action until a specified time or until something else happens
fire /ˈfaɪər/ A1	noun - the state of combustion in which fuel or other material is burned and oxygen is consumed
hand /hænd/ A1	noun - the end part of a person's arm beyond the wrist, including the fingers and thumb
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - to move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once noun - an act of walking
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - to say words in order to express ideas, feelings, etc. noun - the action of talking or conversing
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known, addressed, or referred to verb - give a name to someone or something
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to put your hand or another part of your body onto something or someone noun - the act of touching someone or something
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a particular position or point in space verb - to put something in a particular position
arms /ɑːmz/ A1	noun - each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand
warm /wɔːm/ A1	adjective - of or at a fairly high temperature verb - to make or become warm
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ in your chest that pumps blood around your body
frozen /ˈfrəʊzn/ B1	adjective - hardened into ice by cold; turned into ice
enough /ɪˈnʌf/ A1	adverb - to the required degree; sufficiently.
different /ˈdɪfərənt/ A2	adjective - not the same as another or each other; unlike.
think /θɪŋk/ A1	verb - have a particular opinion, belief, or idea about someone or something

Key Grammar Structures

• Long December nights are what I've been waitin' for

  ➔ Present perfect continuous (have/has + been + verb‑ing) to describe an action that started in the past and continues up to now.

  ➔ The phrase "I've been waitin'" uses the present perfect continuous to show the waiting started earlier and is still happening.

• Pull my hand close to the fire

  ➔ Imperative mood – a command or request expressed without a subject (subject “you” is implied).

  ➔ "Pull" is a verb in the imperative form, giving a direct command.

• Shiverin', I'm shiverin', I can't stop

  ➔ Present continuous (am/is/are + verb‑ing) for actions happening now; modal verb "can" in negative form "can't" to express inability.

  ➔ "I'm shiverin'" uses the present continuous "am + verb‑ing"; "can't" is the negative modal meaning "cannot".

• Give me the look, you know the one I want

  ➔ Defining relative clause without a relative pronoun (the one [that] I want).

  ➔ "the one I want" is a relative clause where the pronoun "that" is omitted.

• I got chills when you walk

  ➔ Zero conditional: simple present in both clauses to talk about a general truth.

  ➔ "when you walk" uses the simple present, matching the simple present "I got" to form a zero conditional.

• My heart used to be so cold, the world used to be so grey

  ➔ "used to" + base verb expresses past habitual or repeated states that no longer exist.

  ➔ "used to be" shows that the heart and the world were cold/grey in the past but are not now.

• We could be royalty, I'll be your prince, yeah

  ➔ Modal verb "could" for hypothetical possibility; future simple "will" for a definite intention.

  ➔ "could be" expresses a possible but not certain situation; "I'll be" (I will be) shows a firm future plan.

• Tell me anything you wanna say and I'll sit back and listen

  ➔ Bare infinitive after "want to" (wanna = want to) and future simple with "will"; coordinated clauses with "and".

  ➔ "wanna say" uses the bare infinitive after "want"; "I'll sit" is the future simple with "will".

• And I know we're living busier days

  ➔ Present continuous (am/is/are + verb‑ing) for ongoing situations; verb "know" in present simple as a mental state.

  ➔ "we're living" is present continuous showing an ongoing condition; "I know" uses present simple for a mental fact.