Dangerously – English Lyrics

• By: Charlie Puth
• Album: Nine Track Mind

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the emotional depths of Charlie Puth's "Dangerously," a heartfelt ballad that dissects the complexities of a love that pushes boundaries. This song offers a poignant lesson in expressing vulnerability and understanding the risks involved in matters of the heart, providing a rich context for learning emotional vocabulary and descriptive language.

[English]

This is gonna hurt but I blame myself first

Cause I ignored the truth

Drunk off that love, it fucked my head up

There's no forgetting you

You've awoken me, but you're choking me

I was so obsessed

Gave you all of me, and now honestly

I got nothing left

I loved you dangerously

...

More than the air that I breathe

...

Knew we would crash at the speed that we were going

Didn't care if the explosion ruined me

...

Baby, I loved you dangerously

Mmmm, mmmm

I loved you dangerously

...

Usually, I hold the power

With both my hands tied behind my back

Look at how things changed

Cause now you're the train and I'm tied to the track

You've awoken me, but you're choking me

I was so obsessed

Gave you all of me, and now honestly,

I got nothing left

Cause I loved you dangerously

...

More than the air that I breathe

...

Knew we would crash at the speed that we were going

Didn't care if the explosion ruined me

...

Baby, I loved you dangerously

You took me down, down, down, down

And kissed my lips with goodbye

I see it now, now, now, now

It was a matter of time

You know I know, there's only one place this could lead

But you are the fire, I'm gasoline

I love you, I love you, I love you

I loved you dangerously

Ooh, more than the air that I breathe

Oh now, knew we would crash at the speed that we were going

Didn't care if the explosion ruined me

Oh, oh baby, I loved you dangerously

Mmmm, mmmm

Ooh, I loved you dangerously

Ooh ooh, I loved you dangerously

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hurt /hɜːrt/ A1	verb - to cause pain or injury noun - physical or emotional pain
blame /bleɪm/ B1	verb - to assign responsibility for a fault or wrong noun - responsibility for a fault or wrong
ignored /ɪɡˈnɔːrd/ B1	verb - to pay no attention to
truth /truːθ/ A2	noun - the actual state of a matter
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
forgetting /fərˈɡetɪŋ/ A2	verb - failing to remember
awoken /əˈwoʊkən/ B2	verb - to wake up; to become alert
choking /ˈtʃoʊkɪŋ/ B2	verb - having severe difficulty in breathing because something is blocking one's throat or windpipe.
obsessed /əbˈsest/ B2	adjective - preoccupied or filled with
breathe /briːð/ A1	verb - to take air into the lungs and expel it
crash /kræʃ/ B1	verb - to collide violently with something noun - a violent collision
explosion /ɪkˈsploʊʒən/ B2	noun - a violent bursting or shattering
ruined /ˈruːɪnd/ B1	verb - to destroy or spoil
power /ˈpaʊər/ A2	noun - the ability to control people or things
tied /taɪd/ A1	verb - fasten or attach with string, rope, etc.
track /træk/ A2	noun - a rough path or way
kissed /kɪst/ A1	verb - to touch with the lips as a sign of love or affection
fire /ˈfaɪər/ A1	noun - combustion or burning
gasoline /ˈɡæsəliːn/ B1	noun - flammable liquid used as fuel

Key Grammar Structures

• This is gonna hurt but I blame myself first

  ➔ Future Simple (gonna)

  ➔ "Gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to", indicating a planned or likely future event. It's common in informal English.

• Drunk off that love, it fucked my head up

  ➔ Past Participle as Adjective, Phrasal Verb

  ➔ "Drunk" is a past participle used as an adjective to describe the speaker's state. "Fucked my head up" is a phrasal verb meaning to confuse or disturb the speaker mentally.

• You've awoken me, but you're choking me

  ➔ Present Perfect, Present Continuous

  ➔ "You've awoken me" uses the present perfect to indicate a past action with relevance to the present. "You're choking me" uses the present continuous to describe an action happening now.

• More than the air that I breathe

  ➔ Comparative Structure

  ➔ This line uses "more than" to create a comparative statement, emphasizing the intensity of the speaker's love.

• Knew we would crash at the speed that we were going

  ➔ Past Simple, Past Continuous, Conditional (would)

  ➔ "Knew" is in the past simple. "Were going" is in the past continuous, describing an ongoing action in the past. "Would crash" expresses a predictable consequence in the past.

• Didn't care if the explosion ruined me

  ➔ Past Simple (Negative), Conditional Clause

  ➔ "Didn't care" is the negative form of the past simple. "If the explosion ruined me" is a conditional clause expressing a hypothetical situation and its consequence.

• Usually, I hold the power

  ➔ Simple Present

  ➔ "Hold" is in the simple present, expressing a general truth or a habitual action.

• Cause now you're the train and I'm tied to the track

  ➔ Present Simple (to be)

  ➔ Uses the present simple with the verb "to be" (are, am) to state a current state or fact.

• It was a matter of time

  ➔ Past Simple (to be)

  ➔ "Was" is the past simple form of "to be", expressing a state or condition that existed in the past.