Dangerously – English Lyrics

• By: Ahyeon
• Album: Dangerously (Charlie Puth Cover)

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Ahyeon's cover of "Dangerously" is an excellent choice for English learners. The song's clear and emotive lyrics provide a great opportunity to study vocabulary related to love and passion. Ahyeon's precise pronunciation and powerful delivery make it easier to follow along and appreciate the nuances of the English language in a musical context.

[English]

This is gonna hurt

But I blame myself first

'Cause I ignored the truth

Drunk off that love, 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've 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

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

More than the air that I breathe

Speed that we were going

Didn't care if the explosion

ruined me

baby, I loved you dangerously

Mm Mm

Oh, I loved you

dangerously

Oh, oh, I loved you

dangerously

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to have a strong affection for
hurt /hɜːrt/ A1	verb - to cause physical or emotional pain noun - physical or emotional pain
blame /bleɪm/ A2	verb - to assign responsibility for a fault noun - responsibility for a fault
truth /truːθ/ A2	noun - the state or quality of being true
drunk /drʌŋk/ A2	adjective - affected by alcohol
choking /ˈtʃoʊ.kɪŋ/ A2	verb - to have difficulty breathing due to obstruction
obsessed /əbˈsest/ B1	adjective - preoccupied with something
air /er/ A1	noun - the invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth
breathe /briːð/ A1	verb - to take air into the lungs and then expel it
crash /kræʃ/ A2	verb - to collide violently noun - a violent collision
speed /spiːd/ A2	noun - rapidity of movement
explosion /ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/ B1	noun - a sudden and violent bursting out
ruined /ˈruː.ɪnd/ B1	adjective - destroyed or spoiled verb - to destroy or spoil
kiss /kɪs/ A1	verb - to touch with the lips as a sign of love noun - a touch with the lips
goodbye /ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/ A1	noun - a farewell
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence
fire /ˈfaɪər/ A1	noun - combustion producing heat and light
gasoline /ˈɡæs.əˌliːn/ B1	noun - a flammable liquid used as fuel
dangerous /ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ.əs/ A2	adjective - able or likely to cause harm

Key Grammar Structures

• This is gonna hurt

  ➔ Future tense with 'gonna'

  ➔ In "This is "gonna" hurt", 'gonna' is a colloquial contraction of 'going to', expressing a future event that will happen and cause pain, emphasizing inevitability.

• But I blame myself first

  ➔ Adverbs of manner with adjectives

  ➔ In "But I blame myself "first", 'first' functions as an adverb modifying the adverbial phrase, indicating the order of blame in a reflective, self-critical context.

• Drunk off that love, my head up

  ➔ Present participial phrase as modifier

  ➔ "Drunk" off that love, my head up" uses the present participle 'drunk' in a phrase modifying the noun 'my head', implying intoxication from love affecting one's mindset, showing cause and effect.

• You've awoken me

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ "You've" "awoken" me" employs the present perfect tense to indicate an action ('awaken') that started in the past and continues to affect the present, conveying awakening or realization due to love.

• I was so obsessed

  ➔ Past simple tense for past states

  ➔ "I "was" so obsessed" uses the past simple to describe a completed state of obsession that existed in the past, highlighting emotional fixation now resolved or regretted.

• More than the air that I breathe

  ➔ Comparative structures

  ➔ "More than" the air that I breathe" is a comparative structure emphasizing the intensity of love over something essential like air, using 'more than' to compare intangible qualities in a hyperbolic expression.

• Didn't care if the explosion

  ➔ Past simple 'didn't' for negation

  ➔ "Didn't" care if the explosion" uses past simple negation to express disregard for potential consequences, with 'didn't' contracting 'did not' and indicating a past attitude of recklessness.

• And kissed my lips

  ➔ Past simple verb tense

  ➔ "And "kissed" my lips" employs simple past for a completed action of farewell, 'kissed' denoting a final, tender act that happened in a specific past moment.

• It was a matter of time

  ➔ Idiomatic expressions with 'it'

  ➔ "It" was a matter of time" uses 'it' as a dummy subject in an idiom meaning something was inevitable and would happen eventually, anticipating the relationship's decline.

• I'm gasoline

  ➔ Equative sentences

  ➔ "I'm" "gasoline" is an equative sentence using 'be' to equate the subject 'I' with the complement 'gasoline', metaphorically representing being highly flammable in relation to destructive love.