Don't Remind Me – English Lyrics

• By: Tinashe

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

But you never meant to

Fool

Really over this

This soon

Feeling you back in my arms

Picturing that isn't hard

Leaves an emotional taste

Maybe time can erase

I've been gettin' fucked up nightly

Anything that don't remind me

Take it too far, I might be

Anything that don't remind me

Don't remind me

Constantly follow me, hunting and calling me

Cautious I ought to be but ain't no stopping me

Older that caught me, caught in between your charm and generosity

Honestly, I can't think logically when you keep popping up like hi

How are you finding me? Hugging and tying me

There's no denying, but I don't need no help from you to remind me

Feeling you back in my arms

My arms

Picturing that isn't hard

That isn't hard

Leaves an emotional taste

Maybe time can erase

A face I hope so

I've been gettin' fucked up nightly

I've been gettin' fucked up nightly

Anything that don't remind me

Take it too far, I might be

Anything that don't remind me

I've been gettin' fucked up nightly

Anything that don't remind me

Take it too far, I might be

Anything that don't remind me

I've been gettin' fucked up nightly

Anything that don't remind me

Take it too far, I might be

Anything that don't remind me

I've been gettin' fucked up

I've been gettin' fucked up

I've been gettin' fucked up

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
remind /rɪˈmaɪnd/ B1	verb - to cause someone to remember something
arm /ɑːrm/ A1	noun - the upper limb of the human body
picture /ˈpɪktʃər/ A2	verb - to imagine or form a mental image of something noun - an image or representation
hard /hɑːrd/ A2	adjective - difficult to do or understand
emotional /ɪˈmoʊʃənl/ B1	adjective - relating to emotions or feelings
taste /teɪst/ A2	noun - the sensation of flavor in food or drink verb - to perceive the flavor of something
erase /ɪˈreɪs/ B1	verb - to remove something completely
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the continuous passing of existence
face /feɪs/ A1	noun - the front part of a person's head verb - to look towards something or someone
pop /pɒp/ A2	verb - to appear suddenly
find /faɪnd/ A1	verb - to discover something or someone
hug /hʌɡ/ A2	verb - to hold someone tightly in one's arms noun - an act of hugging
tie /taɪ/ A2	verb - to fasten or bind something with a rope or string noun - a piece of string used to tie
deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ B1	verb - to refuse to accept or believe something
hope /hoʊp/ A2	verb - to want something to happen or be true noun - a feeling of expectation and desire
fuck /fʌk/ C1	verb - vulgar term for sexual intercourse; in context, part of 'fucked up' meaning to become intoxicated or messed up
get /ɡɛt/ A1	verb - to receive or obtain something
nightly /ˈnaɪtli/ B1	adjective - happening every night
take /teɪk/ A1	verb - to get into one's hands or possession
catch /kætʃ/ A1	verb - to capture or seize something

Key Grammar Structures

• But you never meant to

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The sentence uses past simple tense to describe an action completed in the past: "meant" refers to an intention that happened before now.

• Really over this

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ This expresses ongoing emotion or state: "over" implies being done with something currently happening.

• Feeling you back in my arms

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense (Imagining)

  ➔ Used for vivid imagination or visualization: "Feeling" depicts a current mental action as ongoing.

• Picturing that isn't hard

  ➔ Present Simple Tense (General Truth)

  ➔ States a fact that is true in general: "isn't" indicates it takes no effort now or generally.

• Maybe time can erase

  ➔ Modal Verb (Possibility)

  ➔ Modal "can" expresses possibility: "time can" suggests a future potential outcome.

• I've been gettin' fucked up nightly

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  ➔ Shows a continuing action from past to present: "I've been gettin'" indicates repeated nightly behavior.

• Constantly follow me, hunting and calling me

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense with Gerunds

  ➔ Describes ongoing actions through parallel structure: "follow", "hunting", "calling" are gerunds in a repetitive pattern.

• Cautious I ought to be but ain't no stopping me

  ➔ Modal Verb (Ought To and Contraction)

  ➔ Modal "ought to" advises caution: "ain't" is a contraction for "isn't", adding informal emphasis on inevitability.

• Honestly, I can't think logically when you keep popping up

  ➔ Zero Conditional with Present Continuous

  ➔ Zero conditional expresses inevitable result: "you keep" is present continuous for ongoing annoyance.

• There's no denying, but I don't need no help from you

  ➔ Gerund Phrase and Double Negative

  ➔ "Denying" is a gerund as subject: Double negatives "no denying" and "don't need no" intensify the denial informally.