Dumb & Poetic – English Lyrics

• By: Sabrina Carpenter
• Album: Short n’ Sweet

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

You're so dumb and poetic

It's just what I fall for, I like the aesthetic

Every self-help book, you've already read it

Cherry pick-lines, like they're words you invented

Gold star for highbrow manipulation

And "love everyone"is your favorite quotation

Try to come off like you're soft and well-spoken

Jack off to lyrics by Leonard Cohen

Don't think you understand

Just 'cause you talk like one doesn't make you a man

You're so sad there's no communication

But baby, you put us in this situation

You're running so fast from the hearts that you're breakin'

Save all your breath for your floor meditation

You're so empathetic, you'd make a great wife

And I promise the mushrooms aren't changing your life

Well, you crashed the car and abandoned the wreckage

Fuck with my head like it's some kind of fetish

Don't think you understand

Just 'cause you act like one doesn't make you a man

Don't think you understand

Just 'cause you leave like one doesn't make you a man

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Key Grammar Structures

• You're so dumb and poetic

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'be' verb

  ➔ The phrase uses the present simple tense with the verb 'be' ('You're') to describe a general characteristic.

• It's just what I fall for, I like the aesthetic

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'like'

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple tense with 'like' to express a personal preference.

• Every self-help book, you've already read it

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present perfect tense ('you've already read') to indicate an action completed before now.

• Cherry pick-lines, like they're words you invented

  ➔ Simile with 'like'

  ➔ The phrase uses a simile with 'like' to compare pick-up lines to invented words.

• Gold star for highbrow manipulation

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase uses a prepositional phrase ('for highbrow manipulation') to indicate the reason for the gold star.

• And 'love everyone' is your favorite quotation

  ➔ Present simple tense with 'be'

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple tense with 'be' to state a fact about the favorite quotation.

• Try to come off like you're soft and well-spoken

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The phrase uses the infinitive of purpose ('to come off') to express the intention behind the action.

• Don't think you understand

  ➔ Negative imperative

  ➔ The phrase uses a negative imperative ('Don't think') to give a strong instruction.