empty now – English Lyrics

• By: Ouse

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the evocative sounds of Ouse and discover how his music, often categorized as chill hip hop and lo-fi, serves as a powerful medium for expressing complex emotions. Through his introspective lyrics, you can gain insight into personal reflection and the human experience, making his songs a unique way to connect with the universal language of feeling.

[English]

Empty now

Like a 40 ounce, you poured me out

Turned around, I'm empty now

Empty now

What goes around comes around

Turned around, I'm empty now

Empty now

You and me were made to go together

If you don't see that, I don't see it getting better

I let you wear my sweater and we made it through the weather

I just hope that you remember what I wrote in all those letters

Cause in all of those notes I wrote

That you gave me all my hope back

So say how you feel and don't hold back

We'll be fine soon and you know that

Don't wanna take us back to being strangers

But right now, I think it's probably worse if I should stay here

But regardless, we both stay here

I've got nothing else to say, dear

So we make up and we make clear

That fighting doesn't make fair

Just hear me out, help me out, don't call me out

Just make me proud

You had your doubts, we made it out

So lost and found

Like a 40 ounce, you poured me out

Turned around, I'm empty now

Empty now

What goes around comes around

Turned around, I'm empty now

Empty now

Nothing feels worse than having nothing to say

Nothing heals more than having nothing but space

A thought of me a day keeps the feelings at bay

And I'll be okay if you give it a day

Spend all day building it just to dismantle it

Candlelit dinners with feelings we're handling

And I'm only slamming it to rock these sandals

And talk about planning shit like times we had and shit

Fear of abandonment, I don't think I would handle it

If you decided it was best to leave me with these bandages

Nobody likes panicking, so really, what's happening?

How you always managing to make me feel sad again?

Just hear me out, help me out, don't call me out

Just make me proud

You had your doubts, we made it out

So lost and found

Like a 40 ounce, you poured me out

Turned around, I'm empty now

Empty now

What goes around comes around

Turned around, I'm empty now

Empty now

I can still see your face

And I can still smell the rain

I just drove by your place for the 20th time today

I can still see your face

And I can still smell the rain

I just drove by your place

And I just thought of the days when

Like a 40 ounce, you poured me out

Turned around, I'm empty now

Empty now

What goes around comes around

Turned around, I'm empty now

Empty now

Like a 40 ounce, you poured me out

Turned around, I'm empty now

Empty now

What goes around comes around

Turned around, I'm empty now

Empty now

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
empty /ˈempti/ A1	adjective - containing nothing; not filled or occupied
poured /pɔːrd/ A2	verb - to cause a liquid to flow from a container
turned /tɜːrnd/ A1	verb - to move or cause to move in a circular direction
goes /ɡoʊz/ A1	verb - to move or proceed; to function
comes /kʌmz/ A1	verb - to move or travel toward something or someone
made /meɪd/ A1	verb - to create or construct something; to cause something to exist
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience a sensation or emotion
strangers /ˈstreɪndʒərz/ A2	noun - people whom one does not know or know well
worse /wɜːrs/ A2	adjective - of poorer quality or lower standard; more serious or severe
fighting /ˈfaɪtɪŋ/ A2	verb - to take part in a violent struggle or conflict noun - the act of engaging in conflict or combat
lost /lɔːst/ A2	adjective - unable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts
found /faʊnd/ A1	verb - to discover or perceive after searching
heals /hiːlz/ B1	verb - to become sound or healthy again; to cause to become sound or healthy
feelings /ˈfiːlɪŋz/ A2	noun - emotional states or reactions
fear /fɪr/ B1	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous
abandonment /əˈbændənmənt/ C1	noun - the action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned
handle /ˈhændl/ B1	verb - to deal with or manage a situation or problem
sad /sæd/ A1	adjective - feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy
smell /smel/ A2	verb - to perceive or detect the odor or scent of something

Key Grammar Structures

• Like a 40 ounce, you poured me out

  ➔ Simile using 'like' to compare two different things.

  ➔ 'Like' is used here to compare the speaker's feeling to a 40-ounce beverage, emphasizing the sense of being emptied or poured out.

• What goes around comes around

  ➔ Idiom expressing the concept of karma or the idea that actions have consequences.

  ➔ This idiom means that the consequences of one's actions will eventually return to them.

• I let you wear my sweater and we made it through the weather

  ➔ Past simple tense indicating a completed action ('let', 'made').

  ➔ The speaker is describing actions that happened in the past, showing permission ('let') and the experience of overcoming hardship ('made it through').

• Cause in all of those notes I wrote

  ➔ Preposition 'in' used to specify location or context, plus past tense 'wrote' indicating a completed action.

  ➔ 'In' specifies the container or context of the notes, and 'wrote' indicates the action of writing done in the past.

• You had your doubts, we made it out

  ➔ Past perfect 'had' indicating possession of doubts, and simple past 'made' showing a completed action.

  ➔ The phrase shows past possession of doubts ('had') and a successful outcome ('made it out') of a difficult situation.

• I can still see your face and I can still smell the rain

  ➔ Present simple 'can' expressing ability or possibility, with multiple clauses connected by 'and'.

  ➔ The speaker is expressing ongoing ability to visualize the face and smell the rain, emphasizing vivid memory.