Exhale – English Lyrics

• By: Sabrina Carpenter

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Sabrina Carpenter's "Exhale" offers a beautiful opportunity to connect with English on an emotional level. The song's clear and heartfelt lyrics about anxiety and the need for a break provide a relatable context for understanding nuanced vocabulary related to feelings and pressures. What makes "Exhale" special is its raw honesty and simplicity, allowing learners to focus on the emotional delivery of the words and the universal message of self-care.

[English]

Who put the baby in charge

It's already hard to buy all the parts and learn to use them

Who put

The world on my back and not in my hands

Just give me a chance

Listen to my mama

Listen to my dad

Listen to my sisters

Everyone relax

Everybody answers shit I didn't ask

Think I'm reaching my limit

Can I exhale for a minute?

Can I get this out in the open?

Can I sit down for a second?

Can I breathe?

Can I exhale for a minute?

Can we talk it out?

I don't get it

Can I calm down for a moment?

Can I breathe for just one second?

...

I put too much weight on words and glances

I, I put too much weight on situations

I, I put too much on myself thinking I don't deserve what I've earned

But, yeah

Listen to the labels

Listen to the man

Try to keep a sense of knowing who I am

I try to be an angel but I don't think I can

Think I'm reaching my limits, yeah

Can I exhale for a minute?

Can I get this out in the open?

Can I sit down for a second?

Can I breathe?

Can I exhale for a minute?

Can we talk it out?

I don't get it

Can I calm down for a moment?

Can I breathe for just one second, baby?

Can I breathe?

Can I breathe?

Can I breathe?

Can I breathe?

Can I breathe?

Can I breathe?

Na, na, na, na, na, na, nay

Na, na, na, na, na, na, nay

Na, na, na, na, na, na, nay

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Can I exhale for a minute?

  ➔ Modal verb + base verb in a question

  ➔ The word "Can" is a modal verb that asks for permission or ability, followed by the base verb "exhale".

• Listen to my mama

  ➔ Imperative sentence (command)

  ➔ The verb "Listen" is in the base form, giving a direct command to the listener.

• Everyone relax

  ➔ Imperative with implied subject

  ➔ The verb "relax" is in the base form; the subject "you" is understood, making it a command to all listeners.

• I put too much weight on words and glances

  ➔ Simple present tense (habitual action)

  ➔ The verb "put" is in the simple present, indicating a regular or ongoing state of placing "weight" on something.

• I try to be an angel but I don't think I can

  ➔ Coordinating conjunction "but" + negative present simple

  ➔ "but" links two contrasting clauses; "don't think" is a negative present simple verb phrase.

• Think I'm reaching my limit

  ➔ Present progressive with subject ellipsis (colloquial)

  ➔ "Think" functions as a reporting verb; the subject "I" is omitted before "I'm reaching" which is present progressive.

• Can we talk it out?

  ➔ Modal verb "can" + infinitive in a question

  ➔ "Can" asks for permission or possibility, followed by the base verb "talk" and the phrasal verb "out".

• I don't get it

  ➔ Negative present simple (auxiliary + not + verb)

  ➔ "don't" = do + not, forming the negative of the simple present verb "get".

• I try to keep a sense of knowing who I am

  ➔ Gerund phrase as object of a preposition

  ➔ "knowing" is a gerund; the whole phrase "knowing who I am" functions as the object of the preposition "of".