honeybee – English Lyrics

• By: Olivia Rodrigo
• Album: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic side of modern English through 'honeybee.' This song is perfect for learners to practice understanding romantic metaphors and soft, conversational phrasing in a gentle folk-pop setting.

[English]

So I guess that it's true

Time can heal even the worst of wounds

And the clichés I knew

Seem so commonplace when I saw you

Let's just walk in the dark

Hop the fence in the park

Baby boy, honeybee

God, I love the way you look at me

And it's too hard to describe this

In a way that feels honest, but even when I'm quiet

I love you, baby, I promise

And I hope I never see what your face looks like goin'

A face, I swear, that I could spend my whole life knowin'

Here's to hopin'

Pick me up, walk me home

Man, it feels like God threw me a bone

Sticky sweet, tangerine

Would you sit and keep me company?

In the dark, I'm not scared

I just reach and you're right there

Shooting stars, racing cars

Everything I own just feels like ours

It's too hard to describe this

In a way that feels honest, but even when I'm quiet

I love you, baby, I promise

And I hope I never see what your face looks like goin'

A face, I swear, that I could spend my whole life knowin'

Here's to hopin'

I hope I never see what your face looks like goin'

A face, I swear, that I could spend my whole life knowin'

Here's to hopin'

It's too hard to describe this

In a way that feels honest, but even when I'm quiet

I promise

And I hope I never see what your face looks like goin'

A face, I swear, that I could spend my whole life knowin'

Here's to hopin'

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
heal /hiːl/ B2	verb - to become healthy again or make something healthy
clichés /ˈkliːʃeɪz/ C1	noun - a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought
commonplace /ˈkɒmənpleɪs/ C1	adjective - not unusual; ordinary
honeybee /ˈhʌnibiː/ B2	noun - a bee that makes honey; often used as a term of endearment
describe /dɪˈskraɪb/ A2	verb - to give an account in words of someone or something
honest /ˈɒnɪst/ A2	adjective - free of deceit and untruthfulness; sincere
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ A2	verb - to tell someone that you will definitely do something
swear /sweər/ B1	verb - to state strongly and sincerely that something is true
tangerine /ˌtændʒəˈriːn/ B2	noun - a small citrus fruit with a loose skin
company /ˈkʌmpəni/ A2	noun - the fact or condition of being with another person

Key Grammar Structures

• Time can heal even the worst of wounds

  ➔ Modal verb for possibility/ability

  ➔ The modal verb "can" is used here to express the general ability or potential of time to resolve emotional pain.

• Seem so commonplace when I saw you

  ➔ Linking verb with an adjective complement

  ➔ The linking verb "seem" is used with the adjective "commonplace" to describe the subject's state.

• I'm not scared

  ➔ Present simple state of being with 'to be'

  ➔ The subject pronoun "I" is combined with the negative form of "am" (to be) to state a current feeling.

• I could spend my whole life knowin'

  ➔ Modal 'could' for hypothetical/future possibility

  ➔ The modal "could" expresses a strong desire or hypothetical future possibility regarding the duration of knowing someone.

• Everything I own just feels like ours

  ➔ Relative clause with omitted relative pronoun

  ➔ The phrase "Everything I own" contains an implied "that" or "which" after 'everything'.

• It's too hard to describe this

  ➔ Adjective + infinitive structure

  ➔ The structure 'too + adjective + to-infinitive' is used to express an excessive degree that prevents an action.

• I hope I never see what your face looks like goin'

  ➔ Embedded question clause

  ➔ The clause "what your face looks like" functions as the object of the verb "see".

• Man, it feels like God threw me a bone

  ➔ Simile using 'like' as a conjunction

  ➔ The word "like" introduces a clause to create a comparison of the subject's feeling to an event.