How Do You Sleep? – English Lyrics

• By: Sam Smith

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the English language through Sam Smith's emotive hit, "How Do You Sleep?". This song offers a great opportunity to learn vocabulary related to complex emotions like betrayal and heartbreak. The clear and expressive lyrics make it an excellent choice for learners to practice their listening skills while connecting with a universally relatable story of overcoming deceit.

[English]

I'm done hating myself for feeling

I'm done crying myself away

I've gotta leave and start the healing

But when you move like that I just want to stay

What have I become?

I’m looking at your phone now oh now

Love to you is just a game

Look what I have done

I’m dialling up the numbers on you

I don’t want my heart to break

Baby

How do you sleep when you lie to me?

All that shame and all that danger

I’m hoping that my love will keep you up tonight

Baby

How do you sleep when you lie to me?

All that fear and all that pressure

I’m hoping that my love will keep you up tonight

Tell me how do you?

Oh no how did I manage to lose me?

I am not this desperate, not this crazy

There’s no way I’m sticking around to find out

I won’t lose like that, I won’t lose myself

I don't want my heart to break

Baby

How do you sleep when you lie to me?

All that shame and all that danger

I’m hoping that my love will keep you up tonight

Baby

How do you sleep when you lie to me?

All that fear and all that pressure

I’m hoping that my love will keep you up tonight

Tell me how do you?

Love will keep you up tonight

Tell me how do you?

Love will keep you up tonight

Baby

How do you sleep when you lie to me?

All that shame and all that danger

I’m hoping that my love will keep you up tonight

Baby

How do you sleep when you lie to me?

All that fear and all that pressure

I’m hoping that my love will keep you up tonight

Tell me how do you?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sleep /sliːp/ A1	verb - to rest in a state of suspended consciousness noun - the natural periodic suspension of consciousness
lie /laɪ/ A1	verb - to say something that is not true noun - a false statement
heal /hiːl/ A2	verb - to become healthy again
break /breɪk/ A1	verb - to separate into pieces noun - a gap or interruption
shame /ʃeɪm/ B1	noun - a painful feeling of humiliation or distress
danger /ˈdeɪnʤər/ A2	noun - the possibility of harm or injury
fear /fɪr/ A2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by threat
pressure /ˈprɛʃər/ B1	noun - the force applied per unit area
desperate /ˈdɛspərɪt/ B2	adjective - feeling or showing despair
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - mentally deranged
stick /stɪk/ A1	verb - to remain in a place or position noun - a long, thin piece of wood
lose /luːz/ A1	verb - to no longer have or be able to find something
dial /daɪəl/ B1	verb - to select a number on a telephone
move /muːv/ A1	verb - to change position
stay /steɪ/ A1	verb - to remain in a place

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm done hating myself for feeling

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The phrase 'I'm done' here uses the Present Perfect Continuous to emphasize the duration of the action ('hating') up to the present, indicating a change in state.

• But when you move like that, I just want to stay

  ➔ Subordinating Conjunction (when)

  ➔ The word 'when' is used as a subordinating conjunction to introduce a time clause, indicating the condition under which the main action ('I just want to stay') occurs.

• Look what I have done

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The phrase 'have done' is in the Present Perfect, indicating an action that occurred in the past with results relevant to the present.

• I don’t want my heart to break

  ➔ Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ The phrase 'to break' is an infinitive of purpose, expressing the unwanted outcome of the action described in the sentence.

• I’m hoping that my love will keep you up tonight

  ➔ Present Continuous with Future Meaning

  ➔ The phrase 'I’m hoping' uses the Present Continuous to express a future action or state, indicating a plan or expectation.

• Tell me how do you?

  ➔ Direct Question

  ➔ This is a direct question, used to ask for specific information or clarification, ending with a question mark.

• There’s no way I’m sticking around to find out

  ➔ Emphatic Structure

  ➔ The phrase 'There’s no way' is an emphatic structure used to strongly negate the possibility of an action.

• Baby, How do you sleep when you lie to me?

  ➔ Rhetorical Question

  ➔ This is a rhetorical question, used to make a point or express strong emotion rather than to seek an answer.