I Adore You – English Lyrics

• By: HUGEL, Topic, Arash, Daecolm

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(I adore you)

Plenty more, plenty more

But you're my hope for the night, oh

Gimme more control

Slow down for the night, oh

Lemme know, lemme know

That you're down for the vibe

Are you down for the vibe? Oh

We don't say bye-bye

You can see my eyes

That I'm on the rise, oh

I believe body lies

But your body be smilin' though (ay, ay)

These are the nights I love

'Cause you know, baby, I adore you, I adore you

Can't ignore you, can't ignore you, ah

Body-ody, my soul and that, I'm outta control, I can't

I adore you, I adore you, I do

Plenty more, plenty more (plenty more, ay)

But you're my hope for the night, oh

Gimme more control (control)

Slow down for the night, oh

Lemme know, lemme know (lemme know)

That you're down for the vibe

Are you down for the vibe? Oh

We don't say bye-bye

Le-le-le, le-le-le, yeah, yeah

Le-le-le, le-le-le, yeah, yeah

Le-le-le, le-le-le, yeah

Baby, I adore you, I adore you, I do

She gon' keep it minimum, poco

Pull you in and walk in like model

She like Mona Lisa, oh majo (oh majo)

Majo (oh majo), oh

You can see my eyes

That I'm on the rise, oh

I believe body lies

But your body be smilin' though (ay, ay)

These are the nights I love

'Cause you know, baby, I adore you, I adore you

Can't ignore you, can't ignore you, ah

Body-ody, my soul and that, I'm outta control, I can't

I adore you, I adore you

(Ooh, baby) baby, I adore you, I adore you

Can't ignore you, can't ignore you, ah

Body-ody, my soul and that, I'm outta control, I can't

I adore you, I adore you, I do

(I do, I do, I do, I do)

(I do, I do, I do, I do)

Body-ody, my soul and that, I'm outta control, I can't

I adore you

'Cause you know, baby, I adore you, I adore you

Can't ignore you, can't ignore you, ah

Body-ody, my soul and that, I'm outta control, I can't

I adore you, I adore you, I do

Plenty more, plenty more (pleanty more, ay)

But you're my hope for the night, oh

Gimme more control (control)

Slow down for the night, oh

Lemme know, lemme know (lemme know)

That you're down for the vibe

Are you down for the vibe? Oh

We don't say bye-bye

Le-le-le, le-le-le, yeah, yeah

Le-le-le, le-le-le, yeah, yeah

Le-le-le, le-le-le, yeah

Baby, I adore you, I adore you, I do

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Gimme more control

  ➔ Informal Imperative with Colloquial Contraction and Quantifier

  ➔ **Gimme** is a colloquial contraction of "give me," often used in informal speech. It acts as an imperative verb. **More control** uses "more" as a quantifier to express a greater amount of an uncountable noun, "control."

• Slow down for the night, oh

  ➔ Phrasal Verb and Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ **Slow down** is a phrasal verb meaning to reduce speed. **For the night** is a prepositional phrase where "for" indicates a duration or specific period, meaning for the duration of this particular night.

• That you're down for the vibe

  ➔ Noun Clause with Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ **That** introduces a noun clause, often following verbs of knowing, saying, or indicating. **Down for the vibe** is an informal idiom meaning to be willing or eager to participate in an activity or share a particular mood/atmosphere.

• That I'm on the rise, oh

  ➔ Noun Clause with Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ **That** here introduces a noun clause, functioning as the object of a verb (implied from the previous line, "You can see my eyes"). **On the rise** is an idiom meaning increasing in success, popularity, or importance.

• But your body be smilin' though (ay, ay)

  ➔ Non-Standard 'Be' Verb in Progressive Aspect (AAVE/Colloquial)

  ➔ The use of the bare infinitive **be** with a present participle (**smilin'**) instead of the standard "is smiling" is characteristic of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) or certain informal dialects. It often implies a habitual, continuous, or emphatic action rather than a single ongoing event.

• These are the nights I love

  ➔ Relative Clause with Omitted Relative Pronoun

  ➔ This sentence contains a relative clause where the relative pronoun (e.g., "that" or "which") is omitted. The full phrase would be "These are the nights **that/which** I love." It's common in informal English when the relative pronoun is the object of the clause.

• I'm outta control, I can't

  ➔ Colloquial Contraction and Elliptical Clause

  ➔ **Outta** is a colloquial contraction of "out of," meaning beyond control. **I can't** is an elliptical clause, where the implied full phrase is "I can't control myself" or "I can't do anything about it," relying on context for its meaning.

• I adore you, I do

  ➔ Emphatic 'Do' in Affirmative Statements

  ➔ The auxiliary verb **do** is used here to add emphasis to the main verb "adore" in an affirmative statement. It strengthens the feeling or truth of the statement, implying "I really do adore you."

• She gon' keep it minimum, poco

  ➔ Colloquial Future Tense (Gon') and Phrasal Verb

  ➔ **Gon'** is a colloquial and informal contraction of "going to," used to express future intention or prediction. **Keep it minimum** is a phrasal verb meaning to maintain something at the lowest or smallest possible level.

• Pull you in and walk in like model

  ➔ Phrasal Verbs and 'Like' as a Preposition of Comparison

  ➔ **Pull you in** and **walk in** are phrasal verbs. "Pull in" suggests drawing someone closer, while "walk in" implies entering. **Like model** uses "like" as a preposition to compare the manner of walking to that of a model, meaning "in the manner of a model."