I Dare You – English Lyrics

• By: The xx
• Album: I See You

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I'm in love with it

Intoxicated

I'm enraptured

From the inside I can feel that you want to

Wake up high on it

Feel it suspending

I'm enamored

Way up in the sky I can see that you want to

I've been a romantic for so long

All I've ever had are love songs

Singing oh-oh-oh

Go on, I dare you

Oh-oh-oh

I dare you

I got chills

Heartbreak multiplies

I'm on a different kind of high

A rush of blood is not enough

I need my feelings set on fire

Now I'm deep in it

Infatuated

Strong attraction

Side by side, and I know that you want to

I've been a romantic for so long

All I've ever had are love songs

Singing oh-oh-oh

Go on, I dare you

Oh-oh-oh

I dare you

I can hear it now like I heard it then

I can hear it now like I heard it then

I can hear it now like I heard it then

I can hear it now like I heard it then

Singing oh-oh-oh

Go on, I dare you

Oh-oh-oh

I dare you

Oh-oh-oh

Go on, I dare you

Oh-oh-oh

I dare you

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm in love with it

  ➔ Present simple of 'to be' + prepositional phrase

  ➔ The verb "am" (in "I'm") is the present simple form of "to be" followed by the prepositional phrase "with it".

• From the inside I can feel that you want to

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' + infinitive; subordinate clause introduced by 'that'

  ➔ The modal "can" shows ability, and "that" introduces the subordinate clause "you want to".

• Wake up high on it

  ➔ Imperative verb phrase

  ➔ The verb phrase "Wake up" is in the imperative mood, giving a command or suggestion.

• Feel it suspending

  ➔ Verb + object + present participle (gerund) as complement

  ➔ The verb "Feel" takes the object "it" and the present participle "suspending" as a complement.

• I've been a romantic for so long

  ➔ Present perfect with 'have/has' + past participle 'been'

  ➔ The contraction "I've" stands for "I have", forming the present perfect with the past participle "been".

• All I've ever had are love songs

  ➔ Present perfect 'have had' + linking verb 'are' with plural predicate

  ➔ The phrase "I've ever had" uses the present perfect of "have"; "are" links the subject "All" to the plural complement "love songs".

• Singing oh-oh-oh

  ➔ Present participle used as a gerund phrase (non-finite clause)

  ➔ "Singing" functions as a gerund, describing an ongoing action without a subject.

• I got chills

  ➔ Simple past of 'get' used colloquially to express a state

  ➔ The verb "got" is the simple past form of "get", meaning "to experience" in this context.

• I can hear it now like I heard it then

  ➔ Modal 'can' + base verb; contrast of present simple and past simple

  ➔ The modal "can" shows present ability; "heard" is the simple past form referring to a past time.

• I need my feelings set on fire

  ➔ Causative construction with 'need' + object + past participle

  ➔ "need" + object + past participle "set" forms a causative structure, meaning the feelings must be set on fire.