I Love You So – English Lyrics

• By: The Walters

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I just need someone in my life to give it structure

To handle all the selfish ways I'd spend my time without her

You're everything I want, but I can't deal with all your lovers

You're saying I'm the one, but it's your actions that speak louder

Giving me love when you are down and need another

I've gotta get away and let you go, I've gotta get over

But I love you so (ooh-ooh)

I love you so (ooh-ooh)

I love you so (ooh-ooh)

I love you so (ooh-ooh)

I'm gonna pack my things and leave you behind

This feeling's old and I know that I've made up my mind

I hope you feel what I felt when you shattered my soul

'Cause you were cruel and I'm a fool

So, please let me go

But I love you so (please let me go)

I love you so (please let me go)

I love you so (please let me go)

I love you so

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
need /niːd/ A2	verb - require (something) because it is essential or very important.
handle /ˈhændl/ B1	verb - deal with (something difficult).
lover /ˈlʌvər/ B2	noun - a person who is in love with someone.
deal /diːl/ B1	verb - cope with or overcome (a problem or difficulty).
actions /ˈækʃənz/ B1	noun - the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - experience an emotion or sensation.
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being.
cruel /kruːəl/ B2	adjective - willfully causing pain or suffering to others.
fool /fuːl/ A2	noun - a person who acts unwisely or imprudently.
pack /pæk/ A2	verb - fill (a suitcase, bag, etc.) with clothes or other belongings.
leave /liːv/ A2	verb - go away from.
mind /maɪnd/ B1	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experience.
shatter /ˈʃætər/ B2	verb - break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.
structure /ˈstrʌktʃər/ B2	noun - the arrangement of and relations between parts or elements of something complex.
selfish /ˈsɛlfɪʃ/ B1	adjective - lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.
hope /hoʊp/ A2	verb - want something to happen and believe that it is possible.

Key Grammar Structures

• I just need someone in my life to give it structure

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The infinitive 'to give' is used to express the purpose of needing someone: 'to give it structure'.

• To handle all the selfish ways I'd spend my time without her

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The infinitive 'to handle' shows the purpose: the singer wants someone 'to handle' his selfish ways.

• You're everything I want, but I can't deal with all your lovers

  ➔ Contrast (but), Modal verb (can't) + base verb

  ➔ The conjunction 'but' introduces a contrast. 'Can't' (modal verb + base verb 'deal') indicates inability.

• You're saying I'm the one, but it's your actions that speak louder

  ➔ Contrast (but), Emphasis (it is ... that)

  ➔ Again, 'but' introduces a contrast. The phrase 'it's your actions that speak louder' uses an emphasis structure for clarification.

• Giving me love when you are down and need another

  ➔ Gerund as a subject

  ➔ 'Giving' acts as the subject of the sentence, similar to a noun. The entire phrase describes the action that is the issue.

• I've gotta get away and let you go, I've gotta get over

  ➔ Contraction (I've gotta) and phrasal verbs (get away, let go, get over)

  ➔ 'I've gotta' is a contraction of 'I have got to'. The verbs are followed by prepositional phrases, creating phrasal verbs.

• I'm gonna pack my things and leave you behind

  ➔ Contraction (I'm gonna) and phrasal verb (leave behind)

  ➔ 'I'm gonna' is a contraction of 'I am going to', indicating future intention. 'Leave behind' is a phrasal verb.

• This feeling's old and I know that I've made up my mind

  ➔ Contraction (feeling's), Compound Sentence (and), Subordinate Clause (that...)

  ➔ 'Feeling's' is a contraction of 'feeling is'. The sentence is a compound sentence connected by 'and'. 'That' introduces a subordinate clause acting as the object of the verb know.

• Cause you were cruel and I'm a fool

  ➔ Cause (because), simple past (were), Predicate Adjective (cruel, fool)

  ➔ 'Cause' is a contraction of 'because', a conjunction indicating reason. 'Were' is the simple past tense of 'to be'. 'Cruel' and 'fool' function as predicate adjectives.