I Need to See You Again

• By: Natalia M. King
• Album: SoulBlaZz

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
start /stɑːrt/ A1	noun - the beginning of something verb - to begin
waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ A1	verb - to stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or until something else happens.
lay /leɪ/ A2	verb - to put down gently or carefully.
long /lɔːŋ/ A1	adjective - measuring a great distance from end to end.
days /deɪz/ A1	noun - a period of 24 hours as a unit of time.
trouble /ˈtrʌbl/ B1	noun - difficulty or problems. verb - to cause worry or problems to.
worry /ˈwɜːri/ B1	verb - to feel or show anxiety and concern about actual or potential problems.
fight /faɪt/ A2	noun - a violent confrontation or struggle. verb - to take part in a violent struggle involving physical force or weapons.
gone /ɡɔːn/ A2	adjective - past; no longer present; departed.
hour /ˈaʊər/ A1	noun - a period of time equal to sixty minutes
year /jɪər/ A1	noun - the time it takes the earth to complete its orbit of the sun
please /pliːz/ A2	verb - cause (someone) to feel happy and satisfied.
hunger /ˈhʌŋɡər/ B2	noun - a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat.
tease /tiːz/ B2	verb - make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way.
regret /rɪˈɡret/ B2	verb - feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that one has done or failed to do). noun - a feeling of sadness or disappointment caused by one's deeds.
past /pæst/ A2	noun - the time before the present adjective - gone by in time; over
slowly /ˈsloʊli/ A2	adverb - at a slow speed; not quickly.

Grammar:

• A battered heart is just another start **to a waiting lay me down and die story**

  ➔ Gerund as an adjective/Modifier: The phrase 'waiting lay me down and die' functions as an adjective modifying 'story'. More specifically, 'waiting' is a gerund acting as part of a compound adjective phrase.

  ➔ This describes the kind of story being told: a story about waiting for something that makes you feel like you're dying inside. The use of 'waiting' creates a sense of anticipation and prolonged suffering.

• Long **are** the days with my impulsive ways

  ➔ Inversion: The typical word order (Subject-Verb) is inverted to (Verb-Subject) for emphasis. Normally it would be 'The days with my impulsive ways are long'.

  ➔ This inversion emphasizes the length and difficulty of the days. It's a more poetic and emphatic way of saying the days are long.

• Dont wanna put up a fight, But you've been gone away **too long**

  ➔ Adverb of degree: 'too' modifies the adjective 'long', indicating an excessive or undesirable degree of length. It intensifies the length of the separation.

  ➔ This emphasizes the speaker's impatience and the feeling that the absence has been prolonged excessively, exceeding a tolerable limit.

• An hour's like a day, A day is like a year **when we're apart**

  ➔ Adverbial Clause of Time: 'when we're apart' indicates the time or circumstance under which the comparison (hour like a day, day like a year) is true.

  ➔ This clause specifies that the speaker's perception of time is distorted due to their separation from the person they need to see. Time feels significantly longer when they are not together.

• I see your foreplay is **to make me wait in hunger while you tease me**

  ➔ Infinitive of Purpose: The infinitive phrase 'to make me wait...' explains the purpose or reason behind the other person's actions (their foreplay).

  ➔ The speaker is expressing a cynical or critical view of their partner's actions, suggesting that the partner's 'foreplay' is designed to make them wait and feel deprived.

• I'm not sayin' that I regret the past **and** I'm not sayin' that we are gonna last

  ➔ Parallel Structure: The phrase 'I'm not saying that...' is repeated to create parallel structure, emphasizing the series of disclaimers the speaker is making.

  ➔ The repeated structure creates a rhythm and emphasizes the speaker's carefulness not to make any commitments or assumptions about the relationship's future.

• Just give me one more lay me down and **die slowly**

  ➔ Adverb modifying a verb: 'Slowly' is an adverb that modifies the verb 'die', indicating the manner in which the action is performed.

  ➔ This emphasizes the prolonged nature of the metaphorical 'death' - a situation or experience that is not a quick end, but a gradual and drawn-out one. It adds a sense of drama and intensity to the request.