i still talk to jesus – English Lyrics

• By: LANY
• Album: mama’s boy

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

作词 : Paul Klein/Sasha Alex Sloan/Shane McAnally

作曲 : Paul Klein/Sasha Alex Sloan/Shane McAnally

If there's a heaven

I hope that I get in, but I probably won't

I break all the rules

Do all the things the Bible says "Don't"

I don't change my ways, I don't change my shirt

I go from the club straight to the church

It's the same prayer, it's the same hurt

Maybe I drink too much

Fallin' out of love

There's been couple of times

I've downed a couple of lines

I lie to my momma, I smoke *********

Most of the time I do what I wanna

You might not believe it

But I still talk to Jesus

I got a past more stained than the glass

Everyone knows

I need salvation for my reputation

So here it goes

I don't change my ways, I don't change my shirt

I go from the club straight to the church

It's the same prayer, it's the same hurt

Maybe I drink too much

Fallin' out of love

There's been couple of times

I've downed a couple of lines

I lie to my momma, I smoke *********

Most of the time I do what I wanna

You might not believe it

But I still talk to Jesus

Hallelujah

Amazing grace

Just tryna do better than yesterday

Hallelujah

Amazing grace

Just tryna do better than yesterday

Maybe I drink too much

Fallin' out of love

There's been couple of times

I've downed a couple of lines

I lie to my momma, I smoke *********

Most of the time I do what I wanna

You might not believe it

But I still talk to Jesus

I know that i need it

So I still talk to Jesus

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - to speak to someone
Jesus /ˈdʒiːzəs/ A1	noun - a central figure in Christianity
heaven /ˈhɛvən/ A1	noun - a place where God and the souls of good people are believed to live after death
prayer /prɛər/ A1	noun - a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God
salvation /sælˈveɪʃən/ B1	noun - deliverance from sin or harm
reputation /ˌrɛpjuˈteɪʃən/ B1	noun - the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone
stained /steɪnd/ B2	adjective - marked or discolored by a foreign substance
grace /ɡreɪs/ B1	noun - the free and unmerited favor of God
hallelujah /ˌhæləˈluːjə/ A2	exclamation - an expression of praise to God
amazing /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ A2	adjective - causing great surprise or wonder
yesterday /ˈjɛstərdeɪ/ A1	noun - the day before today
better /ˈbɛtər/ A1	adjective - of a higher quality or more desirable
club /klʌb/ A1	noun - a place for entertainment or socializing
church /tʃɜːrtʃ/ A1	noun - a building for Christian religious services
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause physical pain or injury noun - physical pain or emotional distress
wanna /ˈwɒnə/ A2	verb - informal form of 'want to'

Key Grammar Structures

• If there's a heaven

  ➔ Zero Conditional

  ➔ The phrase uses 'If' to express a general truth or a habitual action. Here, it implies a hypothetical situation about heaven.

• I don't change my ways, I don't change my shirt

  ➔ Parallel Structure

  ➔ The sentence uses parallel structure with repeated 'I don't change' to emphasize the speaker's stubbornness.

• Maybe I drink too much

  ➔ Modal Verb (Possibility)

  ➔ 'Maybe' is a modal verb expressing uncertainty or possibility about the speaker's drinking habit.

• I've downed a couple of lines

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The present perfect tense ('have downed') is used to describe an action that occurred in the past with results relevant to the present.

• You might not believe it

  ➔ Modal Verb (Speculation)

  ➔ 'Might' is used to express speculation or uncertainty about the listener's belief.

• Just tryna do better than yesterday

  ➔ Present Continuous (Intentional Action)

  ➔ 'Tryna' (trying to) in the present continuous tense indicates an ongoing effort or intention to improve.

• I know that I need it

  ➔ Emphatic Structure

  ➔ The sentence uses an emphatic structure with 'I know that' to strongly assert the speaker's need.