If Lovin' You Is Wrong – English Lyrics

• By: Faithless

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the provocative soundscape of Faithless's 'If Lovin' You Is Wrong,' a track that challenges societal norms and explores the depths of forbidden desire. This song offers a unique opportunity to explore the nuances of English vocabulary related to love, passion, and rebellion, all while enjoying its distinctive blend of electronic and R&B rhythms.

[English]

Watch me ride, I'm a sexual animal

Eat you like a cannibal

Crammed full of energy, I'm inflammable

Yeah, I finish my beer so come here

And get nice while I lick your ear

Put your legs over there and kinda swing on the chair

I swear you look wicked with your panties in your hair

Eyes half closed, cute little nose

And like a pound of self raising I just rose and rose

Stepped out of my clothes started doing the right thing

I was pumping and she was biting

Yeah, lightning flashed and thunder roared

The girl had her finger on my keyboard

Oh Lord, this is gonna last all night

If loving you is wrong, I don't wanna be right

If loving you is wrong, I don't wanna be right

If I come first well that's the worse scenario

I push you harder than Sanchez Vicario

I mean it, 20th Century Fox on the screening

One take like an earthquake make the bed brake

We be famous worldwide overnight

And get tired of magazine articles we're forced to write

I take a delight in making the bed springs sing all night

If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

If loving you is wrong, I don't wanna be right

I give a massage, skin supercharge

Imagination on turbo situation large

Sometimes you handle me kinda course

Like a horse, the bed a wrecked

To keep from flying, I got my teeth in her neck

Her neck, her neck, her neck

If loving you is wrong, I don't wanna be right

If loving you is wrong, I don't wanna be right

If loving you is wrong, I don't wanna be right

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sexual /ˈsɛkʃuəl/ B2	adjective - relating to physical attraction or intimacy
animal /ˈænɪməl/ A1	noun - living creature with instinctive behavior
cannibal /ˈkænɪbəl/ C1	noun - being that consumes its own kind
inflammable /ɪnˈflæməbəl/ C1	adjective - easily ignited or excited
lick /lɪk/ A2	verb - pass tongue over surface
wicked /ˈwɪkɪd/ B2	adjective - seductively provocative or intense
panties /ˈpæntiz/ B2	noun - women's undergarment
pumping /ˈpʌmpɪŋ/ B1	verb - moving vigorously up and down
biting /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/ B1	verb - using teeth to grip or cut
lightning /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ A2	noun - electrical atmospheric discharge
thunder /ˈθʌndər/ A2	noun - loud noise following lightning
keyboard /ˈkiːbɔːrd/ A2	noun - set of keys for inputting data
earthquake /ˈɜːrθkweɪk/ B1	noun - violent ground-shaking event
delight /dɪˈlaɪt/ B2	noun - great pleasure or joy
springs /sprɪŋz/ B1	noun - coiled metal components in mattresses
wrong /rɒŋ/ A1	adjective - morally incorrect or undesirable
neck /nɛk/ A1	noun - body part connecting head to torso

Key Grammar Structures

• Eat you like a cannibal

  ➔ Simile with 'like'

  ➔ Uses "like" to directly compare intimacy to cannibalism, showing extreme desire

• Crammed full of energy, I'm inflammable

  ➔ Past participle adjective phrase

  ➔ "Crammed full" functions as a compound adjective describing the speaker's explosive energy

• I finish my beer so come here

  ➔ Imperative + causal 'so'

  ➔ "So" connects the completed action (finishing beer) to the command "come here" as justification

• I was pumping and she was biting

  ➔ Past continuous parallelism

  ➔ Parallel structure using past continuous ("was pumping" / "was biting") shows simultaneous intense actions

• If loving you is wrong, I don't wanna be right

  ➔ Conditional (Type 0) + contraction

  ➔ General truth conditional ("if...is") with informal contraction "wanna" (want to) expressing defiance

• I push you harder than Sanchez Vicario

  ➔ Comparative with 'than' + cultural reference

  ➔ Uses "harder than" to create intensity comparison against tennis player Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

• I take a delight in making the bed springs sing

  ➔ Gerund after preposition

  ➔ Gerund "making" follows preposition "in" to show enjoyment source

• I got my teeth in her neck

  ➔ Possessive with 'got' + body metaphor

  ➔ Informal possessive "got" indicates physical grip, using teeth/neck imagery for primal intensity

• To keep from flying, I got my teeth in her neck

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose + result

  ➔ Infinitive phrase "To keep from flying" states purpose, leading to the physical result described after