It's Just Us – English Lyrics

• By: Kali Uchis
• Album: Sincerely,

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection. verb - feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to (someone).
brain /breɪn/ A2	noun - an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating centre of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity.
chemistry /ˈkɛmɪstri/ B2	noun - the branch of science concerned with the substances of which matter is composed. noun - a strong mutual attraction, affection, or understanding between two people.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system. noun - the emotional or spiritual core of a person.
remedy /ˈrɛmɪdi/ B1	noun - a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury. noun - a means of counteracting or eliminating something undesirable.
wonder /ˈwʌndər/ B1	verb - desire to know something; feel curious. noun - a feeling of surprise and admiration, caused by seeing something beautiful, unexpected, or unfamiliar.
heaven /ˈhɛvən/ A2	noun - (in some religions) the abode of God and the angels; the spiritual realm of the afterlife. noun - a place or state of supreme happiness.
earth /ɜːrθ/ A1	noun - the planet on which we live; the world. noun - the ground or soil.
fade /feɪd/ B1	verb - (of a color, light, or sound) gradually grow fainter or disappear.
fascinating /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/ B2	adjective - extremely interesting and attractive.
unspoken /ʌnˈspoʊkən/ B2	adjective - not expressed in speech; tacit.
money /ˈmʌni/ A1	noun - a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; wealth.
evil /ˈiːvəl/ B1	noun - profound immorality, wickedness, or depravity. adjective - profoundly immoral and wicked.
attention /əˈtɛnʃən/ A2	noun - the act or power of carefully thinking about, listening to, or watching someone or something.
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought.
meaningless /ˈmiːnɪŋləs/ B2	adjective - without meaning or purpose.
rearrange /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒ/ B2	verb - change the position or arrangement of (something).
peace /piːs/ A2	noun - freedom from disturbance; tranquility.
thief /θiːf/ B1	noun - a person who steals another person's property, especially secretly and without violence.
rob /rɑːb/ B1	verb - take money or property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force.

Key Grammar Structures

• When you smiled at me

  ➔ Temporal Clause

  ➔ The "When" clause introduces a subordinate clause that indicates the time at which the main action occurred. It sets the scene for 'Something changed...'.

• A love felt infinitely

  ➔ Past Participle as an Adjective (Reduced Relative Clause)

  ➔ The past participle "felt" functions as an adjective modifying "A love", implying 'a love that was felt'. This is a common way to shorten relative clauses.

• Kicked out the house as a teen

  ➔ Passive Voice (Reduced Clause / Implied Subject)

  ➔ This is a reduced passive clause where the auxiliary verb and subject ('I was') are omitted, but the meaning 'I was kicked out' is understood. It focuses on the action being done to the subject.

• If I could walk away from me

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ This structure ('If + past simple, ... would + base verb') is used to talk about a hypothetical or unlikely situation in the present or future, and its hypothetical result. Here, 'If I could walk away from me' presents an unreal condition.

• Heaven on earth may fade away

  ➔ Modal Verb "May" for Possibility

  ➔ The modal verb "may" is used here to express possibility or a potential future event. It indicates that 'Heaven on earth' might or could fade away.

• But you and I are forever to stay in love

  ➔ "Be + to-infinitive" (Arrangement/Destiny)

  ➔ The "be + to-infinitive" construction here expresses a fixed arrangement, obligation, or, in this poetic context, a sense of destiny or inevitability for the future. "You and I are forever to stay" implies a lasting state.

• How heavy are the words That were left unspoken?

  ➔ Inversion in Exclamatory Sentences / Relative Clause

  ➔ This line uses inversion (verb before subject) common in exclamatory or emphatic statements starting with "how" or "what". "That were left unspoken" is a relative clause providing more information about "the words".

• The things that used to drive me out my mind turned meaningless

  ➔ "Used to" for Past Habits/States

  ➔ "Used to" is a semi-modal verb indicating a past habit or a state that was true in the past but is no longer true now. Here, it refers to things that had a certain effect in the past.

• Had to learn to rearrange my mind and be in peace

  ➔ "Had to" (Past Obligation/Necessity)

  ➔ "Had to" is the past form of "have to," expressing a past obligation or necessity, meaning the speaker was required or found it necessary to learn something.

• When time is a thief, I won't let him rob me 'cause

  ➔ Causative Verb "Let"

  ➔ The causative verb "let" is used here to indicate permission or allowing someone to do something. "I won't let him rob me" means 'I will not allow time to rob me'.