Lights Out – English Lyrics

• By: Redfoo

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the electrifying world of Redfoo's "Lights Out," a catchy dance-pop anthem that explores the dizzying experience of being under someone's spell. With its infectious beat and playful lyrics, this song offers a fun way to learn idiomatic expressions and contemporary slang while enjoying Redfoo's signature party-rock vibe.

[English]

She broke my heart, right from the start

This girl has taken me over, like a Jedi she's a mind controller

She gave me some now I need a little more yeah

She's the only one to make me scream and shout

I'm lights out, oooh I'm dead

Lights out like a bullet to the head

Lights out, look here girl if you let me in your bed

I'll be the only one to make you scream and shout

Lights out, hey!

Watch me, I'm lights out!

This girl has taken me over, like a Jedi she's a mind controller

She gave me some now I need a little more yeah

She's the only one to make me scream and shout

I'm lights out!

Yo, this girl's cray. One minute she love me the next she hates

She reminds me of Houdini the great, I think I got her on lock then she escapes

One hit got daddy wondering, stop the sugar, stop funding em

God damnit I'm in a conundrum, when I see that bu-bu-bu-bum-bum-bum

She knows I made her my number one, everywhere she goes I'm on the run

She got my nose on sprung

Lights out, hey!

Watch me, I'm lights out!

Work

Lights out, hey!

Lights out, hey!

Key Grammar Structures

• She broke my heart, right from the start.

  ➔ Past Simple

  ➔ The verb "broke" shows a completed action in the past.

• She has taken me over, like a Jedi she's a mind controller.

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ "has taken" links a past action to the present moment.

• She gave me some now I need a little more yeah.

  ➔ Simple Past + Coordinating Conjunction

  ➔ "gave" is a past action; "now" joins a second clause with the present tense "need".

• I'm lights out, oooh I'm dead.

  ➔ Present Simple (copular "be")

  ➔ "I'm" contracts "I am" and links the subject to the description "lights out" / "dead".

• Look here girl if you let me in your bed.

  ➔ First Conditional (if + present simple, will + base verb)

  ➔ "if you let" uses the present simple to talk about a possible future condition.

• I'll be the only one to make you scream and shout.

  ➔ Future Simple with "will" + infinitive

  ➔ "I'll be" contracts "I will be" and predicts a future state.

• Yo, this girl's cray.

  ➔ Contraction "girl's" = "girl is" (present simple)

  ➔ "girl's" shortens "girl is" and expresses a present state.

• One minute she love me the next she hates.

  ➔ Present Simple for habitual actions

  ➔ "love" and "hates" are in the present simple to describe repeated behaviour.

• She reminds me of Houdini the great.

  ➔ Simple Present with object pronoun and prepositional phrase

  ➔ "reminds" is the present verb; "me" is the object pronoun; "of Houdini" is a prepositional complement.

• I think I got her on lock then she escapes.

  ➔ Mixed tenses (present simple + past simple + present simple)

  ➔ "think" is present; "got" is past simple showing a completed action; "escapes" returns to present simple.