Limerence – English Lyrics

• By: Lucy Dacus
• Album: Forever Is A Feeling

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Lucy Dacus's 'Limerence,' a masterclass in nuanced emotional storytelling set to fragile piano orchestration. This song offers a raw, relatable glimpse into the complex aftermath of love, teaching listeners how to articulate the discomfort and realization that comes with emotional fallout through deeply personal and believable lyricism.

[English]

Natalie's explaining limerance between taking hits from a blunt

High as a kite

While Roddy's playing GTA, I swear

Why is he so good at this game?

It should be cause for concern

I'm just shoveling popcorn into my mouth

So I don't say the things that I'm thinking out loud

I'm thinking about breaking your heart some day soon

And if I do, I'll be breaking mine too

If I stay busy, maybe I'll forget how I feel

And go on living life as I planned it

So bring on the parties

I wanna go dancing

My arm 'round the waist of a friendly acquaintance

Toeing the line of betraying your trust

Why do I feel alive when I'm behaving my worst?

Is there a difference between lying to you

If it feels just as bad as telling the truth?

I know that there is, and I know what I'll pick

I want what we have, our beautiful life

But the stillness

The stillness might eat me alive

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
limerence /ˈlɪmərəns/ C1	noun - the state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person.
concern /kənˈsɜːrn/ B1	noun - a feeling of worry or unease.
shoveling /ˈʃʌvəlɪŋ/ A2	verb - to move something with a shovel.
breaking /ˈbreɪkɪŋ/ A2	verb - to separate into pieces; to cause emotional pain.
forget /fərˈɡet/ A2	verb - to be unable to remember something.
dancing /ˈdænsɪŋ/ A2	verb - to move rhythmically to music.
acquaintance /əˈkweɪntəns/ B1	noun - a person one knows, but who is not a close friend.
betraying /bɪˈtreɪɪŋ/ B2	verb - to violate someone's trust.
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - living, not dead.
lying /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - not telling the truth.
stillness /ˈstɪlnəs/ B1	noun - the quality of being calm and quiet.

Key Grammar Structures

• Natalie's explaining limerence between taking hits from a blunt

  ➔ Genitive Case ('s) & Present Participle as Gerund

  ➔ The 's indicates possession (Natalie's explanation). 'Taking hits' functions as a gerund, acting as a noun describing *when* the explanation is happening.

• I'm just shoveling popcorn into my mouth

  ➔ Present Continuous for habitual action/emphasis

  ➔ While technically describing an action happening *now*, the 'shoveling' emphasizes the repetitive, almost mindless nature of the act, used to avoid thinking.

• If I stay busy, maybe I'll forget how I feel

  ➔ First Conditional

  ➔ This sentence uses the structure 'If + present simple, will + base verb' to express a possible future outcome based on a condition.

• Toeing the line of betraying your trust

  ➔ Gerund as object of preposition

  ➔ "Toeing the line" is an idiom meaning to narrowly avoid doing something wrong. 'Betraying' is a gerund functioning as the object of the preposition 'of'.