Little Bit – English Lyrics

• By: Lykke Li

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Lykke Li's "Little Bit" is a perfect song to start with for English learners. Its lyrics are direct and emotionally charged, using simple but profound vocabulary to explore complex feelings of love, pride, and vulnerability. The repetition in the chorus helps reinforce phrases, making it an engaging and memorable way to understand the nuances of expressing cautious emotion in English.

[English]

Hands down

I'm too proud, for love

But with eyes shut

It's you I'm thinking of

But how we move from A to B it can't be up to me

'Cause you don't know who I was before you

And basically, to see a change in me

I'd be losing, so I just ignore you, yeah

Oh-oh

But you're on my mind, my mind, my mind, my mind, my mind

Oh-oh

But maybe in time, in time, in time, I'll tell you

A little bit, a little bit

A little bit in love with you

I guess that I'm a little bit, a little bit

A little bit in love with you, oh-oh

I know you told me break their hearts

But it's you I wanna take apart

And I will never ever be the first, to say it

But still I, they know I, I-I-I-I

I would do it, push a button

Pull a trigger, climb a mountain

Jump off a cliff 'cause your know baby

I love you, love you, a little bit

I would do it, you would say it

You'd mean it, I would let you do it

It was you and I and only I

I think I'm a little bit, little bit

A little bit in love with you

But only if you're a little bit

Little bit, little bit in love with me

...

I hope they never find out

What they already know, know, know

As soon as it's official

We'll have to let it go, go, go

So we don't confirm the fling

Keep avoiding all the questions

You can teach me many things

I'm just scared to learn a lesson

The pressure's on, both hearts beat like a metronome

Both in sync like a Justin song

Feels so right but it's just, so wrong

I wonder where my world 'bout

Where niggas said I know, tryna take my girl out

And her friends say I ain't the one to go for

She just get jealous 'cause you always get approached more

Oh, well, tell her fall back caught up in some more shit tell her call back

Tell her get a man that ain't cheating on her ass

With a girl that I know, yeah, tell her all that, that

And as for you I think I know you're the one

The closest I've come, I'm probably

A little bit, a little bit

A little bit in love with you

I guess that I'm a little bit

A little bit

A little bit in love with you, oh-oh

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
proud /praʊd/ B2	adjective - feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of achievements or qualities
move /muːv/ B1	verb - to change position or go in a different direction
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ B1	noun - the act or instance of becoming different verb - to make or become different
ignore /ɪɡˈnɔːr/ B2	verb - to refuse to pay attention to
tell /tɛl/ A2	verb - to communicate information or instructions
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection verb - to feel deeply affectionate
want /wɒnt/ A2	verb - to desire or wish for
break /breɪk/ B2	verb - to separate into parts by force
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection
say /seɪ/ A2	verb - to utter words
know /noʊ/ A2	verb - to be aware of through observation or inquiry
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
know /noʊ/ A2	verb - to be aware of through observation or inquiry
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm too proud, for love

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present simple tense to express a general truth about the speaker's feelings.

• But how we move from A to B it can't be up to me

  ➔ Modal Verbs (can)

  ➔ The use of 'can't' indicates inability or impossibility regarding the speaker's control over the situation.

• I would do it, push a button

  ➔ Conditional Mood (would)

  ➔ The use of 'would' indicates a hypothetical situation or willingness to act under certain conditions.

• I think I'm a little bit, a little bit in love with you

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The present continuous tense is used to express an ongoing state of feeling.

• I hope they never find out

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The present simple tense is used to express a wish or hope about the future.

• As soon as it's official

  ➔ Adverbial Clause of Time

  ➔ The phrase introduces a condition that specifies when something will happen.

• You can teach me many things

  ➔ Modal Verbs (can)

  ➔ The use of 'can' indicates ability or possibility regarding the subject's capacity to teach.