Lose Control – English Lyrics

• By: Teddy Swims
• Album: I've Tried Everything But Therapy

Lyrics & Translation

"Lose Control" offers a raw and emotional journey into the complexities of love, dependency, and self-discovery. With its potent blend of soul, R&B, and pop, Teddy Swims' powerful vocals and heartfelt lyrics make this song a compelling piece to explore for language learners. The song's introspective nature and vivid imagery provide an excellent opportunity to understand nuanced English expressions related to emotions and personal struggles.

Key Grammar Structures

• Something's got ahold of me lately

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous (with 'lately')

  ➔ Uses the present perfect continuous to express an action that started in the past and continues up to the present, emphasized by the adverb 'lately'. 'Something's got ahold' is a contracted form of 'Something has got ahold'.

• Feels like the walls are all closing in

  ➔ Simile/Figurative Language with 'like' + Present Continuous

  ➔ Uses the word 'like' to create a simile. The walls closing in is a figurative way of describing a feeling of being trapped or overwhelmed. The present continuous 'are closing' emphasizes the ongoing and intensifying nature of this feeling.

• Out of my mind, how many times Did I tell you I'm no good at being alone

  ➔ Past Simple (Did I tell) + Negative statement with 'no good at' + Gerund

  ➔ The speaker uses the past simple tense 'Did I tell' to ask a question about a past event. 'I'm no good at being alone' uses the expression 'no good at' followed by the gerund 'being', indicating a lack of skill or comfort in solitude.

• Tryin' my best to keep from Tearing the skin off my bones

  ➔ Gerund after Preposition ('from') + Phrasal Verb ('tear off')

  ➔ The gerund 'Tearing' follows the preposition 'from'. 'Tear off' is a phrasal verb meaning to remove something by ripping it away forcefully. The whole phrase describes a strong urge to self-harm.

• I lose control When you're not next to me

  ➔ Present Simple + Conditional Clause (Type 0)

  ➔ A type 0 conditional sentence expressing a general truth or a cause-and-effect relationship. 'I lose control' is the result and 'When you're not next to me' is the condition that always leads to that result.

• You make a mess of me

  ➔ Phrasal Verb ('make a mess of')

  ➔ 'Make a mess of' means to ruin or spoil something, or to cause someone to be emotionally or mentally unstable. In this context, it implies the other person's actions negatively affect the speaker.

• The problem is I want your body like a fiend, like a bad habit

  ➔ Simile with 'like' + Noun as Adjective

  ➔ Uses the word 'like' to create similes comparing the speaker's desire to being a 'fiend' and a 'bad habit', emphasizing the intensity and addictive nature of their desire. 'Bad' acts as an adjective modifying the noun 'habit'.