Lost In Your Eyes – English Lyrics

• By: Debbie Gibson
• Album: Electric Youth

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
lost /lɔst/ A2	adjective - unable to find one's way; not knowing one's location verb - to cease to have or retain (something)
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - the organ of sight
feel /fil/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
spirits /ˈspɪrɪts/ B2	noun - a person's mood or emotional state
rise /raɪz/ A2	verb - to move upward
soar /sɔr/ B2	verb - to fly or rise high in the air
wind /wɪnd/ A1	noun - air moving naturally
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for
weak /wik/ A2	adjective - lacking physical strength
glance /ɡlæns/ B1	noun - a quick look verb - to take a quick look
romance /ˈroʊmæns/ B1	noun - a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to have knowledge or information about something
mind /maɪnd/ A2	verb - to object to or be bothered by
heading /ˈhɛdɪŋ/ B1	verb - to move in a particular direction
skies /skaɪz/ A1	noun - the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth
heaven /ˈhɛvən/ B1	noun - a place or state of great happiness
fell /fɛl/ A2	verb - to fall; to be brought down
deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ B2	verb - to state that something is not true
found /faʊnd/ A2	verb - to discover or perceive

Key Grammar Structures

• I get lost in your eyes

  ➔ Present Simple for states/feelings

  ➔ The phrase 'I get lost' uses the present simple tense to express a habitual or ongoing feeling/state of being.

• And soar like the wind

  ➔ Simile

  ➔ This line uses a simile ('like the wind') to compare the feeling of spirits rising to the swift and free movement of wind.

• Is it love that I am in?

  ➔ Wh-question with inversion

  ➔ This is a question using 'what' as the interrogative pronoun, with a subject-verb inversion for emphasis.

• And now I know 'Cause when I'm lost, I can't let go

  ➔ Causal conjunction ('Cause') and modal verbs ('can't')

  ➔ 'Cause' introduces the reason for the previous statement. 'Can't let go' expresses inability due to the feeling of being lost.

• I don't mind not knowin' what I'm heading for

  ➔ Gerund phrase as object of 'mind'

  ➔ The phrase 'not knowin' what I'm heading for' functions as a noun phrase (gerund phrase) that is the object of the verb 'mind'.

• It's like being lost in heaven

  ➔ Comparison with 'like' and gerund 'being'

  ➔ This sentence uses 'like' to draw a comparison between the feeling of being lost in the eyes and the experience of being in heaven. 'Being lost' is a gerund phrase.

• And if I can't find my way

  ➔ Conditional clause (Type 1 - real possibility)

  ➔ This is a first conditional sentence structure ('if' + present simple, 'will' + base verb). It expresses a possible future scenario.

• Oh, I'll be found

  ➔ Future Simple ('will be' - passive voice)

  ➔ The future simple tense in the passive voice ('will be found') indicates a future action that will happen to the subject.