Love Foolosophy – English Lyrics

• By: Jamiroquai
• Album: High Times: Singles 1992 - 2006

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Baby baby, I feel these sweet sensations

Honey, honey, looks like a superstar

She's got a promise of love struck fascination

What am I to do?

How am I to know?

Who you are

And this love-fool-osophy is killing previous

Illusions that (I'm a love fool)

I had in my mind about you, I'm a love fool

Seems so true, all the lies you're telling

Tragically compelling (I'm a love fool)

And my love it means

Nothing to you

So maybe I'm still a love fool

She shimmers like a California sunset

Lady, lady glitters but there's no gold

She carries sweetly infectious magic formulas

I'm so delirious, is she that serious?

Is she bringing me on, I've been waiting so long

And this love-fool-osophy is killing previous

Illusions that (I'm a love fool)

I had in my mind about you

I'm a love fool

Seems so true, all the lies you're telling

Tragically compelling (I'm a love fool)

And my love it means

Nothing to you

So maybe I'm still a love fool

I don't want the world I want you

I don't want the world I want you, you

I don't want the world I want you

I want you

I want you

I want you

I want you

Love-fool-osophy is killing previous

Illusions that, I had in my mind about you

I'm a love fool

Seems so true, all the lies you're telling

Tragically compelling (I'm a love fool)

And my love it means

Nothing to you

So maybe I'm still a love fool (I'm a love fool)

My love it means nothing to you

So maybe I'm still a love fool (I'm a love fool)

I'm a love fool

They're my lovefoolosphies, don't you see its killing me

I'm a love fool

They're my lovefoolosphies, don't you see they're killing me

I'm a love fool

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Key Grammar Structures

• What am I to do?

  ➔ "to be to" + Infinitive

  ➔ The structure "am I to do" expresses an obligation, instruction, or a planned future event, often implying a question about what action is expected or necessary.

• Who you are

  ➔ Noun Clause (Indirect Question)

  ➔ "Who you are" is a noun clause functioning as the object of a verb or complement. It maintains the subject-verb word order, unlike a direct question.

• Illusions that I had in my mind about you

  ➔ Relative Clause (Defining)

  ➔ "that I had in my mind about you" is a defining relative clause. It provides essential information about the noun "Illusions" and cannot be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence.

• all the lies you're telling

  ➔ Present Continuous (for ongoing actions)

  ➔ The phrase "you're telling" (you are telling) uses the present continuous tense to describe an action that is happening at the moment of speaking or is ongoing around the present time.

• Lady, lady glitters but there's no gold

  ➔ Conjunction "but" (for contrast) and "there is/are" (for existence)

  ➔

• I'm so delirious, is she that serious?

  ➔ Intensifiers "so" and "that"

  ➔ "so" and "that" are used here as intensifiers to emphasize the degree of an adjective. "so delirious" means extremely delirious, and "that serious" means serious to that particular extent.

• Is she bringing me on, I've been waiting so long

  ➔ Phrasal Verb ("bring on") and Present Perfect Continuous

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• My love it means nothing to you

  ➔ Negative Emphasis (using "nothing")

  ➔ The phrase "means nothing" uses the word "nothing" to create a strong negative emphasis, indicating a complete lack of value or importance.

• don't you see its killing me

  ➔ Negative Question/Imperative with "do" & Present Continuous

  ➔ "don't you see" is a negative question (or rhetorical question functioning as an imperative) used to draw attention or express exasperation. "is killing me" uses the present continuous to describe an ongoing, impactful action.