Love Me Harder – English Lyrics

• By: Ariana Grande, The Weeknd
• Album: My Everything

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the smooth rhythms of 'Love Me Harder' to master contemporary English conversational nuances and emotive vocabulary. This song is special because it blends powerful pop vocals with atmospheric R&B, making it a perfect study for understanding how tone and rhythm convey deep emotion in modern music.

[English]

(wind gently whooshing)

(soft pop music)

♪ Tell me something I need to know ♪

♪ Then take my breath and never let it go ♪

♪ If you just let me invade your space ♪

♪ I'll take the pleasure ♪

♪ Take it with the pain ♪

♪ And if in the moment, I bite my lip ♪

♪ Baby, in that moment, you'll know this is ♪

♪ Something bigger than us and beyond bliss ♪

♪ Give me a reason to believe it ♪

♪ Because if you want to keep me ♪

♪ You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, got to love me harder ♪

♪ And if you really need me ♪

♪ You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, got to love me harder ♪

♪ Love me harder ♪

♪ Love me, love me, love me ♪

♪ Harder, harder, harder ♪

♪ I know your motives and you know mine ♪

♪ The ones that love me, I tend to leave behind ♪

♪ If you know about me and choose to stay ♪

♪ Then take this pleasure and take it with the pain ♪

♪ And if in the moment you bite your lip ♪

♪ When I get you moaning, you know it's real ♪

♪ Can you feel the pressure between your hips ♪

♪ I'll make it feel like the first time ♪

♪ Because if you want to keep me ♪

♪ You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, got to love me harder ♪

♪ Ima love you harder ♪

♪ And if you really need me ♪

♪ You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, got to love me harder ♪

♪ Love me, harder ♪

♪ Love me, love me, love me ♪

♪ Harder, harder, harder ♪

♪ Love me, love me, love me ♪

♪ Harder, harder, harder ♪

♪ So what do I do if I can't figure it out ♪

♪ You got to try, try, try again, yeah ♪

♪ So what do I do if I can't figure it out ♪

♪ I'm gonna leave, leave, leave again ♪

♪ Because if you want to keep me ♪

♪ You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, got to love me harder ♪

♪ Ima love you, love you, love ♪

♪ And if you really need me ♪

♪ You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, got to love me harder ♪

♪ Got to love me, baby ♪

♪ Because if you want to keep me ♪

♪ You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, got to love me harder ♪

♪ Love me harder ♪

♪ And if you really need me ♪

♪ You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, got to love me harder ♪

♪ Ima love you harder ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ Love me, love me, love me ♪

♪ Harder, harder, harder ♪

♪ Boy, you gotta love me, love me, baby ♪

♪ Love me, love me, love me ♪

♪ Just a little bit harder, harder, baby ♪

♪ Harder, harder, harder ♪

(soft pop music)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
invade /ɪnˈveɪd/ B2	verb - to enter a place or situation in a forceful way
pleasure /ˈpleʒ.ər/ B1	noun - a feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical or mental suffering
bliss /blɪs/ C1	noun - perfect happiness; great joy
motives /ˈmoʊ.tɪvz/ B2	noun - reasons for doing something
moaning /ˈmoʊ.nɪŋ/ B2	verb - making a low, long sound expressing pleasure or pain
pressure /ˈpreʃ.ər/ B1	noun - continuous physical force or tension
hips /hɪps/ A2	noun - the area on either side of the pelvis
harder /ˈhɑːr.dər/ A2	adverb - with more force or intensity
figure out /ˈfɪɡ.jər aʊt/ B1	verb - to understand or find a solution
beyond /biˈjɒnd/ B1	preposition - further away in the distance or outside the limits of
reason /ˈriː.zən/ A2	noun - a cause, explanation, or justification

Key Grammar Structures

• Tell me something I need to know

  ➔ Relative clause (omitted 'that')

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'that' is omitted after 'something'.

• If you just let me invade your space

  ➔ First Conditional (Real/Open condition)

  ➔ Used to describe a possible future situation using 'if' + present tense.

• Something bigger than us and beyond bliss

  ➔ Comparative adjective

  ➔ The word "bigger" compares the situation to the state of 'us'.

• Because if you want to keep me

  ➔ Subordinate conjunction

  ➔ "Because" introduces a reason for the main clause.

• The ones that love me, I tend to leave behind

  ➔ Defining Relative Clause

  ➔ "that love me" defines specifically which group of people are being referred to.

• When I get you moaning, you know it's real

  ➔ Causative structure / Temporal clause

  ➔ "When" marks the timing, and "get you moaning" indicates causing someone to perform an action.

• So what do I do if I can't figure it out

  ➔ Modal verb in a question

  ➔ "do" is used as an auxiliary verb to form the interrogative sentence.

• I'm gonna leave, leave, leave again

  ➔ Future intention ('be going to')

  ➔ "gonna" is the colloquial form of "going to", used to express planned future actions.