Love Me – English Lyrics

• By: The 1975
• Album: Notes On A Conditional Form

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

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♪ HEY! WOULD YOU LIKE TO LOOK OUTSIDE SOMETIMES? ♪

♪ NO! I'M JUST WITH MY FRIENDS ONLINE ♪

♪ AND THERE'S THINGS WE'D LIKE TO CHANGE! ♪

♪ NEXT THING YOU'LL FIND YOU'RE ♪

♪ READING ABOUT YOURSELF ON A PLANE FAME! ♪

♪ WHAT A SHAME! OH! ♪

♪ WELL JUST KEEP LOOKING LOOKING... ♪

♪ LOOKING LOOKING... ♪

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♪ LOVE ME. ♪

♪ IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO. OH ♪

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♪ AND LOVE ME. ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO. OH ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ YOU'VE BEEN READING ABOUT YOURSELF ♪

♪ ON A PLANE 'FAME' FOR A CHANGE. ♪

♪ CAUGHT UP IN FASHION KARCRASHIAN PANACHE ♪

♪ AND A BAG OF BASH FOR PASSION ♪

♪ YOU'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL FACE BUT GOT NOTHING TO SAY ♪

♪ OH ♪

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♪ 'YOU LOOK FAMOUS LET'S BE FRIENDS ♪

♪ AND PORTRAY WE POSSESS SOMETHING IMPORTANT'. ♪

♪ DO THE THINGS WE LIKE.. MEAN ♪

♪ 'WE'VE JUST COME TO REPRESENT ♪

♪ A DECLINE IN THE STANDARDS OF WHAT WE ACCEPT'! ♪

♪ YEAH?! ... YEAH?!? ... YEAH!?!? ... NO. ♪

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♪ LOVE ME. ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO. OH ♪

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♪ LOVE ME. (LOVE ME) ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO. OH ♪

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♪ OH SO SACK OFF YOUR CALENDAR ♪

♪ GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE! ♪

♪ BE THE MAN THAT GETS THEM UP ON THEIR FEET. ♪

♪ SAID OH OH OH OH OOOHHHH ♪

♪ LOVE ME. ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ OH ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ AND LOVE ME ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO. OH ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have a deep affection for someone noun - a deep affection for someone
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A2	verb - to make or become different noun - the act of becoming different
fame /feɪm/ B1	noun - the state of being known by many people
fashion /ˈfæʃən/ A2	noun - popular trends in clothing, style
passion /ˈpæʃən/ B1	noun - strong and barely controllable emotion
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/ A2	adjective - very attractive
face /feɪs/ A1	noun - the front part of the head
represent /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt/ B1	verb - to speak or act on behalf of someone
decline /dɪˈklaɪn/ B2	verb - to become less in quality or quantity noun - a gradual decrease
standards /ˈstændərdz/ B1	noun - a level of quality
accept /əkˈsɛpt/ A2	verb - to take or receive something offered
portray /pɔrˈtreɪ/ B2	verb - to represent someone or something in a particular way
important /ɪmˈpɔrtənt/ A2	adjective - of great significance
decline /dɪˈklaɪn/ B2	verb - to politely refuse an invitation or offer
calendar /ˈkælənˌdər/ A2	noun - a system for dividing time over a year
people /ˈpiːpəl/ A1	noun - humans in general

Key Grammar Structures

• WOULD YOU LIKE TO LOOK OUTSIDE SOMETIMES?

  ➔ Polite offer using WOULD YOU

  ➔ "Would you" introduces polite offers/invitations. The base verb (like) follows "would you"

• IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO

  ➔ Informal conditional (WANNA)

  ➔ "Wanna" = colloquial contraction of "want to". Conditional clause modifies "love me"

• YOU'VE BEEN READING ABOUT YOURSELF

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ "Have been + -ing" describes ongoing actions started in past with current relevance

• CAUGHT UP IN FASHION KARCRASHIAN PANACHE

  ➔ Reduced passive participle phrase

  ➔ Implied subject (you) omitted. "Caught up" modifies the subject instead of full clause "You are caught up"

• YOU'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL FACE BUT GOT NOTHING TO SAY

  ➔ Contrasting parallel structures

  ➔ Parallel verb clauses (you've got...but got...) show irony. Ellipsis of pronoun in second section

• LET'S BE FRIENDS

  ➔ Suggestion with LET'S

  ➔ "Let's" (Let us) + bare infinitive expresses inclusive suggestion. Common in informal dialogues

• GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE

  ➔ Imperative pronoun object

  ➔ Direct command structure. "It" refers to abstract concept (calendar/time) requiring context

• BE THE MAN THAT GETS THEM UP ON THEIR FEET

  ➔ Imperative + defining relative clause

  ➔ Command "be" modified by relative clause introduced with "that". "Them/their" maintains pronoun consistency