Math – English Lyrics

• By: Midnight Til Morning

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into 'Math' by Midnight Til Morning to enhance your English vocabulary, particularly focusing on metaphorical language and emotional expression. This song is a perfect tool for learners looking to understand how abstract concepts like mathematics can be used to describe human relationships and internal struggles.

[English]

Can you let me have a friday night

Without you calling up my phone and trying

To tell me that it's gonna work this time

You know we've been here a million, billion

Every time around and 'round you go

I've got vertigo

Both know how this ends

When it's 5 am, you love messing with my head

Another four drinks in and I'm getting sick of it

Saying those three words you never mean it

It's too late, you leave me bleeding now(oh well)

I thought you were the one but I gotta do the math again

All my problems started multiplying

Every time I let you in my mind

God bless this divine

On and off again a million, billion

Every time around and 'round you go

I've got vertigo

Both know how this ends

When it's 5 am, you love messing with my head

Another 4 drinks in and I'm getting sick of it

Saying those three words you never mean it

It's too late, you leave me bleeding now(oh well)

I thought you were the one but I gotta do the math again

Na na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na

(I thought you were the one but I gotta do the math again)

Na na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na

(Thought you were the one, thought you were the one)

Na na na na na na na na na na

When it's 5 am, you love messing with my head

Another 4 drinks in and I'm getting sick of it

Saying those three words you never mean it

It's too late, you leave me bleeding now(oh well)

I thought you were the one but I gotta do the math again

Na na na nana nana na na

Na na na nana nana na na

Na na na nana nana na na

I thought you were the one but i gotta do the math again

Na na na nana nana na na

Na na na nana nana na na

Na na na nana nana na na

I thought you were the one but i gotta do the math again

Na na na nana nana na na

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
vertigo /ˈvɜːrtɪɡoʊ/ C1	noun - a sensation of whirling and loss of balance
math /mæθ/ A1	noun - the study of numbers, shapes, and patterns
bleeding /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ B1	verb - losing blood from the body
divine /dɪˈvaɪn/ C1	adjective - of, from, or like God or a god
multiplying /ˈmʌltɪplaɪɪŋ/ B2	verb - increasing in number or quantity
messing /ˈmesɪŋ/ B1	verb - to interfere or play with something in a way that causes trouble
problems /ˈprɒbləmz/ A2	noun - matters or situations regarded as unwelcome or harmful
billion /ˈbɪljən/ B1	noun - the number 1,000,000,000
million /ˈmɪljən/ A2	noun - the number 1,000,000
drinks /drɪŋks/ A2	noun - alcoholic beverages

Key Grammar Structures

• Can you let me have a friday night

  ➔ Causative verb 'let' + object + bare infinitive

  ➔ Use 'let' + somebody + 'have' (bare infinitive) to express permission or allowance.

• You know we've been here a million, billion

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ Used 'have been' to describe an experience or a repeated situation that has occurred up to the present.

• I'm getting sick of it

  ➔ Phrasal adjective 'get' + adjective

  ➔ The structure 'get' + 'sick' indicates a change of state, meaning becoming annoyed or tired of something.

• Saying those three words you never mean it

  ➔ Present participle as an adverbial clause

  ➔ The 'saying' acts as a participle phrase modifying the subject of the main action.

• I thought you were the one

  ➔ Subjunctive mood/Past tense for hypothetical situations

  ➔ Using 'were' with 'you' signifies a past belief that didn't materialize.

• All my problems started multiplying

  ➔ Verb + Gerund (-ing)

  ➔ The verb 'started' is followed by the gerund 'multiplying' to show the commencement of an ongoing action.

• Every time I let you in my mind

  ➔ Relative clause with omitted 'when'

  ➔ 'Every time' acts as a conjunction equivalent to 'whenever', introducing a temporal clause.

• You leave me bleeding now

  ➔ Causative structure: Verb + object + present participle

  ➔ The structure 'leave' + 'me' + 'bleeding' describes a state that the object is forced to remain in.