Moonlight – English Lyrics

• By: Chris Brown

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a lyrical journey with Chris Brown's "Moonlight," a song that beautifully blends R&B melodies with poetic expressions of love and connection. Through its celestial imagery and smooth vocal delivery, you can explore romantic themes and contemporary R&B language, making it an engaging and special piece for language learners.

[English]

Levitate in the night, defy gravity

Meditate, vanilla skies, sex and therapy

Shooting stars sent from Venus

Down to Mars, right where you belong

In my arms, drifting outta space

Is it true that you never flew to nirvana?

Tonight you gotta

I love the view when you're in a mood

The weather's perfect where we lay

Let's make love on a cloud

You're the moonlight

Baby, feel your raindrops fallin' down, oh

Let's make love on a cloud

You're the moonlight

It's simple, we'll go where the wind blows (ooh)

In your supernova, lost control

Wanna elevate your high, make your soul

Let's go to a place in the unknown

Let's go to a place no one can go

Is it true that you never flew to nirvana?

Tonight you gotta (gotta)

I love the view when you're in a mood

The weather's perfect where we lay (lay)

Let's make love on a cloud (hey)

You're the moonlight (baby)

Baby, feel your raindrops fallin' down (ooh, oh, oh)

Let's make love on a cloud

You're the moonlight (girl)

It's simple, we'll go where the wind blows (ooh)

We can turn the lights down low (ooh)

It's the stars that make you glow

We can turn the lights down low

Girl, it makes you go (makes you go)

We can turn the lights down low

It's the stars that make you glow

We can turn the lights down low

Girl, it makes you go

(Let's make love on a cloud)

Let's make love on a cloud (ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah)

You're the moonlight (kissin' my baby, yeah)

Baby, feel your raindrops fallin' down, oh

Let's make love on a cloud (ooh)

You're the moonlight

It's simple, we'll go where the wind blows (yeah, yeah)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
moonlight /ˈmuːn.laɪt/ B1	noun - the light of the moon
gravity /ˈɡræv.ə.ti/ B2	noun - the force that attracts objects towards one another, especially the force that makes things fall to the ground
vanilla /vəˈnɪl.ə/ B1	adjective - having a plain flavor
skies /skaɪz/ A1	noun - the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth
therapy /ˈθer.ə.pi/ B2	noun - a treatment to improve health
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - celestial body
sent /sent/ A2	verb - past tense of send
belong /bɪˈlɒŋ/ A2	verb - to be in the right place
arms /ɑːrmz/ A1	noun - upper limbs of the body
space /speɪs/ A2	noun - the physical universe beyond the earth's atmosphere
true /truː/ A1	adjective - in accordance with fact or reality
view /vjuː/ A2	noun - what you can see from a particular place
mood /muːd/ B1	noun - a temporary state of mind or feeling
perfect /ˈpɜːr.fekt/ A2	adjective - completely good; not having any faults
cloud /klaʊd/ A1	noun - a white or gray mass in the sky
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - water falling from the sky verb - to fall as rain
wind /wɪnd/ A1	noun - air moving verb - to move or cause to move by turning
control /kənˈtroʊl/ A2	noun - the power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events verb - determine the behavior or supervise the running of
soul /soʊl/ B1	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal
lights /laɪts/ A1	noun - illumination
glow /ɡloʊ/ B1	verb - to produce a soft, warm light noun - a soft, warm light

Key Grammar Structures

• Levitate in the night, defy gravity

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The verbs "levitate" and "defy" are used in the imperative mood, giving commands or instructions. While not a direct command to someone else, it's more of a self-instruction or a statement expressing a desire to do these things.

• Shooting stars sent from Venus

  ➔ Past Participle as Adjective

  ➔ Here, "sent" is the past participle of the verb "send" and functions as an adjective describing "shooting stars". It means the shooting stars *were sent* from Venus.

• Is it true that you never flew to nirvana?

  ➔ Question with embedded clause + Past Simple

  ➔ This is a yes/no question where "that you never flew to nirvana" is an embedded clause acting as the complement of "true". The past simple tense "flew" is used to inquire about a past experience.

• Tonight you gotta

  ➔ Informal Contraction ('gotta' for 'got to')

  ➔ "Gotta" is a colloquial contraction of "got to," indicating necessity or obligation. In this context, it implies that tonight the person *has to* or *must* do something.

• Let's make love on a cloud

  ➔ Suggestion using 'Let's'

  ➔ "Let's" is a contraction of "let us" and is used to make a suggestion or invitation, implying a shared action. Here, it suggests that both people engage in the act of making love on a metaphorical cloud.

• Baby, feel your raindrops fallin' down, oh

  ➔ Imperative + Present Participle as Adjective (reduced relative clause)

  ➔ "Feel" is in the imperative mood. "fallin'" is the present participle of "fall" and acts like an adjective describing "raindrops". It's a reduced relative clause meaning "raindrops *that are falling* down".

• It's simple, we'll go where the wind blows

  ➔ Future Simple (we'll) + Relative Clause (where the wind blows)

  ➔ "We'll go" uses the future simple tense to express a future intention or prediction. "where the wind blows" is a relative clause that modifies the implied place they will go, indicating direction or freedom.

• Wanna elevate your high, make your soul

  ➔ Informal Contraction ('Wanna' for 'Want to') + Bare Infinitive

  ➔ "Wanna" is a colloquial contraction of "want to". After "wanna", the bare infinitive (infinitive without "to") is used. Here, "elevate" and "make" are both bare infinitives.