NIRVANA – English Lyrics

• By: Katy Perry
• Album: 143

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Katy Perry's dance-pop single "Nirvana" to experience her modern take on euphoric bliss. While the English lyrics are direct, you can learn vibrant, high-energy vocabulary used to describe overwhelming positive emotion and escapism in contemporary pop music, all wrapped up in a track that takes you on a synched, dizzying ride.

[English]

Dancing in the blurry lights

Found you in paradise

Floating in the diamond sky

Our bodies synchronize

Hypnotized, am I dreamin'?

Feel the rise, I'm tinglin'

In your eyes, adrenaline

Baby, I'm, I'm tremblin'

(Ah-ooh)

Show me that you're gonna

(Ah-ooh)

Take me to Nirvana

(Ah-ooh)

Show me that you're gonna

(Ah-ooh)

Take me to Nirvana

Dancing in the blurry lights

Found you in paradise

Floating in the diamond sky

Our bodies synchronize

You make me feel, make me feel so high

You make me feel, make me feel alive

Breathe me in, another dose

Take a ride on my rainbow

Keep it up, I'm gettin' close

'Bout to hit kaleidoscope

(Ah-ooh)

Show me that you're gonna

(Ah-ooh)

Take me to Nirvana

(Ah-ooh)

Show me that you're gonna

(Ah-ooh)

Take me to Nirvana

Dancing in the blurry lights (blurry lights)

Found you in paradise (paradise)

Floating in the diamond sky (diamond sky)

Our bodies synchronize

You make me feel, make me feel so high

You make me feel, make me feel alive

You make me feel alive

You make me feel alive

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dance /dɑːns/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
blurry /ˈblɜːri/ B1	adjective - not clear or well-defined
paradise /ˈpærədaɪs/ A2	noun - a place or state of perfect happiness
float /floʊt/ A1	verb - to stay on the surface of a liquid
diamond /ˈdaɪəmənd/ A1	noun - a precious stone of pure carbon
synchronize /ˈsɪŋkrənaɪz/ B2	verb - to happen or move at the same time
hypnotize /ˈhɪp.nə.taɪz/ B1	verb - to capture someone's attention completely
tingle /ˈtɪŋɡl/ B1	verb - to have a slight pricking or stinging sensation
adrenaline /əˈdrɛnəlɪn/ B2	noun - a hormone that increases heart rate and energy
tremble /ˈtrɛmbl/ A2	verb - to shake involuntarily
Nirvana /nərˈvɑːnə/ B1	noun - a state of perfect happiness or peace
dose /doʊs/ A2	noun - a measured portion of medicine
rainbow /ˈreɪnboʊ/ A1	noun - a multicolored arc in the sky
kaleidoscope /kəˈlaɪdəˌskoʊp/ C1	noun - a toy with colored pieces that form patterns
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A1	adjective - living; not dead

Key Grammar Structures

• Dancing in the blurry lights

  ➔ Present Continuous for ongoing actions

  ➔ The verb 'dancing' is in the present continuous tense to show an action happening now, 'Dancing in the blurry lights'.

• Found you in paradise

  ➔ Past Simple for completed actions

  ➔ The verb 'found' is in the past simple tense to indicate a single completed action in the past, 'Found you in paradise'.

• Hypnotized, am I dreamin'?

  ➔ Question inversion in present continuous

  ➔ Here, the question is formed by inverting the subject and auxiliary verb in present continuous for 'Hypnotized, am I dreamin'?', expressing doubt.

• Show me that you're gonna

  ➔ Informal future with 'gonna' (going to)

  ➔ 'Gonna' is a contraction of 'going to' used for informal future tense, as in 'Show me that you're gonna' take me there.

• Take me to Nirvana

  ➔ Bare infinitive after imperative or certain verbs

  ➔ In imperatives, the verb 'take' is used in its bare infinitive form without 'to', as in 'Take me to Nirvana'.

• You make me feel so high

  ➔ Causative verb 'make' followed by infinitive

  ➔ 'Make' as a causative verb requires the infinitive without 'to', meaning to cause someone to do something, 'You make me feel so high'.

• Breathe me in, another dose

  ➔ Imperative form for commands

  ➔ The verbs 'breathe' and 'another dose' imply command, using the imperative mood in informal contexts, 'Breathe me in, another dose'.

• You make me feel alive

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis

  ➔ The phrase 'You make me feel alive' is repeated for emphasis, reinforcing the emotional impact.