Only Have Eyes 42

• By: Janelle Monáe
• Album: The Age of Pleasure

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have a strong feeling of affection for someone noun - an intense feeling of affection
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs used for seeing
closed /kloʊzd/ A2	adjective - not open
lead /liːd/ B1	verb - to guide or direct
ego /ˈiːɡoʊ/ B2	noun - a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance
smiled /smaɪld/ A2	verb - to have a happy or pleased expression on one's face
fun /fʌn/ A1	noun - enjoyment or amusement
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues
words /wɜːrdz/ A1	noun - units of language
tongue /tʌŋ/ B1	noun - the fleshy organ in the mouth used for tasting and speaking
glass /ɡlæs/ A1	noun - a container for drinking
neck /nek/ A1	noun - the part of the body connecting the head to the torso
happy /ˈhæpi/ A1	adjective - feeling or showing pleasure or contentment
open /ˈoʊpən/ A1	adjective - not closed or sealed

Grammar:

• I like to love with my eyes closed

  ➔ Infinitive as object of 'like'

  ➔ The verb "love" is in the infinitive form ("to love") and acts as the direct object of the verb "like". It expresses a general preference or inclination.

• I try not to lead with my ego

  ➔ Negative infinitive

  ➔ The phrase "not to lead" represents the negative infinitive. The word "not" precedes "to" to negate the action of the infinitive.

• Everything happened in slo-mo

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The verb "happened" is in the past simple tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• 'Cause you're the one, you're the one

  ➔ Contraction (you're)

  ➔ "You're" is a contraction of "you are". Contractions are commonly used in informal speech and writing.

• You suck the words from my tongue, that's when I knew

  ➔ Past Simple Tense and subordinate clause introduced by "when"

  ➔ "Suck" and "knew" are in the past simple, indicating completed actions. "That's when I knew" is a subordinate clause specifying the time the speaker realized something.

• Remember we sipped from the same glass?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with past simple

  ➔ This is a question in the past simple tense. The auxiliary verb 'did' is omitted at the beginning (informal speech), but 'sipped' is still in the past form.

• She bit your neck and I liked that

  ➔ Simple Past Tense; Pronoun Reference

  ➔ "Bit" and "liked" are in the simple past tense. "That" refers to the entire previous clause ("She bit your neck").