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 of Purpose/Adverbial Infinitive

  ➔ The infinitive "to love" expresses the purpose of liking. The sentence means 'I like to do something (love) with the purpose of loving with my eyes closed'.

• Everything happened in slo-mo

  ➔ Simple Past Tense

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

• But we all smiled and said, "It's alright"

  ➔ Coordinating Conjunction (But) and Simple Past Tense

  ➔ "But" connects two independent clauses. "Smiled" and "said" are in the simple past tense.

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

  ➔ Relative Clause (that's when I knew)

  ➔ "That's when I knew" is a relative clause modifying the preceding action (sucking the words from my tongue). "That's when" introduces a time-related connection.

• Remember we sipped from the same glass?

  ➔ Simple Past Tense, Interrogative Form

  ➔ "Sipped" is in the simple past tense, and the sentence is in the form of a question.

• She bit your neck and I liked that

  ➔ Simple Past Tense, Pronoun 'that' as an Object Pronoun

  ➔ "Bit" and "liked" are in the simple past tense. "That" refers back to the whole action of her biting his neck and acts as the object of the verb "liked".

• We said some things we can't take back

  ➔ Relative Clause (we can't take back)

  ➔ "We can't take back" is a relative clause modifying "some things". It implies "some things *that* we can't take back". The relative pronoun *that* is omitted here but is understood.