Play Date – English Lyrics

• By: Melanie Martinez

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Melanie Martinez's "Play Date," a song that masterfully uses childlike imagery to explore complex adult emotions. This track is a fantastic way to grasp nuanced English expressions related to unrequited love and emotional vulnerability. You'll learn how everyday phrases like "play date" can take on deeper, metaphorical meanings, making the song's exploration of hidden feelings and frustrated desires truly special and relatable.

[English]

You call me on the telephone, you feel so far away

You tell me to come over, there's some games you want to play

I'm walking to your house, nobody's home

Just me and you and you and me alone

We're just playing hide and seek

It's getting hard to breathe under the sheets with you

I don't want to play no games

I'm tired of always chasing, chasing after you

I don't give a fuck about you anyways

Whoever said I gave a shit 'bout you?

You never share your toys or communicate

I guess I'm just a play date to you

...

Wake up in your bedroom and there's nothing left to say

When I try to talk you're always playing board games

I wish I had monopoly over your mind

I wish I didn't care all the time

We're just playing hide and seek

It's getting hard to breathe under the sheets with you

I don't want to play no games

I'm tired of always chasing, chasing after you

I don't give a fuck about you anyways

Whoever said I gave a shit 'bout you?

You never share your toys or communicate

I guess I'm just a play date to you

Ring around the rosy

I never know, I never know what you need

Ring around the rosy, I want to give you, want to give you

What you need

...

I don't give a fuck about you anyways

Whoever said I gave a shit 'bout you?

You never share your toys or communicate

I guess I'm just a play date to you

...

You know I give a fuck about you everyday

Guess it's time that I tell you the truth

If I share my toys, will you let me stay?

Don't want to leave this play date with you

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
telephone /ˈtɛlɪˌfoʊn/ A2	noun - a device for voice communication over a distance
game /ɡeɪm/ A2	noun - an activity with rules, often for entertainment
hide /haɪd/ A2	verb - to go somewhere secret or private to not be seen
seek /siːk/ B1	verb - to try to find or discover something
chase /tʃeɪs/ B1	verb - to run after someone or something in order to catch them
share /ʃɛər/ A2	verb - to give part of what one has to others
communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ B2	verb - to exchange information or ideas with others
monopoly /məˈnɒpəli/ B2	noun - a board game involving property trading
care /keər/ A2	verb - to feel concern or interest
truth /truːθ/ B2	noun - the quality of being true or real
date /deɪt/ A2	noun - a specific point in time
truth /truːθ/ B2	noun - the fact or reality of a situation

Key Grammar Structures

• You call me on the telephone, you feel so far away.

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple tense to describe a habitual action.

• I don't want to play no games.

  ➔ Double Negation

  ➔ The phrase uses double negation for emphasis, which is common in informal speech.

• I wish I had monopoly over your mind.

  ➔ Past Simple in a Wish

  ➔ The sentence expresses a wish about a present situation using the past simple.

• You never share your toys or communicate.

  ➔ Present Simple for Negative Statements

  ➔ The present simple tense is used to make negative statements about habitual actions.

• If I share my toys, will you let me stay?

  ➔ First Conditional

  ➔ The first conditional is used to talk about real and possible situations in the future.

• I guess I'm just a play date to you.

  ➔ Present Continuous for Current States

  ➔ The present continuous tense is used to describe a current state or situation.