Questions – English Lyrics

• By: Maisie Peters
• Album: florescence

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of modern English storytelling with Maisie Peters' 'Questions.' This song is a perfect study in conversational English, showcasing how to express complex emotions, ask rhetorical questions, and use rhythmic phrasing to convey anxiety and urgency.

[English]

Do you think [music] about me? Do you

think about us? Do you miss my pretty,

my funny, my touch? Is it driving you

mad? Are you keeping it up? [music] Does

she look like me? Of course she does.

Will you ever move on? Will we ever be

gone? You can save your breath. You can

bite [music] your tongue. Your answers

ignorable. These questions don't bother

baby. It's cold at night.

Holding on to memories won't keep you

warm. Oh, is it feeling like you lost

your one good port in a storm? Now

you've got a miserable life.

I could have told you that [music] if

you would have listened.

But who am I kidding?

You never listened. [music]

Now you hear I am

out with somebody

>> [music]

>> that you picture his bedroom, my body.

When is the first time I saw you? I'd

just [music and singing] walk right past

you.

Wouldn't even stop you. Wouldn't [music]

need to ask. Do you think about me? Do

you think about us? Do you miss [music]

my pretty, my funny, my touch? Is it

driving you mad? Are you keeping it up?

Does she look like me? Well, of course

she does. Will you ever move [music] on?

Will we ever be gone? You can save your

breath. You can bite your tongue. Your

answers ignorable. [music]

These questions don't bother baby. He

holds me

>> [music]

>> like you didn't. He loves me like you

couldn't. He spins me around in the

kitchen just for my pleasure [music]

cuz you wouldn't want to call me. Take a

minute, add another cuz you shouldn't

[music] you'll be so sad, so sad, so

sad.

When you hear I am

>> [music]

>> out with somebody

that you picture his bedroom, my [music]

body.

Now if I saw [singing] you, I'd just

walk right past [music]

Wouldn't even stop you.

Wouldn't be too us. Could you think

about me? Do you think about us? Do you

miss [music] my pretty, my funny, my

touch is driving you mad. Are you

keeping it up? Does she [music] look

like me? Well, of course she does. Will

you ever move on? Will we ever be done?

You can save your breath. You can

[music] bite your tongue. Your answers

ignorable. These questions rhetorical.

Baby, do you think about me? Do you

think about us? Do you miss [music] my

pretty, my funny, my touch is driving

you mad. Are you keeping it up? Does she

look like me? Well, of course she does.

[music] Will you ever move on? Will we

ever be done? You can save your breath.

You can bite your tongue. Your answers

ignorable. These questions don't bother,

babe.

>> [music]

[music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pretty /ˈprɪti/ A1	adjective - attractive in a delicate way
mad /mæd/ A2	adjective - mentally ill or very angry
ignorable /ɪɡˈnɔːrəbl/ B2	adjective - capable of being disregarded
rhetorical /rɪˈtɔːrɪkl/ C2	adjective - asked for effect rather than an answer
memories /ˈmɛməriz/ A2	noun - recollections of the past
miserable /ˈmɪzrəbl/ B1	adjective - wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable
pleasure /ˈplɛʒər/ B1	noun - a feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment
storm /stɔːrm/ A2	noun - a violent disturbance of the atmosphere
touch /tʌtʃ/ A2	noun - the act of coming into physical contact
breath /brɛθ/ A2	noun - air taken into or expelled from the lungs
kitchen /ˈkɪtʃɪn/ A1	noun - a room where food is prepared
bother /ˈbɒðər/ B1	verb - to annoy or worry someone
tongue /tʌŋ/ A2	noun - the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth
bedroom /ˈbɛdruːm/ A1	noun - a room for sleeping
picture /ˈpɪktʃər/ A1	verb - to imagine or visualize

Key Grammar Structures

• I could have told you that if you would have listened.

  ➔ Third Conditional (Hypothetical past situations)

  ➔ Uses "could have told" and "would have listened" to discuss an unreal situation in the past.

• Holding on to memories won't keep you warm.

  ➔ Gerund as Subject

  ➔ "Holding" acts as a noun to represent the activity of keeping memories.

• He holds me like you didn't.

  ➔ Comparative clause with 'like'

  ➔ "Like you didn't" compares the current partner's actions to the past partner's failure.

• I'd just walk right past you.

  ➔ Second Conditional (Hypothetical future/present)

  ➔ "I'd (I would) walk" expresses a hypothetical action if the situation occurred.

• These questions rhetorical.

  ➔ Elliptical clause (Omission of 'are')

  ➔ The verb "are" is omitted for stylistic emphasis, implying "These questions are rhetorical."

• You can save your breath.

  ➔ Modal verb of ability/possibility (can)

  ➔ "Can" is used here as a suggestion or permission regarding a futile action.

• He spins me around in the kitchen just for my pleasure.

  ➔ Adverbial phrase of purpose (for my pleasure)

  ➔ "For my pleasure" explains the reason or motive behind the action.

• You never listened.

  ➔ Past Simple with frequency adverb

  ➔ "Never" acts as an adverb of frequency to define the past state of not listening.