Rom Com – English Lyrics

• By: Mimi Webb
• Album: Confessions

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Mimi Webb's 'Rom Com' to explore the universal ache for movie-magic romance! This song, co-written with Julia Michaels, is special because it perfectly captures the feeling of wishing your real-life love story could mirror the grand gestures you see on screen, offering a relatable look at romantic longing within modern pop.

[English]

I've never had the guy on the lawn with a boombox

Don't know who love actually is

No crazy, stupid love and no sixteen candles

Still waiting on that New Year's Eve kiss

'Cause all I've been is bruised

Broken down and used

The joke inside a pun

I prayed for something deep

To sweep me off my feet

But it still hasn't been done

'Cause I found the one a hundred times

Turns out they're all one in the same

They love the chase, it's all so fun

Until they all complete the game

I'm picking petals off of roses everyday

Put a little more stay, a little less gone

A little less pain, a little more rom-com

I ride the tube, I trip, I fall on a stranger (stranger)

Hoping they'll fall for me too

I call my friend's brothers

And ask what they're doing (they're doing)

To try and force something new

'Cause all I've been is bruised

Broken down and used

The joke inside a pun

I prayed for something deep

To sweep me off my feet

But it still hasn't been done

'Cause I found the one a hundred times

Turns out they're all one in the same

They love the chase, it's all so fun

Until they all complete the game

I'm picking petals off of roses everyday

Put a little more stay, a little less gone

A little less pain, a little more rom-

Kill to be in it, just for a minute

To say that I did it

For love just like a rom-com

Kill to be in it, just for a minute

To say that I did it

For love just like a rom-com

I found the one a hundred times

Turns out they're all one in the same

They love the chase, it's all so fun

Until they all complete the game

I'm picking petals off of roses everyday

Put a little more stay, a little less gone

A little less pain, a little more rom-com

A little more stay, a little less gone

A little less pain, a little more rom-com

A little more rom-com

A little more rom-com

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
game /ɡeɪm/ A1	noun - an activity that one engages in for enjoyment
rose /roʊz/ A1	noun - a type of flowering shrub with thorny stems
petal /ˈpɛtəl/ A2	noun - one of the flat parts that form a flower’s corolla
stay /steɪ/ A2	verb - to remain in a place or condition noun - the period of staying somewhere
gone /ɡɒn/ A2	adjective - no longer present; departed
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical or emotional suffering
minute /ˈmɪnɪt/ A1	noun - a period of sixty seconds
chase /tʃeɪs/ B1	verb - to pursue in order to catch or overtake noun - the act of pursuing something
broken /ˈbroʊkən/ B1	adjective - damaged and no longer whole
bruised /bruːzd/ B2	adjective - showing marks from a blow; hurt emotionally
deep /diːp/ B1	adjective - extending far down from the surface
sweep /swiːp/ B2	verb - to move smoothly over a surface, or to capture someone's attention completely
pun /pʌn/ C1	noun - a play on words that exploits multiple meanings for humorous effect
rom‑com /ˈrɒm ˌkɒm/ B2	noun - a romantic comedy film or story
kill /kɪl/ B1	verb - to cause death of a person or animal noun - an act of killing; slang for something extremely impressive
found /faʊnd/ B1	verb - to discover or locate something after searching
fun /fʌn/ A1	noun - enjoyment, amusement
feet /fiːt/ A1	noun - the lower extremities of the legs on which a person stands

Key Grammar Structures

• I've never had the guy on the lawn with a boombox

  ➔ Present perfect negative

  ➔ The word "never" is used with the present perfect to indicate that something has not happened at any time up to now.

• Don't know who love actually is

  ➔ Elliptical sentence + indirect question

  ➔ The subject "I" is omitted, creating an elliptical sentence, and "who ... is" functions as an indirect question.

• Still waiting on that New Year's Eve kiss

  ➔ Present continuous with a gerund phrase

  ➔ The verb "waiting" is in the present continuous form, acting as a gerund phrase that describes an ongoing action.

• Turns out they're all one in the same

  ➔ Idiomatic expression "turns out" + present simple

  ➔ The phrase "turns out" introduces a result, and the clause "they're all one in the same" uses the present simple to state a general truth.

• I'm picking petals off of roses everyday

  ➔ Present continuous progressive

  ➔ "I'm picking" combines the auxiliary "am" with the gerund "picking" to show an ongoing activity.

• Put a little more stay, a little less gone

  ➔ Imperative sentence

  ➔ "Put" is the base form of the verb used without a subject, giving a command or instruction.

• Kill to be in it, just for a minute

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose (to be)

  ➔ The infinitive "to be" explains the purpose of "Kill" – the speaker wants to "be in it" for a short time.

• Until they all complete the game

  ➔ Subordinate clause with "until" (time clause)

  ➔ "Until" introduces a time‑limit clause, indicating that the action continues up to the point when "they all complete the game".