ROSES – English Lyrics

• By: Adam Lambert, Nile Rodgers
• Album: VELVET

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

You're like a knife 'cause your looks could kill

Hold my breath every time we kiss

Are you feeling it?

Like I, like I feel it?

You left your hat on the window sill

You're comin' back, yeah, you always will

Am I crazy, baby?

If I say that I crave it

We talk the talk

We're skin to skin

But you just walk away

And all that I got was roses

Don't mean a thing without emotions

Baby, just do it right, focus

'Cause I just needed your love

Tonight, tonight, tonight

But all that I got was roses

Don't mean a thing without emotions

Baby, just do it right, focus

'Cause I just needed your love

Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (Oh, ooh)

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Could catch a flick or maybe we could chill

Next to me, but you're still not here

When I touch you, baby

My name, will you say it?

...

Between the sheets, we ain't pillow talkin'

Is it love or are we just fuckin'?

Tell me, babe

You can't keep me waiting

We talk the talk

We're skin to skin

But you just walk away

And all that I got was roses

Don't mean a thing without emotions

Baby, just do it right, focus

'Cause I just needed your love

Tonight, tonight, tonight

But all that I got was roses

Don't mean a thing without emotions

Baby, just do it right, focus

'Cause I just needed your love

Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (Ha, baby)

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (Hoo, ha-ah-ah, babe)

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (Ha, ha)

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (Hoo-oh, ha-ha)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for
roses /ˈroʊzɪz/ A1	noun - flower with thorns
emotions /ɪˈmoʊʃənz/ B1	noun - feelings
skin /skɪn/ A2	noun - outer covering of the body
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - to speak noun - conversation
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - to move on foot
hold /hoʊld/ A1	verb - to grasp
kiss /kɪs/ A1	verb - to press lips together noun - act of kissing
crave /kreɪv/ B2	verb - to desire intensely
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1	adjective - insane, wild
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to sense
knife /naɪf/ A2	noun - cutting tool
breath /brɛθ/ A1	noun - air taken into the lungs
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to make physical contact
keep /kiːp/ A1	verb - to retain
wait /weɪt/ A1	verb - to stay until something happens
chill /tʃɪl/ B2	verb - to relax or cool down
flick /flɪk/ B2	noun - a quick, light movement