She Flows Like H2O – English Lyrics

• By: Capital Cities, Alex Rzyan

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the fluid and dreamy soundscape of "She Flows Like H2O" by Capital Cities, featuring Alex Rzyan. This synth-pop tune offers a great opportunity to learn a bit of French with the recurring phrase "Je circule," meaning "I'm moving around." The song's captivating aquatic metaphors make it a unique and engaging way to experience the blend of English and French in modern music.

[English]

Steal a glance and watch her dance like water

Je circule

Did you know the river Nile is the Milky Way?

As you can see she feeds the sea and she lights my way

She's everything in between, she's elemental

A fluid dream, I'm going mental

Tired of waiting, hallucinating

I'm drowning in her

She flows like H20

Je circule

Je circule

She flows like H20

Je circule

Je circule

Steal a glance and watch her dance like water

Another set of thirsty eyes that want her

I wonder

Will she fall like rain or vaporize?

I'm in paradise, but I'm paralyzed

Tired of waiting, hallucinating

I'm drowning in her

She flows like H20

I'm drowning in her

She flows like H20

I'm drowning in her

She flows like H20

Je circule

Je circule

She flows like H20

Je circule

Je circule

Steal a glance and watch her dance like water

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
flow /floʊ/ A2	verb - to move in a steady stream
water /ˈwɔːtər/ A1	noun - a clear liquid essential for life
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
river /ˈrɪvər/ A1	noun - a large natural stream of water
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - brightness from the sun or a flame verb - to illuminate
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts or images during sleep
mental /ˈmɛntəl/ B1	adjective - relating to the mind
drowning /ˈdraʊnɪŋ/ B1	verb - to sink below the surface of a liquid and die
thirsty /ˈθɜːrsti/ A2	adjective - needing to drink
paralyzed /ˈpærəlaɪzd/ B2	adjective - unable to move or act
elemental /ˌɛləˈmɛntəl/ C1	adjective - relating to the basic parts of something
fluid /ˈfluɪd/ B2	adjective - able to flow easily noun - a substance that can flow
vaporize /ˈveɪpəraɪz/ C1	verb - to turn into vapor
hallucinating /həˈluːsɪneɪtɪŋ/ C1	verb - to see or hear things that are not real
circuler /sɪrˈkʊleɪ/ B2	verb - to move around

Key Grammar Structures

• Steal a glance and watch her dance like water

  ➔ Imperative + bare infinitive

  ➔ The sentence is an imperative; after the verb "watch" we use the bare infinitive "dance" without "to".

• Did you know the river Nile is the Milky Way?

  ➔ Past simple interrogative (Did + subject + verb)

  ➔ "Did" is used to form a past‑simple question; the main verb stays in its base form.

• She feeds the sea and she lights my way

  ➔ Simple present (parallel structure)

  ➔ "feeds" (and "lights") are simple‑present verbs describing habitual actions.

• Will she fall like rain or vaporize?

  ➔ Future simple (will + base verb)

  ➔ "Will" introduces a future‑simple clause; the main verb stays in its base form ("fall", "vaporize").

• I'm drowning in her

  ➔ Present continuous (be + -ing)

  ➔ "drowning" is the -ing form following "am", showing an action in progress.

• I'm in paradise, but I'm paralyzed

  ➔ Contrastive conjunction "but"

  ➔ "but" connects two contrasting clauses, showing opposition between being in paradise and being paralyzed.

• Another set of thirsty eyes that want her

  ➔ Relative clause (that + verb)

  ➔ "that" introduces a relative clause describing "eyes"; the verb "want" follows it.

• Tired of waiting, hallucinating

  ➔ Participial phrase (present participle)

  ➔ "Tired" and "hallucinating" are present participles functioning as adjectives that describe the speaker's state.

• She flows like H2O

  ➔ Simile (like + noun)

  ➔ "like" introduces a simile, comparing her movement to water (H2O).