Slow Dancing – English Lyrics

• By: BTS, V
• Album: Layover

Lyrics & Translation

"Slow Dancing" by V (BTS) offers a beautiful entry point into the nuances of Korean contemporary music and emotional storytelling. With its blend of 1970s soul and jazz influences, you can appreciate the smooth R&B vocal style and unique instrumental outro, including a captivating flute solo. The song's heartfelt lyrics, which explore themes of longing and connection, provide a rich vocabulary for understanding complex emotions, making it an excellent track for language learners to delve into.

[English]

It's about time we get it straight

Gimme a minute if it ain't too late

It sounds about right

This can’t be forced, babe

It shouldn’t feel like this

Hurts too much already

Stay with me

Till the end of the day

Maybe we

Could be

Slow dancing

Until the morning

We could be romancing

The night away

Turnin’ me up and back off like this

What do you want, do you not like it

Stop teasin’ me girl

Now you made me leave my heart out here

Step on me and I’ll lift you up

Find someone new again

Got it on

Did you?

We were so much alike

Now we’re just distant neighbors

Maybe we

Could be

Slow dancing

Until the morning

We could be romancing

The night away

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dance /dæns/ B1	noun - a series of movements and steps in time with music verb - to move rhythmically to music
romance /roʊˈmæns/ B2	noun - a romantic relationship or a feeling of love verb - to engage in romantic love or courting
move /muːv/ A2	verb - to change position or go in a specific direction
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
late /leɪt/ A2	adjective - happening or arriving after the expected or usual time
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body; metaphorically, the center of emotion
night /naɪt/ A2	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events
end /ɛnd/ A2	noun - the final part of something
go /goʊ/ A1	verb - to move from one place to another
know /noʊ/ A2	verb - to have information or understanding about something

Key Grammar Structures

• It's about time we get it straight

  ➔ It’s about time + subject + past tense verb

  ➔ 'It’s about time' indicates that something should have happened earlier.

• Gimme a minute if it ain't too late

  ➔ Gimme (give me) + a + noun + if + condition

  ➔ 'Gimme' is an informal contraction of 'give me'.

• This can’t be forced, babe

  ➔ can’t + be + past participle

  ➔ ‘Can’t be’ indicates impossibility or prohibition of an action.

• Hurts too much already

  ➔ adverb + adjective + adverb

  ➔ 'Hurts too much' emphasizes that pain is excessive.

• Stay with me

  ➔ Stay + preposition + pronoun

  ➔ ‘Stay with me’ is an imperative giving a command or request.

• Maybe we could be slow dancing

  ➔ Maybe + subject + could + base verb

  ➔ ‘Could’ expresses possibility or suggestion.

• We could be romancing the night away

  ➔ could + be + present participle

  ➔ ‘Could be’ indicates a possibility of an ongoing action.