Slowly – English Lyrics

• By: Ed Sheeran
• Album: Play

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

One, two, three, four

You packed your bags and booked a plane

The taxi's taking you away

I know it's just a couple days

A second without you is pain

Maybe I'm just a fool who loves you

When you're here, it's a sunny place

But when you're gone, I can't explain

How everything seems to turn to grey

Even food just loses taste

Maybe I'm just a fool who loves you

When we are saying goodbye, you ask me, will I miss you?

Well, I just can't lie, I just can't lie

I'm dyin' alive every time that you leave

'Cause a life without you is not one I want to live

Kill me slowly, kill me slowly

Though I'll see you again, that don't mean it don't sting

This is knife-in-the-heart love that we've fallen in

Kill me slowly, kill me slowly

The scent of you on the pillowcase

The photo wall that has never changed

Sat on our bed in our little place

I'm still countin' down the days

Maybe I'm just a fool who loves you

Memories are all I got here

Until you call

Or whenever I hear your voice

Like you're in this room

And maybe I'm just a fool who loves you

When we are saying goodbye, you ask me, will I miss you?

Well, I just can't lie, I just can't lie

I'm dyin' alive every time that you leave

'Cause a life without you is not one I want to live

Kill me slowly, kill me slowly

Though I'll see you again, that don't mean it don't sting

This is knife-in-the-heart love that we've fallen in

Kill me slowly, kill me slowly

Ooh, ooh-ooh (kill me slowly, kill me slowly)

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh (kill me slowly, kill me slowly)

Kill me slowly (kill me slowly, kill me slowly)

Kill me slowly

Oh, I'm dyin' alive every time that you leave

'Cause a life without you's not one I want to live

Kill me slowly

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
kill /kɪl/ A1	verb - to cause the death of
slowly /ˈsloʊli/ A1	adverb - in a slow manner
leave /liːv/ A1	verb - to go away from a place
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a deep affection verb - to care deeply about someone
fool /fuːl/ A2	noun - a person who acts unwisely
pain /peɪn/ A1	noun - physical or emotional suffering
grey /ɡreɪ/ A1	adjective - of a color between black and white
sting /stɪŋ/ B1	verb - to cause a sharp, painful sensation
taste /teɪst/ A1	noun - the flavor of something verb - to perceive flavor
memories /ˈmɛməriz/ A2	noun - something remembered from the past
scent /sɛnt/ B1	noun - a distinctive smell
pillowcase /ˈpɪloʊkeɪs/ B1	noun - a removable cover for a pillow
countin' /ˈkaʊntɪŋ/ A2	verb - to enumerate or tally
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A1	adjective - living; not dead
knife /naɪf/ A1	noun - a cutting tool with a blade
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a muscular organ that pumps blood

Key Grammar Structures

• You packed your bags and booked a plane

  ➔ Past Simple – used for actions that were completed in the past.

  ➔ The past simple is shown by the verbs "packed" and "booked": "You "packed" your bags and "booked" a plane."

• I know it's just a couple days

  ➔ Present Simple for mental states + contraction "it's" (= it is).

  ➔ The verb "know" is in the present simple, and "it's" is the contracted form of "it is": "I "know" "it's" just a couple days."

• When you're here, it's a sunny place

  ➔ Zero conditional with "when" + present simple; contractions "you're" (= you are) and "it's" (= it is).

  ➔ The clause "When "you're" here" uses present simple after "when", and "it's" stands for "it is": "When "you're" here, "it's" a sunny place."

• When we are saying goodbye, you ask me, will I miss you?

  ➔ Present continuous in a time clause + indirect question with "will".

  ➔ "are saying" shows the present continuous, and the indirect question is formed with "will": "When we "are saying" goodbye, you ask me, "will" I miss you?"

• I'm dyin' alive every time that you leave

  ➔ Present continuous with colloquial contraction + adverbial clause "every time that".

  ➔ "I'm dyin'" is the present continuous (colloquial "dyin'" = dying) and "every time that" introduces an adverbial clause: "I'm "dyin'" alive "every time that" you leave."

• Maybe I'm just a fool who loves you

  ➔ Relative clause with "who" referring to a person.

  ➔ "who loves you" is a relative clause describing "fool": "Maybe I'm just a fool "who loves you"."

• Kill me slowly, kill me slowly

  ➔ Imperative mood repeated for emphasis.

  ➔ The verb "Kill" is used in the imperative form, repeated: ""Kill" me slowly, "Kill" me slowly."

• Though I'll see you again, that don't mean it don't sting

  ➔ Future with "will" ("I'll"), negative present simple with "don't" (subject‑verb agreement error).

  ➔ "I'll" is the contraction of "I will" (future), and "don't" is the negative present simple for "do not" (incorrect for third‑person singular): "that "don't" mean it "don't" sting."

• The scent of you on the pillowcase

  ➔ Prepositional phrase "of you" indicating possession/association.

  ➔ The phrase "of you" links "scent" to the person: "The scent "of you" on the pillowcase."