Sparks – English Lyrics

• By: Hilary Duff
• Album: BREATHE IN. BREATHE OUT.

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the electrifying world of Hilary Duff's "Sparks"! This catchy electro-pop anthem, with its irresistible whistle hook and sensual lyrics, offers a fantastic way to explore English expressions of love and attraction. Learn how to describe intense feelings and desires through its straightforward yet passionate language, making it perfect for anyone looking to understand modern pop vocabulary and the nuances of romantic English.

[English]

I can't hear a single word

You can promise castles, treasures, babies

I don't care

'Cause for now you're just enough for me

I want you near

Like a fairytale to feel your breath right on my neck

Turn the lights down low and kiss me in the dark

'Cause when you're touching me baby I see sparks

You make my heart go

You make my heart go

you can promise castles, treasures, babies, I don't care

'Cause for now you're just enough for me

I want you near

Like a fairytale to feel your breath right on my neck

You remember what I love so baby take me back

Turn the lights down low and kiss me in the dark

'Cause when you're touching me baby I see sparks

You make my heart go

Turn the lights down low and kiss me in the dark

'Cause when you're touching me baby I see sparks

You make my heart go

Turn the lights down low and kiss me in the dark

'Cause when you're touching me baby I see sparks

You make my heart go

You, you make my heart go

You, you make my heart go

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sparks /spɑːrks/ B1	noun - a small, fiery particle; a flash of light; a feeling of excitement or energy.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system; the emotional or moral nature of a human being.
kiss /kɪs/ A1	verb - to touch with the lips as a sign of love, sexual desire, or greeting. noun - an act of kissing.
dark /dɑːrk/ A1	adjective - with little or no light. noun - the absence of light.
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to come into contact with; to feel with the hand or another part of the body. noun - an act of touching; the sense of touch.
low /loʊ/ A1	adjective - not high or tall; of small height or depth.
fairytale /ˈfeəriˌteɪl/ B1	noun - a children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands.
breath /breθ/ A2	noun - the air taken into or expelled from the lungs.
near /nɪər/ A1	adjective - at, to, or by a short distance or time; close.
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ A2	verb - to assure someone that one will definitely do, give, or arrange something. noun - a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen.
treasures /ˈtrɛʒərz/ A2	noun - a quantity of precious metals, gems, or other valuable objects.
castles /ˈkɑːslz/ A2	noun - a large building or group of buildings fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, and often a moat.
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A1	noun - a very young child or animal; a term of endearment.
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to perceive or experience a sensation or emotion.
care /keər/ A1	verb - to feel concern or interest; to be concerned or interested. noun - the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something.
enough /ɪˈnʌf/ A1	adjective - as much or as many as required.
lights /laɪts/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible; a device producing illumination.
turn /tɜːrn/ A1	verb - to move in a circular direction wholly or partly around an axis or point; to change direction.
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to (someone). noun - an intense feeling of deep affection.
remember /rɪˈmɛmbər/ A2	verb - to recall to one's mind an event or fact from the past.

Key Grammar Structures

• I can't hear a single word

  ➔ Present simple negative

  ➔ The sentence uses 'can't' (contraction of 'cannot') to express inability in the present simple tense.

• You can promise castles, treasures, babies

  ➔ Modal verb (can) for ability

  ➔ The modal verb 'can' is used to express ability or possibility.

• 'Cause for now you're just enough for me

  ➔ Contraction ('Cause) and present simple

  ➔ 'Cause is a contraction of 'because', and 'you're' is a contraction of 'you are' in the present simple tense.

• Like a fairytale to feel your breath right on my neck

  ➔ Simile (Like...)

  ➔ The phrase uses 'like' to compare the situation to a fairytale.

• Turn the lights down low and kiss me in the dark

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The sentence uses the imperative mood to give a command or make a request.

• 'Cause when you're touching me baby I see sparks

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction ('Cause) and present simple

  ➔ 'Cause is a subordinating conjunction introducing a reason, and 'you're' is in the present simple tense.

• You make my heart go

  ➔ Present simple with subject-verb agreement

  ➔ The sentence demonstrates subject-verb agreement with 'You' (singular) and 'make' (present simple).