Still Can't Call Your Name – English Lyrics

• By: Pamungkas
• Album: Solipsism 0.2

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Somebody got time for me?

Last time I checked it's been too long

Since you've been gone away, very far from me

Jakarta-Bali, I sang your song

In every beaches that I go

Every roses that I touch

It's always you, oh

But I still can't call your name

Oh, I still can't call your name

Still I don't want to hear your name

'Cause I still can't call your name

Would you believe it? Yeah

...

Tu me manques de temps en temps

Oh, that's something you used to say

(Tu me manques de temps en temps)

You took cool pictures of me and kept it all for you

Cinematic eyes, you got them for free

Stoned and barely awake

White t-shirt, dark pinky eyes

Dry lips, you'd whisper my name, Pam

But I still can't call your name

Oh, I still can't call your name

Oh, still I don't want to hear your name

'Cause I still can't call your name, oh, yeah

...

I've been up, work my ass today

I've been growing so much, and I took my time to say that I

Still can't call your name

I took a long proper nap today

I'm staying grounded, took the year out, cut my hair and say that I

Still can't call your full name

I don't know why

I don't know why

Hey, I don't, I don't, I don't know why

Would you believe it? Hmm

Oh, would you believe all of it? Yeah

Bambina, Tatiana, gadis cinta

Alexa, Kanina, Cantika, Larasati, Maharani

Sandy, Khadija, Natalie, Adjani

Everyone, but you

Oh, I still can't call your name

(I still can't call your name)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to speak to someone on the phone or shout to get attention
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known
gone /ɡɒn/ A1	verb - past participle of 'go'; moved away or disappeared
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - to produce musical sounds with the voice
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to put your hand, finger, or other part of your body lightly on something or someone
whisper /ˈhɪspər/ A2	verb - to speak very quietly
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - to accept that something is true
cinematic /ˌsɪnəˈmætɪk/ B2	adjective - relating to films or resembling the style of films
grounded /ˈɡraʊndɪd/ B1	adjective - calm and realistic
manques /mɑ̃k/ B2	verb - French for 'lack' or 'miss'
stoned /stoʊnd/ B2	adjective - under the influence of drugs
barely /ˈbɛəri/ B1	adverb - only just; almost not
gadis /ˈɡɑːdɪs/ C1	noun - Indonesian for 'girl'
cinta /ˈtʃɪntɑː/ C1	noun - Indonesian for 'love'
bambina /bamˈbiːna/ C1	noun - Italian for 'girl'

Key Grammar Structures

• Somebody got time for me?

  ➔ Tag Question

  ➔ The phrase ends with "for me?", a tag question seeking confirmation or agreement.

• Since you've been gone away, very far from me

  ➔ Present Perfect in Relative Clause

  ➔ "you've been gone" uses present perfect to indicate an action that started in the past and continues to affect the present.

• But I still can't call your name

  ➔ Present Tense with 'Still'

  ➔ "Still" emphasizes the continuity of the action "can't call your name" in the present.

• Tu me manques de temps en temps

  ➔ French Present Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the French present tense to express a recurring feeling.

• You took cool pictures of me and kept it all for you

  ➔ Past Simple with 'Kept'

  ➔ "Kept" is the past tense of 'keep', indicating a completed action in the past.

• I've been growing so much, and I took my time to say that I

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous and Past Simple

  ➔ "I've been growing" uses present perfect continuous for an ongoing action, while "took" is past simple for a completed action.

• Everyone, but you

  ➔ Comma Splice with 'But'

  ➔ The comma before 'but' connects two independent clauses without a conjunction.