Take It Out On Me – English Lyrics

• By: White Lies
• Album: Friends

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

So doll, erase those worried eyes

Lay your trouble out beside me and sit

And so I'll sympathise

Leave it feeding there inside me

Oh, take it out on me

I'm in love with the feeling

Oh, take it out on me

Maybe hooked on the healing

Oh, take it out on me

I'm in love with the feeling of being used

Dig deep where you're afraid to go

Pick the stiches and unbind me

Then keep that pain I need to know

Every cut you feel defines me

Oh, take it out on me

I'm in love with the feeling

Oh, take it out on me

Maybe hooked on the healing

Oh, take it out on me

I'm in love with the feeling of being used

Tell me, tell me

Tell me what is going wrong

Help me, help me

Now the nights are getting long

Tell me, tell me

Tell me what is going wrong

Help me, help me

Now the nights are getting long

Oh, take it out on me

Tell me what is going wrong

Oh, take it out on me

Now the nights are getting long

Oh, take it out on me

Tell me what is going wrong

Oh, take it out on me

Now the nights are getting long

Take it out on me

I'm in love with the feeling

Oh, take it out on me

Maybe hooked on the healing

Oh, take it out on me

So in love with this feeling

Oh, take it out on me

Maybe hooked on the healing

Oh, take it out on me

I'm in love with the feeling

Oh, take it out on me

Maybe hooked on the healing

Oh, take it out on me

So in love with this feeling

Oh, take it out on me

Maybe hooked on the healing

Oh, take it out on me

I'm in love with the feeling

Oh, take it out on me

Maybe hooked on the healing

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
erase /ɪˈreɪz/ B1	verb - to remove or delete something, especially writing or a mark
sympathize /ˈsɪməθaɪz/ B2	verb - to feel or show understanding and care towards someone else's suffering
trouble /ˈtrʌbəl/ A2	noun - problems or difficulties
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A1	noun - an emotional state or reaction
hooked /hʊkt/ B1	adjective - addicted or strongly attracted to something
healing /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - the process of becoming well again
dig /dɪɡ/ A1	verb - to break up and move earth or other material with a tool
stitches /ˈstɪtʃɪz/ A2	noun - loops of thread or yarn used to join pieces of fabric
unbind /ʌnˈbaɪnd/ B2	verb - to release from constraints or ties
cut /kʌt/ A1	verb - to make an opening or divide with a sharp tool noun - an opening made with a sharp tool
define /dɪˈfaɪn/ B1	verb - to explain the meaning of something
wrong /rɒŋ/ A1	adjective - not correct or true
long /lɒŋ/ A1	adjective - extending a great distance from end to end
used /juːst/ A2	adjective - employed for a purpose
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ A1	adjective - feeling fear or anxiety

Key Grammar Structures

• Lay your trouble out beside me and sit

  ➔ Imperative

  ➔ The verbs "Lay" and "sit" are in the "imperative" form, giving a command or request.

• I'm in love with the feeling

  ➔ Present Simple

  ➔ "I'm" is the contracted form of "I am" used in the "present simple" to describe a current state.

• Now the nights are getting long

  ➔ Present Progressive

  ➔ "are getting" is the "present progressive" form, indicating an ongoing change.

• I'm in love with the feeling of being used

  ➔ Gerund phrase; Passive voice

  ➔ "being used" is a "gerund phrase" that functions as a noun, and it is in the "passive voice" showing the action done to the subject.

• Tell me what is going wrong

  ➔ Indirect question

  ➔ "what is going wrong" is an "indirect question" embedded after the verb "Tell".

• Help me, help me

  ➔ Imperative (repetition for emphasis)

  ➔ Both "Help" verbs are in the "imperative" form; the repetition adds urgency and emphasis.

• Oh, take it out on me

  ➔ Phrasal verb

  ➔ "take out on" is a "phrasal verb" meaning to direct anger or frustration toward someone.

• Every cut you feel defines me

  ➔ Simple present; Subject‑verb agreement

  ➔ "defines" is in the "simple present" and agrees with the singular subject "Every cut you feel".

• Maybe hooked on the healing

  ➔ Past participle used as adjective

  ➔ "hooked" is a "past participle" functioning as an adjective describing the subject's state.