Talk You Down – English Lyrics

• By: The Script
• Album: The Script

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Dublin city how are you guys doing today?

We are The Script, this is our homecoming show here tonight

And we're gonna take the roof off this place if it had one

Let me see you, come on, come on

I can feel the colour running

And as it's fading from my face

Try to speak but nothing's coming

Nothing I could say to make you stay

Grabbed your suitcase, called a taxi

It's 3 AM, now where you gonna go?

Gonna stay with friends in Dublin, yeah

And that's all I get to know

Just a cigarette gone

No, you couldn't be that far

I'm driving my car to where I hope you are

Maybe I can talk you down

Maybe I can talk you down

Oh, we're standing on this tiny ledge

Before this goes over the edge

Gonna use my heart and not my head

And try to open up your eyes

This is relationship suicide

Cause if you go, I go

Taking shortcuts through the alleys

While you're racing through my mind

Cops can chase but they won't catch me, no

Not before I get to speak my mind

If there's still time

Oh, just a cigarette gone

No, you couldn't be that far

I'm driving my car to where I hope you are

Maybe I can talk you down

Maybe I can talk you down

Oh, we're standing on this tiny ledge

Before this goes over the edge

Gonna use my heart and not my head

And try to open up your eyes

This is relationship suicide

We're standing on this tiny ledge

Before this goes over the edge

Gonna use my heart and not my head, oh

We're standing on this tiny ledge

Before this goes over the edge

Gonna use my heart and not my head

(Come on Dublin let me hear ya!)

Just a cigarette gone

No, you couldn't' be that far

I'm driving my car to where I hope you are

Maybe I can talk you down

Maybe I can talk you down

Oh, we're standing on this tiny ledge

Before this goes over the edge

Gonna use my heart and not my head

And try to open up your eyes

This is relationship suicide

Cause if you go, I go

And if you go, I go

And if you go, I go

And if you go, I go (come on)

And if you go, I go

And if you go, I go

And if you go, I go

And if you go, I go, I go

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - to speak to someone
down /daʊn/ A1	adjective - towards a lower position
ledge /lɛdʒ/ B1	noun - a narrow shelf or ridge
edge /ɛdʒ/ A2	noun - the border or rim of a surface
suicide /ˈsuːɪsaɪd/ B1	noun - the act of killing oneself
relationship /rɪˈleɪʃənʃɪp/ A2	noun - the way in which two or more people are connected
racing /ˈreɪsɪŋ/ A2	verb - to compete in a race
mind /maɪnd/ A1	noun - the part of a person that thinks and feels
chase /tʃeɪs/ A2	verb - to follow someone or something to catch them
catch /kætʃ/ A1	verb - to grasp or capture something
shortcut /ˈʃɔːrtkʌt/ B1	noun - a quicker route than the usual one
alley /ˈæli/ B1	noun - a narrow street or passage
fading /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/ B1	verb - to become less bright or intense
suitcase /ˈsuːɪtkeɪs/ A2	noun - a rectangular container for carrying clothes
taxi /ˈtæksi/ A1	noun - a car that takes passengers to a destination for a fare
cigarette /ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt/ A2	noun - a thin cylinder of tobacco for smoking
driving /ˈdraɪvɪŋ/ A2	verb - to operate a vehicle
hope /hoʊp/ A1	verb - to want something to happen

Key Grammar Structures

• I can feel the colour running

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The phrase "I can feel" uses the present simple to express a current sensation, while "colour running" indicates an ongoing action.

• This is relationship suicide

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The structure "This is" uses the present simple tense to assert a fact about the situation.

• Gonna use my heart and not my head

  ➔ Going to (future intention)

  ➔ The phrase "gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to," indicating a future intention.

• If you go, I go

  ➔ Conditional Sentences (First Conditional)

  ➔ The structure "If you go, I go" is a first conditional, showing a real possibility in the present or future.