Thinkin Bout You

• By: Frank Ocean
• Album: channel ORANGE

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
tornado /tɔːrˈneɪdoʊ/ B2	noun - a destructive whirling column of air accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud
room /ruːm/ A1	noun - a space that is separated from other spaces by walls
mess /mes/ B1	noun - a dirty or untidy state of things or place verb - to make untidy or dirty
rain /reɪn/ A1	verb - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere noun - a fall of raindrops
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - drops of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in the eye, typically as a result of strong emotion
thinking /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ A2	verb - have a particular belief or idea
forever /fərˈevər/ A2	noun - endless time
cool /kuːl/ A2	adjective - fashionably attractive or impressive
beach /biːtʃ/ A1	noun - a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks
house /haʊs/ A1	noun - a building for human habitation
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - have a strong feeling of affection for (someone) noun - an intense feeling of deep affection
cute /kjuːt/ A2	adjective - attractive in a pretty or endearing way
fighter /ˈfaɪtər/ B1	noun - a person who fights
jet /dʒet/ B1	noun - an aircraft propelled by jet engines
fly /flaɪ/ A2	verb - move through the air using wings
remember /rɪˈmembər/ A2	verb - have in or be able to bring to one's mind an awareness of (someone or something that one has known or experienced in the past)
soul /soʊl/ B1	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal
spirit /ˈspɪrɪt/ B2	noun - the nonphysical part of a person, often associated with emotions, character, or courage
color /ˈkʌlər/ A1	noun - the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light
black /blæk/ A1	adjective - of the very darkest color owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white
white /waɪt/ A1	adjective - of the color of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light; the opposite of black

Grammar:

• A tornado flew around my room before you came

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ Uses the past simple "flew" and "came" to describe completed actions in the past.

• Excuse the mess it made, it usually doesn't rain

  ➔ Imperative; Present Simple Tense (Negative)

  ➔ "Excuse" is an imperative verb. "doesn't rain" is present simple used to express a habit or general truth.

• My eyes don't shed tears, but boy they pour when...

  ➔ Present Simple (Negative) contrasted with Present Simple

  ➔ "don't shed" (negative) contrasted with "pour" (positive).

• Cause I been thinking bout forever, ooh

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous (colloquial)

  ➔ "been thinking" is a colloquial shortening of "have been thinking". It emphasizes the duration of the thinking.

• Got a beach house I could sell you in Idaho, since you think

  ➔ Relative Clause with Omission of Relative Pronoun; "since" as a Conjunction

  ➔ "Got a beach house I could sell you..." implies "...that I could sell you...". "Since" means "because".

• Got a fighter jet, I don't get to fly it though I'm lying down

  ➔ "Get to" for permission/opportunity; "though" as a Conjunction

  ➔ "Don't get to fly it" means he doesn't have the opportunity or permission to fly it. "Though" introduces a contrasting idea.

• Yes of course I remember, how could I forget how you feel?

  ➔ Rhetorical Question; Indirect Question

  ➔ "How could I forget?" is a rhetorical question implying he remembers very well. "How you feel" is an indirect question acting as the object of "forget".

• We'll go down this road 'til it turns from color to black and white

  ➔ Future Simple with Contraction; "'til" (until)

  ➔ "We'll" is the contraction of "we will". "'Til" is a shortened version of "until", meaning up to the point that.