Tongue – English Lyrics

• By: Rêve

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of Rêve's "Tongue," a captivating dance-pop anthem that offers a playful exploration of self-discovery and desire. Its flirtatious lyrics and energetic sound make it an exciting way to engage with modern English vocabulary and expressions of intimacy and confidence.

[English]

(techno music)

- They're in my tail.

(techno music)

♪ She's an uptown girl, drove in from the burbs ♪

♪ A legend in denim, a weapon in a skirt ♪

♪ She's a fine wine type, so pretty that it hurts ♪

♪ The next thing you know, you forget your safe word ♪

♪ She will drive me out of the goddamn closet ♪

♪ Knew before I did, how bad I want it ♪

♪ Everybody say she a cunning linguist ♪

♪ It's strictly business ♪

♪ She's a strawberry blonde with an oral fixation ♪

♪ Haven't seen you here before ♪

♪ Are you famous ♪

♪ I'm about to blast off like a spaceship ♪

♪ Come blow my mind like bubblegum ♪

♪ I ♪

♪ I like the taste of your tongue ♪

♪ I love the thing that it does ♪

♪ I like the taste of your tongue ♪

♪ I love the thing that it does ♪

♪ I ♪

♪ I like the taste of your ♪

(techno music)

♪ Shots on shots of mezcal tequila ♪

♪ Strokin' me is just to deceive ya' ♪

♪ Swing both ways in a double feature ♪

♪ No pets, no memorabilia ♪

♪ Kitty kitty kitty cat ♪

♪ Kinda wanna piece of that ♪

♪ Chickie little po-po-po pass her like ♪

♪ Poison or medicine ♪

♪ Gimme like a venison ♪

♪ Like, like Edison ♪

♪ She's a strawberry blonde with an oral fixation ♪

♪ Met her in a past life ♪

♪ That's so ravin' ♪

♪ Can't believe some of the things she's sayin' ♪

♪ Put it right in reverse like a drum ♪

♪ I ♪

♪ I like the taste of your tongue ♪

♪ I love the thing that it does ♪

♪ I like the taste of your tongue ♪

♪ I love the thing that it does ♪

♪ I ♪

♪ I like the taste of your ♪

(techno music)

♪ I like the taste of your tongue ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tongue /tʌŋ/ A1	noun - the muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting and speech
strawberry /ˈstrɔːˌbɛri/ A2	noun - a sweet, red fruit
blonde /blɒnd/ B1	adjective - having light yellow hair colour noun - a person with blond hair
oral /ˈɔːrəl/ B2	adjective - relating to the mouth; spoken rather than written
fixation /fɪkˈseɪʃən/ C1	noun - an obsessive preoccupation with something
denim /ˈdɛnɪm/ B1	noun - a sturdy cotton fabric used for jeans
weapon /ˈwɛpən/ B1	noun - an instrument used to inflict damage
skirt /skɜːrt/ A2	noun - a garment hanging from the waist, typically worn by women
linguist /ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/ C1	noun - a person skilled in several languages
cunning /ˈkʌnɪŋ/ B2	adjective - cleverly deceitful; skillful at achieving goals by trickery
blast /blɑːst/ B1	verb - to explode or cause to explode noun - a powerful explosion or a great time
spaceship /ˈspeɪsˌʃɪp/ B2	noun - a vehicle designed for travel outside Earth’s atmosphere
bubblegum /ˈbʌbəlˌɡʌm/ B1	noun - a pink, chewy candy often used for blowing bubbles
mezcal /ˈmɛz.kæl/ C1	noun - a Mexican distilled spirit made from agave
tequila /təˈkiːlə/ B2	noun - a Mexican liquor made from blue agave
poison /ˈpɔɪzən/ A2	noun - a substance that can cause death or illness if ingested
medicine /ˈmɛdəsɪn/ A2	noun - a substance used to treat illness or injury
venison /ˈvɛnɪsən/ C1	noun - the meat of a deer
drum /drʌm/ A2	noun - a percussion instrument producing sound when struck
reverse /rɪˈvɜːrs/ B2	verb - to turn in the opposite direction; to change to the opposite noun - the opposite direction or order

Key Grammar Structures

• She’s an uptown girl, drove in from the burbs

  ➔ Reduced relative clause

  ➔ The phrase "drove" in "drove in from the burbs" is a reduced relative clause meaning "who drove in from the burbs".

• She will drive me out of the goddamn closet

  ➔ Future simple with *will*

  ➔ "Will" is used to form the simple future: "She **will** drive me out..."

• I like the taste of your tongue

  ➔ Simple present for habitual feeling

  ➔ "like" is in the simple present because the speaker expresses a habitual feeling: "I **like** the taste..."

• I’m about to blast off like a spaceship

  ➔ ‘be about to’ + infinitive (near future)

  ➔ "about to" indicates that the action will happen in the immediate future: "I’m **about to** blast off..."

• Come blow my mind like bubblegum

  ➔ Imperative + bare infinitive

  ➔ "blow" appears directly after the imperative verb "Come", forming an imperative with a bare infinitive: "Come **blow** my mind..."

• Everybody say she a cunning linguist

  ➔ Subject‑verb agreement with indefinite pronoun (everybody) + ellipsis of ‘is’

  ➔ "Everybody **say**" should be "Everybody **says**"; also the verb "is" is omitted after "she": "she **is** a cunning linguist."

• The next thing you know, you forget your safe word

  ➔ Idiomatic expression “the next thing you know” + present simple for future event

  ➔ "The **next thing you know**" is an idiom meaning “soon after”; the verb "forget" stays in the present simple because the speaker treats the forgetting as an imminent future action.

• She’s a strawberry blonde with an oral fixation

  ➔ Preposition "with" + noun phrase (expressing accompaniment/characteristic)

  ➔ "with" links the noun phrase "an oral fixation" to the subject, indicating a characteristic: "She’s a strawberry blonde **with** an oral fixation."

• Can't believe some of the things she's sayin'

  ➔ Negative contraction "can't" + present simple; colloquial dropping of "g" in "saying"

  ➔ "**Can't**" is the contraction of "cannot". The verb "sayin'" drops the final “g”, a common colloquial spelling for "saying".