True Blue – English Lyrics

• By: Mark Ronson, Angel Olsen
• Album: Late Night Feelings

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the evocative world of "True Blue" by Mark Ronson and Angel Olsen, a song where melancholic English lyrics meet a captivating disco beat. This track offers a unique opportunity to explore English expressions of heartbreak and longing, set against a rhythm that encourages movement and emotional release, making it special for its unexpected yet perfectly harmonized blend of sadness and danceability.

[English]

Fucking around, I'm falling in love

Saying goodbye 'cause you're giving it up

All that you want, all that you lost

Who ever thought it came with a cost?

We were alone, we were to blame

Alive with the same blood in our veins

I never thought to find a way here

Well, you can't plan for this one, it's nothing compared

To the fate of the thing searching forward to me

All the world to be seen as it's all passing by

Fucking around, I'm falling in love

Saying goodbye 'cause you're giving it up

All that you want, all that you lost

Who ever thought it came with a cost?

I ran to you, I ran to you

I ran to you and you know why

I ran to you, I ran to you

I ran to you and you know why

Love the way you read my eyes

I love the way you read my eyes

To the fate of the thing searchin' forward to me

When it's finally seen all the love in your eyes

Well, I should've known it, how the world disappeared

When you came around, when you came around

When you came around

When you came around, you came around

Fucking around, I'm falling in love

Saying goodbye 'cause you're giving it up

All that you want, all that you lost

Who ever thought it came with a cost?

I ran to you, I ran to you

I ran to you and you know why

I ran to you, I ran to you

I ran to you and you know why

Love the way you read my eyes

I love the way you read my eyes

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - intense feeling of deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
ran /ræn/ A1	verb - moved quickly on foot (past tense of run)
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs of sight
read /riːd/ A1	verb - interpret or understand meaning (e.g., emotions in eyes)
falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ A2	verb - descending under gravity; developing love
goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ A1	noun - farewell or parting
giving /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/ A1	verb - voluntarily transferring or surrendering something
want /wɒnt/ A1	verb - desire or wish for something
lost /lɒst/ A1	verb - no longer possess; unable to find adjective - unable to find one's way
thought /θɔːt/ A1	verb - considered or believed (past tense of think)
cost /kɒst/ A2	noun - price paid; negative consequence
fate /feɪt/ B1	noun - destiny or predetermined outcome
alone /əˈləʊn/ A2	adjective - isolated; without companionship
blame /bleɪm/ B1	noun - responsibility for a fault
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - living; full of energy
searching /ˈsɜːrtʃɪŋ/ A2	verb - looking thoroughly to find something
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth and all life on it
came /keɪm/ A1	verb - moved toward or arrived (past tense of come)

Key Grammar Structures

• Fucking around, I'm falling in love

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ Expresses ongoing actions with "am falling". Shows current emotional transformation.

• Saying goodbye 'cause you're giving it up

  ➔ Contraction + present continuous

  ➔ Informal contraction "'cause" (because) + present continuous "giving it up" showing current abandonment.

• All that you want, all that you lost

  ➔ Relative clauses with "that"

  ➔ "That" introduces relative clauses modifying "all", describing possessions/desires.

• Who ever thought it came with a cost?

  ➔ Rhetorical question + past simple

  ➔ Rhetorical question implies obvious answer. Past simple "came" indicates completed action.

• We were to blame

  ➔ "Be to" expression for obligation

  ➔ "Were to blame" means "were responsible". "Be to + verb" expresses duty/responsibility.

• I ran to you, I ran to you

  ➔ Past simple repetition

  ➔ Repeated past simple "ran" emphasizes urgency and repeated action in the past.

• Love the way you read my eyes

  ➔ Subject omission + relative clause

  ➔ Informal subject "I" omission. Relative clause "you read my eyes" modifies "way" without connector.

• Well, you can't plan for this one

  ➔ Modal verb (can) + negation

  ➔ Modal verb "can" expresses ability. Contraction "can't" shows impossibility/restriction.