UNIVERSE – English Lyrics

• By: Kelsea Ballerini
• Album: SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I don't know

Why the world is spinnin' or why the flowers grow

Why the sky is blue or why the clouds make snow

Maybe I'm not supposed to understand

If it's just dumb luck or somewhere in God's plan

But whatever got you here to hold my hand

Is some kind of magic

You make me believe in somethin' bigger than just me

Baby, you make the impossible

Feel like it's all logical

Lyin' in your arms, could be Jupiter or Mars

You say I hang the stars in your eyes

But you put the universe in mine

...

...

I don't get

How you broke into my mind and opened it

Maybe someone up there lost a bet

'Cause now I'm sayin' all the things I never say

And livin' in my body, not my head, mm-hm

Who I was before you, I forget

Yeah, it's some kind of magic

You make me believe in somethin' bigger than just me

Baby, you make the impossible

Feel like it's all logical

Lyin' in your arms, could be Jupiter or Mars

You say I hang the stars in your eyes

But you put the universe in mine

Mine, oh, my, my, my, mine

Mine, mine

Oh, my, my, my, mine

You say I hang the stars in your eyes

But you put the universe in mine

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ B1	verb - to perceive the intended meaning of words, language, or a speaker.
magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ B1	noun - the power of apparently influencing events or people by using mysterious or supernatural forces.
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - accept that something is true, especially without proof.
impossible /ɪmˈpɒsəbl/ B2	adjective - not able to occur or be done.
logical /ˈlɒdʒɪkl/ B2	adjective - relating to or based on logical reasoning.
stars /stɑːrz/ A2	noun - a luminous point in the night sky.
universe /ˈjuːnɪvɜːs/ C1	noun - all of space and time and their contents, including galaxies, planets, and all other forms of matter and energy.
mind /maɪnd/ B1	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experience.
open /ˈoʊpən/ A2	verb - make or become open.
forget /fərˈɡet/ A2	verb - fail to remember something.
arms /ɑːrmz/ A1	noun - the limbs that extend from the shoulders to the hands.
Jupiter /ˈdʒuːpɪtər/ B2	noun - the largest planet in the solar system.
Mars /mɑːrz/ B2	noun - the fourth planet from the sun.
hang /hæŋ/ A2	verb - attach or suspend something from above.
plan /plæn/ A2	noun - a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.
luck /lʌk/ A2	noun - success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions.

Key Grammar Structures

• I don't know why the world is spinnin' or why the flowers grow

  ➔ Present Simple for habitual actions/general truths, 'why' clauses

  ➔ The verb 'is spinnin'' and 'grow' are in the present simple, describing things that happen generally. The sentence uses multiple 'why' clauses to express curiosity about the natural world. The use of 'spinnin'' is a colloquial shortening of 'spinning'.

• Maybe I'm not supposed to understand

  ➔ Modal verb 'supposed to' expressing obligation/expectation, present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase 'supposed to' indicates an expectation or obligation, in this case, a lack of expectation that the speaker *should* understand. 'I'm' is the contracted form of 'I am' and is part of the present continuous tense.

• You make me believe in somethin' bigger than just me

  ➔ Causative verb 'make', indefinite pronoun 'somethin'

  ➔ The verb 'make' is used causatively, meaning 'you cause me to believe'. 'Somethin'' is a colloquial shortening of 'something', common in song lyrics.

• But you put the universe in mine

  ➔ Transitive verb 'put', possessive pronoun 'mine'

  ➔ The verb 'put' is used transitively, meaning 'you placed'. 'Mine' functions as a possessive pronoun, referring back to 'eyes' in the previous line, and implying a profound emotional impact.