wish you were gay – English Lyrics

• By: Billie Eilish
• Album: WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Billie Eilish's 'wish you were gay' to explore a deeply personal narrative about the sting of unrequited love and the complex ways we cope with rejection. While the lyrics center on a specific English-language emotional turmoil, the song’s simple, direct expression of vulnerability is special, making it an excellent piece to connect with raw, relatable sentiment. Understanding the context behind the seemingly provocative title reveals a universal human experience that transcends language barriers.

[English]

(crowd cheering)

♪ Baby, I don't feel so good ♪

♪ Six words you never understood ♪

♪ I'll never let you go ♪

♪ Five words you'll never say ♪

♪ aw ♪

♪ I laugh alone like nothing's wrong ♪

♪ Four days has never felt so long ♪

♪ If three's a crowd and two was us ♪

♪ One slipped away ♪

♪ (crowd laughing) ♪

♪ I just wanna make you feel okay ♪

♪ mmm ♪

♪ But all you do is look the other way ♪

♪ unh ♪

♪ I can't tell you how much I wish I didn't wanna stay ♪

♪ Da-da-da-daah ♪

♪ I just kinda wish you were gay ♪

♪ Is there a reason we're not through ♪

♪ Is there a 12 step just for you ♪

♪ Our conversation's all in blue ♪

♪ 11 Heys ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ 10 fingers tearing out my hair ♪

♪ Nine times you never made it there ♪

♪ I ate alone at seven, you were six minutes away ♪

♪ yay ♪

♪ How am I supposed to make you feel okay ♪

♪ When all you do is walk the other way ♪

♪ Da-da-daah ♪

♪ I can't tell you how much I wish I didn't wanna stay ♪

♪ Uh-uh-yeah ♪

♪ I just kinda wish you were gay ♪

♪ To spare my pride ♪

♪ To give your lack of interest an explanation ♪

♪ Don't say I'm not your type ♪

♪ Just say that I'm not your preferred sexual orientation ♪

♪ I'm so selfish ♪

♪ But you make me feel helpless, yeah ♪

♪ And I can't stand another day ♪

♪ Stand another day ♪

♪ I just wanna make you feel okay ♪

♪ But all you do is look the other way ♪

♪ I can't tell you how much I wish I didn't wanna stay ♪

♪ Da-da-da-daah ♪

♪ I just kinda wish you were gay ♪

♪ I just kinda wish you were gay ♪

♪ I just kinda wish you were gay ♪

(crowd cheering)

Thank you.

I love you, I love you, I love.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience a sensation or emotion
good /ɡʊd/ A1	adjective - having positive qualities
words /wɜːrdz/ A2	noun - units of language
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ B1	verb - to comprehend or grasp mentally
let /lɛt/ A2	verb - to allow or permit
go /ɡoʊ/ A1	verb - to move from one place to another
say /seɪ/ A2	verb - to utter words aloud
laugh /læf/ A2	verb - to express happiness or amusement with sounds
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - without others
long /lɔːŋ/ A1	adjective - extending a great distance in space or time
crowd /kraʊd/ B2	noun - a large group of people together
make /meɪk/ A2	verb - to create or produce
look /lʊk/ A1	verb - to direct one's sight in a specific direction
way /weɪ/ A2	noun - a method or path for doing something
wish /wɪʃ/ B1	verb - to desire or hope for something
pride /praɪd/ B2	noun - a feeling of deep satisfaction from one's own achievements
interest /ˈɪntrəst/ B2	noun - the feeling of wanting to learn about something
orientation /ɔːr.iːɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/ C1	noun - a person's inherent direction of sexual attraction

Key Grammar Structures

• Baby, I don't feel so good

  ➔ Present simple negative

  ➔ The present simple negative is used to describe a current state or feeling. Here, "don't feel" shows the speaker's ongoing emotion.

• I'll never let you go

  ➔ Future with 'will' + adverb

  ➔ The future form with 'will' expresses a prediction or promise. "Never" as an adverb intensifies the permanence of the action.

• If three's a crowd and two was us

  ➔ First conditional with contraction

  ➔ The first conditional describes real possibilities. "Three's" is a contraction of 'three is', and "was" is simple past for contrast.

• I just wanna make you feel okay

  ➔ Informal contraction 'wanna' for 'want to'

  ➔ In spoken or song English, 'wanna' is a casual form of 'want to' infinitive, expressing desire followed by another infinitive 'make'.

• I wish I didn't wanna stay

  ➔ Wish + past simple for present wishes

  ➔ The structure 'wish + past simple' expresses regrets or unreal wishes about the present. "Didn't wanna" is negative informal.

• I just kinda wish you were gay

  ➔ Wish + past subjunctive for unreal situations

  ➔ For wishes about the present, 'wish + past subjunctive (were)' indicates something contrary to reality. "Kinda" softens the statement.

• Is there a reason we're not through

  ➔ Present simple question with contraction

  ➔ Questions in present simple seek information about states. "We're" contracts 'we are', and 'not through' means not finished.

• To spare my pride

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The infinitive 'to + verb' explains the reason or purpose of an action, here connected to the wish in the previous line.

• Don't say I'm not your type

  ➔ Negative imperative

  ➔ The negative imperative 'don't + verb' gives advice or a command not to do something, here pleading not to reject directly.