You Dropped A Bomb On Me

• By: The Gap Band

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
changed /tʃeɪndʒd/ A2	verb - made or became different.
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, people, and natural features.
fuse /fjuːz/ B2	noun - a safety device with a thin wire that melts if too much current passes through it verb - join or blend to form a single entity
accused /əˈkjuːzd/ B2	adjective - (of a person) charged with but not yet convicted of a crime. verb - allege that someone has done something wrong or illegal.
bomb /bɒm/ B1	noun - an explosive device verb - attack (a place or person) with bombs
thrills /θrɪlz/ B2	noun - a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure
pills /pɪlz/ A2	noun - a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole
loose /luːs/ B1	adjective - not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached verb - set free; release
wrong /rɒŋ/ A1	adjective - not correct or true; incorrect
free /friː/ A1	adjective - not under the control or power of someone else; able to do or say what you want verb - release (someone or something) from confinement or servitude
sky /skaɪ/ A1	noun - the region of the atmosphere and outer space visible from the earth.
high /haɪ/ A1	adjective - of great vertical extent
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
smoke /smoʊk/ A2	noun - a visible suspension of carbon or other particles in air, typically one emitted from a burning substance.
motion /ˈmoʊʃən/ B1	noun - the action or process of moving or being moved
explosion /ɪkˈsploʊʒən/ B2	noun - a violent and destructive shattering or blowing apart of something, as is caused by explosives.
corrosion /kəˈroʊʒən/ C1	noun - the gradual destruction of a material by chemical reaction with its environment.
forget /fərˈɡet/ A2	verb - fail to remember

Grammar:

• YOU WERE THE GIRL THAT CHANGED MY WORLD

  ➔ Relative Clause using "that"

  ➔ "That" introduces a relative clause, modifying the noun "girl". In this context, it means "the girl who changed my world."

• YOU LIT THE FUSE

  ➔ Simple Past Tense (lit)

  ➔ "Lit" is the past tense and past participle of "light". The sentence uses the simple past to describe a completed action in the past.

• I STAND ACCUSED

  ➔ Passive Voice (Present Simple)

  ➔ The subject "I" is receiving the action of being accused. The structure is "be + past participle".

• YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME

  ➔ Simple Past Tense

  ➔ "Dropped" is the past tense of "drop". The sentence describes a completed action in the past.

• YOU TURN ME OUT YOU TURN ME ON

  ➔ Simple Present Tense (repeated actions)

  ➔ The simple present is used to describe actions that happen regularly or are generally true. Here, it describes repeated actions of turning the speaker out and on.

• SAID YOU'D SET ME FREE

  ➔ Conditional sentence (Type 1 implied) / contracted "would"

  ➔ "You'd" is a contraction of "you would". While not a full conditional sentence, it implies a condition: 'You said you would set me free [if/when...]'.

• I'D NEVER BEEN SO HIGH

  ➔ Past Perfect Continuous (Experience)

  ➔ "I'd never been so high" uses the past perfect to describe an experience *up to a certain point in the past*. "I'd" is the contracted form of "I had". It expresses that the speaker had not experienced that level of exhilaration before a specific point in the past (when the singer met the girl, presumably).

• WE WERE IN MOTION, FELT LIKE LOTION

  ➔ Past Continuous (describing a scene)

  ➔ "Were in motion" uses the past continuous to describe an ongoing action in the past, setting the scene. "Felt like lotion" uses "felt" as a linking verb, describing a feeling (smooth, flowing).

• I WON'T FORGET WHAT YOU DONE TO ME BABY

  ➔ Future Simple Negative (won't) + Subjunctive mood ("what you done")

  ➔ "Won't forget" is a contraction of "will not forget", expressing a future intention. "What you done" is grammatically incorrect in formal English, as it should be "what you did", but it's a common colloquialism/dialect usage (Subjunctive).