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 with "that"

  ➔ The relative pronoun "that" introduces a clause that provides more information about the noun "girl". In this case, it specifies which girl the speaker is referring to: the one who changed his world.

• YOU LIT THE FUSE, I STAND ACCUSED

  ➔ Simple Past Tense (Lit), Passive Voice (Stand Accused)

  ➔ "Lit" is the past tense of "light", indicating a completed action in the past. "Stand accused" uses passive voice, meaning the subject (I) is the recipient of the action, not the performer.

• BUT YOU TURNED ME OUT BABY, YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME

  ➔ Simple Past Tense, Idiomatic Expression ("Turned me out"), Prepositional Phrase ("on me")

  ➔ "Turned me out" is an idiom, meaning to reject or disappoint someone. "Dropped a bomb on me" uses a prepositional phrase to indicate the target of the action.

• YOU WERE MY THRILLS, YOU WERE MY PILLS

  ➔ Simple Past Tense (Were), Metaphor

  ➔ Using "were" to describe the girl as "thrills" and "pills" is a metaphor, comparing her to sources of excitement and relief/comfort.

• YOU TURN ME OUT, YOU TURN ME ON

  ➔ Simple Present Tense (Habitual action), Contrasting Meanings

  ➔ Simple present used to describe habitual or characteristic actions. The contrasting phrases "turn me out" (reject) and "turn me on" (excite) highlight the conflicting nature of the relationship.

• YOU TOOK ME TO THE SKY, I'D NEVER BEEN SO HIGH

  ➔ Simple Past (Took), Past Perfect Conditional (I'd never been)

  ➔ "Took" describes a completed action in the past. "I'd never been so high" uses the past perfect conditional to describe a state that was only possible because of the action described in the first clause. It implies *if* you hadn't taken me to the sky.

• WE WERE IN MOTION, FELT LIKE LOTION

  ➔ Past Continuous (were in motion), Simile (felt like lotion)

  ➔ "Were in motion" describes an ongoing action in the past. "Felt like lotion" is a simile, comparing the feeling to the smoothness and ease of lotion, using "like" for direct comparison.

• YOU WERE THE FIRST EXPLOSION TURNED OUT TO BE CORROSION

  ➔ Past Simple (were), "Turned out to be" (phrasal verb + infinitive of purpose)

  ➔ The phrase "turned out to be" indicates a result or consequence that was different from what was initially expected. The infinitive phrase "to be corrosion" further describes the nature of that result.