You You You – English Lyrics

• By: Maisie Peters

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Maisie Peters' 'You You You,' a track that brilliantly captures the heavy weight of past heartbreak in retrospect. As a lyricist, Peters excels at painting vivid emotional landscapes; exploring this song allows listeners to connect with the complex, sometimes suffocating nature of grief and how perspective changes over time, offering a masterclass in narrative songwriting.

[English]

♪ I eat about you ♪

♪ So I weigh less than when we met ♪

♪ I sleep about you ♪

♪ Dream of you two having sex ♪

♪ I breathe about you ♪

♪ Yeah, your name lives in my chest ♪

[DEEP BREATH]

♪ Mm-mm ♪

♪ So I can't go back and I can't go home ♪

♪ And I can't move forward ♪

♪ I'm the scene of the crime and the bore of the bar ♪

♪ And a memory hoarder ♪

♪ It was black and white ♪

♪ But I see it in colour ♪

♪ The grey in your goodbye ♪

♪ The way you stained my summer ♪

♪ I eat about you ♪

♪ So I weigh less than when we met ♪

♪ I sleep about you ♪

♪ Dream of you two having sex ♪

♪ I breathe about you ♪

♪ Yeah, your name lives in my chest ♪

♪ My lips around you ♪

♪ You're my constant cigarette ♪

♪ I talk about you ♪

♪ Till I've exhausted my words ♪

♪ I clean about you ♪

♪ Wash my heart out of your shirt ♪

♪ I think about us ♪

♪ What ifs till I'm powder blue ♪

♪ What if everything I do ♪

♪ Is full of you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you ♪

♪ Now I can't shut up so I just shut down ♪

♪ And my friends are worried ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm stuck to the bed and the shape that you left ♪

♪ And your runaway sorry ♪

♪ It was black and white ♪

♪ Should've seen it coming ♪

♪ Was too in love with you ♪

♪ To use my baby blues ♪

♪ So now they just keep running ♪

♪ (I eat about you) ♪

♪ For you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you ♪

♪ (I sleep about you) ♪

♪ For you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you ♪

♪ (I breathe about you) ♪

♪ For you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you ♪

♪ (My lips around you) ♪

♪ For you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you ♪

♪ You keep your distance ♪

♪ But not your word ♪

♪ You keep your peace and all my secrets ♪

♪ And you just skip the bridge you burnt ♪

♪ Said you loved me, honey, how can that be true? ♪

♪ When everything you did was about ♪

♪ You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you ♪

♪ I drink about you ♪

♪ So this gin tastes like cement ♪

♪ I care about you ♪

♪ Knowing you couldn't care less ♪

♪ I think about us ♪

♪ What ifs till I'm powder blue ♪

♪ What if everything I do ♪

♪ Is full of you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
eat /iːt/ A1	verb - to consume food
sleep /sliːp/ A1	verb - to rest in a state of natural unconsciousness
breathe /briːð/ A2	verb - to take air into and expel from the lungs
dream /driːm/ A2	verb - to experience thoughts, images, or emotions while sleeping noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word by which a person or thing is known
chest /tʃɛst/ A2	noun - the front part of the body between the neck and abdomen
memory /ˈmɛməri/ B1	noun - the faculty by which the mind stores and recalls information
black /blæk/ A1	adjective - of the darkest color
white /waɪt/ A1	adjective - of the colour of milk or fresh snow
colour /ˈkʌlə/ A1	noun - the property of producing different visual sensations
grey /ɡreɪ/ A1	adjective - of a colour intermediate between black and white
stained /steɪnd/ B2	verb - to mark or colour something with a stain
constant /ˈkɒnstənt/ B2	adjective - continuing without variation; unchanging
cigarette /ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt/ B1	noun - a thin cylinder of paper containing tobacco for smoking
exhausted /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪd/ B2	adjective - extremely tired
powder /ˈpaʊdər/ B2	noun - a dry bulk solid composed of fine particles
blue /bluː/ A1	adjective - of the colour between green and violet
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection or strong feeling of attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something
distance /ˈdɪst(ə)ns/ B1	noun - the amount of space between two points
secrets /ˈsiːkrɪts/ B2	noun - things that are kept hidden or unknown

Key Grammar Structures

• I eat about you.

  ➔ Creative verb use (verb + preposition 'about' used metaphorically).

  ➔ The phrase 'eat about you' is nonstandard; it uses 'eat' metaphorically to express emotional consumption or fixation.

• Dream of you two having sex.

  ➔ Gerund phrase (object of preposition).

  ➔ In 'Dream of you two having sex', the gerund 'having' functions as a noun, the object of the preposition 'of'.

• Your name lives in my chest.

  ➔ Personification and present simple tense.

  ➔ The verb 'lives' personifies the name as if it were alive, showing emotional depth.

• I'm the scene of the crime.

  ➔ Metaphor using the definite article 'the'.

  ➔ Saying 'I'm the scene of the crime' means the speaker identifies with the place of emotional damage — not literal crime.

• It was black and white but I see it in colour.

  ➔ Contrast with 'but'; past vs present tenses.

  ➔ The sentence contrasts a past situation ('was') with a current perception ('see'), emphasizing change in understanding.

• My lips around you, you're my constant cigarette.

  ➔ Metaphor and apposition.

  ➔ The line compares the lover to a 'constant cigarette', suggesting addiction or dependence.

• What if everything I do is full of you.

  ➔ Conditional question using 'What if'.

  ➔ 'What if' introduces a hypothetical scenario; it reflects doubt or fear about emotional completeness.

• I can't shut up so I just shut down.

  ➔ Causative contrast with coordinated clause.

  ➔ The sentence links two opposing reactions ('can't shut up' vs 'shut down') to express emotional overload.

• You keep your distance but not your word.

  ➔ Contrast with negative parallel structure.

  ➔ The line contrasts two retained elements (‘distance’ and ‘word’) to highlight emotional hypocrisy.