Yuck – English Lyrics

• By: Charli XCX
• Album: CRASH

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Not supposed to feel this way

I'm such a hypocrite, I always frown on love

It's giving me a tummy ache (all these butterflies make me sick)

Make me fly away (it's some Hocus Pocus shit, I'm bewitched)

(For what?)

Calling too much, you're breaking my phone

Mad when you do and sad when you don't

Chivalry, ooh, you taking my coat

Too cute, no, this ain't me now

Candlelight, out on a starry night

You brush my hair to the side

And you tell me I'm pretty

Yuck, now you got me blushin'

Cheeks so red when the blood starts rushing

Yuck, that boy's so mushy

Sending me flowers, I'm just tryna get lucky

Yuck, lookin' at me all sucky

Yuck, quit acting like a puppy

Fuck, going all lovey-dovey on me

You got your hopes high

Thinking 'bout it most nights

Put me on a pedestal

'Cause my love's incredible

Don't wait up for me

I can't make those plans, catch me if you can (come catch me)

Just flew into Japan

Come catch me (but don't you catch feels, that's so)

Yuck, now you got me blushin'

Cheeks so red when the blood starts rushing

Yuck, that boy's so mushy

Sending me flowers, I'm just tryna get lucky

Yuck, lookin' at me all sucky

Yuck, quit acting like a puppy

Fuck, going all lovey-dovey on me

All lovey-dovey on, yuck

All lovey-dovey on me (why you do this to me?)

All lovey-dovey on, yuck

All lovey-dovey on me (going all lovey-dovey on me)

All lovey-dovey on, yuck

All lovey-dovey on me (why you do this to me?)

(Fuck) all lovey-dovey on me

(Why you do that? Why you do that? Why you do that?)

Yuck (why you do that? Why you do that? Mmm)

Yuck (why you do that? Why you do that? Mmm)

Yuck (why you do that to me?)

Yuck

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
frown /fraʊn/ B1	verb - to show disapproval by wrinkling one's forehead noun - an expression of disapproval
ache /eɪk/ A2	noun - a continuous pain verb - to suffer a continuous pain
butterflies /ˈbʌtərflaɪz/ A1	noun - in the stomach, a nervous feeling
phone /foʊn/ A1	noun - a device used to communicate
mad /mæd/ A2	adjective - angry
sad /sæd/ A1	adjective - unhappy
cute /kjuːt/ A1	adjective - attractive in a pretty way
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness
hair /hɛər/ A1	noun - the fine threads that grow on the head
pretty /ˈprɪti/ A1	adjective - attractive
blushin' /ˈblʌʃɪn/ B1	verb - to become red in the face
red /red/ A1	adjective - of the color red
blood /blʌd/ A2	noun - the red liquid that circulates in the body
boy /bɔɪ/ A1	noun - a male child or young man
flowers /ˈflaʊərz/ A1	noun - the part of a plant that produces seeds
lucky /ˈlʌki/ A1	adjective - having good luck
puppy /ˈpʌpi/ A1	noun - a young dog
hopes /həʊps/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen
pedestal /ˈpedɪstl/ B2	noun - a base or support
incredible /ɪnˈkredəbl/ B2	adjective - unbelievable
plans /plænz/ A1	noun - a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something
Japan /dʒəˈpæn/ A1	noun - a country in East Asia

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm such a hypocrite, I always frown on love

  ➔ Relative Clause & Present Simple

  ➔ The phrase 'I always frown on love' is a relative clause modifying 'hypocrite'. The use of 'always' emphasizes a habitual action. The present simple describes a general truth or habit.

• It's giving me a tummy ache (all these butterflies make me sick)

  ➔ Present Continuous for Figurative Meaning

  ➔ "It's giving me..." is a slang expression using the present continuous to describe an effect or feeling. It doesn't mean the tummy ache is *currently* being given, but rather it's the result of the butterflies.

• Mad when you do and sad when you don't

  ➔ Correlative Conjunctions & Adjective Clauses

  ➔ The 'when' clauses act as adjective clauses modifying an implied 'I'. 'Mad' and 'sad' are adjectives describing the speaker's emotional state depending on the action of 'you'. The 'and' connects the two contrasting conditions.

• Too cute, no, this ain't me now

  ➔ Interjection & Negative Contraction

  ➔ "Too cute" functions as an interjection expressing surprise or disapproval. "Ain't" is a non-standard contraction of 'is not', used for emphasis and a casual tone.

• You got your hopes high

  ➔ Past Participle as Adjective

  ➔ "Hopes" is used as a noun, and 'high' is functioning as an adjective describing the state of the hopes. 'Got' here means 'have'.