Floating – English Lyrics

• By: Alina Baraz, Khalid, filous

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the smooth, atmospheric sounds of 'Floating' to enhance your English listening skills. This song is perfect for learning descriptive, emotive vocabulary and understanding the flowing, rhythmic patterns of contemporary R&B, making it an ideal track for those who love soulful and calming melodies.

[English]

It's in the way you see. You know what I

need. It's in the way that you're

holding me, bringing me close. You know

that I won't let go. You got me on

repeat.

You got me in a dream. I let my worries

go soon as you come through the door.

Thinking about what it be like to be

yours.

2 a.m. and I'm still breathing.

staring at my thoughts floating up to

the ceiling.

I'm swimming in everything.

I'm thinking about jumping any

skinny dipping deep inside my head.

I'm swimming in every sh I'm thinking

about jumping any

skin deep inside my head

[Music]

in the way you charge me. I don't know

much about love. But I keep on checking

my phone. See when you're home or when

you want me to pull up but one and the

same. You got me caught in the days. I

love it when you say my name slow. Oh my

love is yours.

[Music]

I'm thinking about you any

skinny dripping deep inside my head.

I'm swimming in everything. Said I'm

thinking about jumping. Say I got you

skinny deep inside my head. My head.

[Music]

Every time you move,

you're looking like you're dancing.

I think that you could have it.

Everything

you do,

I want to do it with you. Don't ever

want to miss you.

[Music]

I'm

thinking about

you getting deep inside my head.

[Music]

I got you skinny dripping deep from my

head. From my head.

[Music]

Heat. Heat.

[Music]

Oh

[Music]

no, oh

[Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
floating /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/ B1	verb - staying on the surface of a liquid or moving through the air
worries /ˈwɜːriz/ B1	noun - feelings of anxiety or unease
breathing /ˈbriːðɪŋ/ A2	verb - the process of taking air into and out of the lungs
staring /ˈsteərɪŋ/ B1	verb - looking fixedly or vacantly at someone or something
ceiling /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - the upper interior surface of a room
swimming /ˈswɪmɪŋ/ A1	verb - moving through water by moving the body
jumping /ˈdʒʌmpɪŋ/ A2	verb - pushing oneself off a surface into the air
skinny dipping /ˈskɪni ˈdɪpɪŋ/ C1	verb - swimming without clothes
charge /tʃɑːrdʒ/ B2	verb - to give energy or enthusiasm to someone
caught /kɔːt/ B1	verb - trapped or held in a situation
dancing /ˈdænsɪŋ/ A1	verb - moving rhythmically to music
heat /hiːt/ A2	noun - the quality of being hot; passion

Key Grammar Structures

• You got me on repeat.

  ➔ Causative structure (Get + object + complement)

  ➔ Using "got" here means to cause someone or something to be in a particular state or condition.

• I let my worries go soon as you come through the door.

  ➔ Verb pattern: Let + object + bare infinitive

  ➔ The verb "let" is followed by the object and the bare infinitive "go" to express allowing something to happen.

• Thinking about what it be like to be yours.

  ➔ Embedded question (Noun clause)

  ➔ The phrase "what it be like" functions as the object of the preposition "about".

• I'm still breathing.

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ Used here with "still" to emphasize an ongoing action that persists over time.

• I don't know much about love.

  ➔ Quantifiers (Much in negative sentences)

  ➔ "Much" is used here to modify the uncountable noun "love" in a negative construction.

• See when you're home or when you want me to pull up.

  ➔ Subordinate clauses of time

  ➔ The clauses starting with "when" provide information about the timing of the action.

• I love it when you say my name slow.

  ➔ Anticipatory object 'it' with a clause

  ➔ The dummy object "it" acts as a placeholder for the following clause "when you say my name slow".

• I think that you could have it.

  ➔ Modal verb of possibility (Could)

  ➔ "Could" is used to express a future possibility or a tentative offer.