The Louvre – English Lyrics

• By: Lorde
• Album: Melodrama

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the dreamy world of Lorde to master English through poetic metaphors and modern lyrical expressions. 'The Louvre' is perfect for learners wanting to understand how to describe intense emotions and use artistic imagery in everyday descriptive language.

[English]

Well, summer slipped us underneath her tongue

Our days and nights are perfumed with obsession

Half of my wardrobe is on your bedroom floor

Use our eyes, throw our hands overboard

I am your sweetheart psychopathic crush

Drink up your movements, still I can't get enough

I overthink your punctuation use

Not my fault, just a thing that my mind do

A rush at the beginning

I get caught up, just for a minute

But lover, you're the one to blame

All that you're doing

Can you hear the violence?

Megaphone to my chest

Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom

And make 'em all dance to it

...

Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom

And make 'em all dance to it

...

Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom

And make 'em all dance to it

...

Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom

And make 'em all dance to it

...

Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom

And make 'em all dance to it

Our thing progresses

I call and you come through

Blow all my friendships

To sit in hell with you

But we're the greatest

They'll hang us in the Louvre

Down the back, but who cares—still the Louvre

Okay I know that you are not my type

(still I fall)

I'm just the sucker who let you fill her mind

(but what about love?)

Nothing wrong with it

Supernatural

Just move in close to me, closer, you'll feel it coasting

A rush at the beginning

I get caught up, just for a minute

But lover, you're the one to blame

All that you're doing

Can you hear the violence?

Megaphone to my chest

Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom

And make 'em all dance to it

...

Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom

And make 'em all dance to it

...

Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom

And make 'em all dance to it

...

Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom

And make 'em all dance to it

...

Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom

And make 'em all dance to it

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
obsession /əbˈsɛʃən/ B2	noun - the state of being preoccupied with someone or something
wardrobe /ˈwɔːrˌdroʊb/ A2	noun - a large cabinet for hanging clothes
psychopathic /ˌsaɪkəˈpæθɪk/ C2	adjective - suffering from a chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior
punctuation /ˌpʌŋktʃuˈeɪʃən/ B2	noun - marks used in writing to separate sentences and clarify meaning
violence /ˈvaɪələns/ B1	noun - behavior involving physical force intended to hurt or damage
megaphone /ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn/ C1	noun - a cone-shaped device for amplifying sound
broadcast /ˈbrɔːdˌkæst/ B2	verb - to transmit a program or signal by radio or television
progresses /prəˈɡrɛsɪz/ B1	verb - to move forward or develop
sucker /ˈsʌkər/ C1	noun - a person who is easily deceived or tricked
supernatural /ˌsuːpərˈnætʃərəl/ B2	adjective - attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding
coasting /ˈkoʊstɪŋ/ B2	verb - to move easily without using much energy
perfumed /ˈpɜːrfjuːmd/ C1	adjective - filled with a pleasant, sweet smell
crush /krʌʃ/ A2	noun - a brief but intense infatuation for someone
overboard /ˈoʊvərˌbɔːrd/ B2	adverb - over the side of a boat or ship
slip /slɪp/ A2	verb - to move or place something quietly or secretly

Key Grammar Structures

• Summer slipped us underneath her tongue

  ➔ Personification and transitive verb usage

  ➔ The songwriter uses 'slipped' as a transitive verb to describe summer as an active agent, giving a human quality to a season.

• I am your sweetheart psychopathic crush

  ➔ Noun adjuncts / Compound nouns

  ➔ The phrase uses 'sweetheart' and 'psychopathic' to modify 'crush', creating a complex emotional description.

• I overthink your punctuation use

  ➔ Prefix 'over-' and noun phrases

  ➔ The prefix 'over-' indicates an action performed to an excessive degree, modifying 'think'.

• But lover, you're the one to blame

  ➔ Infinitive structure for blame

  ➔ The phrase 'to blame' is an infinitive structure commonly used as an adjective to mean someone is responsible for a negative outcome.

• Can you hear the violence?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence structure

  ➔ The use of the auxiliary verb 'Can' at the beginning of the sentence marks it as a yes/no question.

• Make 'em all dance to it

  ➔ Causative verb 'make'

  ➔ The causative verb 'make' is followed by an object ('em) and a base form verb ('dance') to express forcing or causing an action.

• They'll hang us in the Louvre

  ➔ Future simple passive voice

  ➔ The structure 'will be' + past participle ('hang' -> 'hung') is often implied here, focusing on the destination rather than the agent.

• I'm just the sucker who let you fill her mind

  ➔ Relative clause

  ➔ The relative clause 'who let you fill her mind' provides additional information about the noun 'sucker'.