The Way I Want You – English Lyrics

• By: Bebe Rexha
• Album: DIRTY BLONDE

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotional world of Bebe Rexha with 'The Way I Want You.' This song is a perfect way to learn expressive English vocabulary related to longing and heartache, all set to a captivating pop beat that makes language learning feel like a dance floor experience.

[English]

(Float forever)

If you wanted to, we could walk off this Earth together

If you wanted to, we could lie here and float forever

If you wanted to, we could get lost into each other's eyes

'Cause in your arms I could die

But you don't want to

The way I want you

Goddamn, I'm so ashamed, the pills don't work the same

24/7 all the time, tryna scrub you off my brain like, "Ah"

Cigarettes and alcohol, it's 4:00 a.m where you are

Is it out of pocket if I call right now?

Just try to stop myself from reaching out again for the thousandth time

But I know that I'm fucked up in my mind

And I talk to my therapist like a billion times

And that bitch is overpaid, my anxiety won't go away

And I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired of loving you (you)

If you wanted to, we could walk off this Earth together

If you wanted to, we could lay here and float forever

If you wanted to, we could get lost into each other's eyes

But you don't want to

The way I want you

(Way I want you)

(Float forever)

If you wanted to, we could walk off this Earth together

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
float /floʊt/ B1	verb - to move slowly through the air or on water
forever /fəˈrev.ər/ A2	adverb - for all future time; always
ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/ B1	adjective - feeling guilt or embarrassment
pills /pɪlz/ A2	noun - small, solid pieces of medicine to be swallowed
scrub /skrʌb/ B2	verb - to rub hard to clean something
alcohol /ˈæl.kə.hɒl/ A2	noun - a substance found in drinks like wine or beer
pocket /ˈpɒk.ɪt/ A2	noun - a small pouch in clothing
reaching /ˈriː.tʃɪŋ/ B1	verb - stretching out an arm to touch or grab something
thousandth /ˈθaʊ.zənθ/ B2	adjective - the one in a sequence following the 999th
fucked up /fʌkt ʌp/ C1	adjective - emotionally or mentally damaged/disturbed (slang)
therapist /ˈθer.ə.pɪst/ B2	noun - a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.ə.ti/ B2	noun - a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease
tired /ˈtaɪərd/ A1	adjective - in need of sleep or rest; weary

Key Grammar Structures

• If you wanted to, we could walk off this Earth together

  ➔ Second Conditional (Hypothetical situations)

  ➔ Uses "If + past simple" + "would/could + base verb" to describe an unlikely or imaginary future scenario.

• I could die

  ➔ Modal verb 'Could' for possibility

  ➔ Used here to express a hypothetical or extreme degree of emotional intensity.

• Tryna scrub you off my brain

  ➔ Informal contraction 'Tryna' (Trying to)

  ➔ A common spoken contraction of "trying to" often used in lyrics to maintain rhythm.

• I'm sick and tired of being

  ➔ Fixed expression (Idiom)

  ➔ The phrase "sick and tired" emphasizes extreme annoyance or exhaustion regarding a situation.

• I'm so ashamed, the pills don't work

  ➔ Present Simple for current states

  ➔ The verb "work" is in the present simple, stating a factual condition occurring in the present.

• The way I want you

  ➔ Relative clause with omitted relative pronoun

  ➔ Implicitly "The way (in which) I want you," where "that/in which" is omitted.