Tripping Over Air – English Lyrics

• By: Aidan Bissett

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw emotions of Aidan Bissett's "Tripping Over Air" and explore how this alt-pop track articulates the complexities of young love and overlooked warning signs. Through its honest lyrics and compelling melodies, listeners can gain insight into modern English expressions of heartbreak and self-realization, making it a powerful song for language learners to connect with authentic emotional storytelling.

[English]

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♪ I HEAR YOU TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP AGAIN ♪

♪ YOU’RE HOLDING ON TO SOMETHING REAL ♪

♪ CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF WHAT’S BEEN IN YOUR HEAD ♪

♪ OUT SECRETS OUT AND I’M FEELIN THIS ♪

♪ IS THERE SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND CAUSE ♪

♪ YOU’RE THE ONLY THING ON MINE LOVE ♪

♪ WANNA TELL YOU ALL THE TIME BUT ♪

♪ I KNOW ♪

♪ SHE LIKES BOYS THAT PLAY GUITAR ♪

♪ TATTOOED ARMS AND A BEAT UP CAR ♪

♪ I KNOW SHE’S GONNA BREAK MY HEART ♪

♪ I KNOW ♪

♪ SHE LIKES ME WHEN I PLAY IT COOL ♪

♪ I CAN’T HELP IT I HATE THE RULES ♪

♪ I KNOW SHE’S GONNA BREAK MY HEART ♪

♪ BUT I DON’T FUCKING CARE ♪

♪ THAT SHE DON’T FUCKING CARE ♪

♪ I’M TRIPPIN OVER AIR ♪

♪ TRYNA READ YOUR MIND ♪

♪ I DON’T FUCKING CARE ♪

♪ THAT SHE DON’T FUCKING CARE ♪

♪ I’M TRIPPIN OVER AIR ♪

♪ TRYNA GET IT RIGHT YEAH ♪

♪ SO WHY’D YOU GO AHEAD AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS ♪

♪ YOU GOT ME TWISTED UP IN HOW I FEEL ♪

♪ YOU LOVE TO START THEN STOP THEN START AGAIN ♪

♪ BUT I HATE THE WAY THAT I’M FEELING THIS ♪

♪ IS THERE SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND CAUSE ♪

♪ YOU’RE THE ONLY THING ON MINE LOVE ♪

♪ WANNA TELL YOU ALL THE TIME BUT ♪

♪ I KNOW ♪

♪ SHE LIKES BOYS THAT PLAY GUITAR ♪

♪ TATTOOED ARMS AND A BEAT UP CAR ♪

♪ I KNOW SHE’S GONNA BREAK MY HEART ♪

♪ I KNOW ♪

♪ SHE LIKES ME WHEN I PLAY IT COOL ♪

♪ I CAN’T HELP IT I HATE THE RULES ♪

♪ I KNOW SHE’S GONNA BREAK MY HEART ♪

♪ BUT I DON’T FUCKING CARE ♪

♪ THAT SHE DON’T FUCKING CARE ♪

♪ I’M TRIPPIN OVER AIR ♪

♪ TRYNA READ YOUR MIND ♪

♪ I DON’T FUCKING CARE ♪

♪ THAT SHE DON’T FUCKING CARE ♪

♪ I’M TRIPPIN OVER AIR ♪

♪ TRYNA GET IT RIGHT YEAH ♪

♪ ♪♪♪ ♪

♪ SHE LIKES BOYS THAT PLAY GUITAR ♪

♪ TATTOOED ARMS AND A BEATUP CAR ♪

♪ I KNOW SHE’S GONNA BREAK MY HEART ♪

♪ I KNOW ♪

♪ SHE LIKES ME WHEN I PLAY IT COOL ♪

♪ I CAN’T HELP IT I HATE THE RULES ♪

♪ I KNOW SHE’S GONNA BREAK MY HEART ♪

♪ BUT I DON’T FUCKING CARE ♪

♪ THAT SHE DON’T FUCKING CARE ♪

♪ I’M TRIPPIN OVER AIR ♪

♪ TRYNA GET IT RIGHT, YEAH ♪

♪♪♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - to speak to someone
hold /hoʊld/ A2	verb - to have or keep in your hands
mind /maɪnd/ B1	noun - the part of a person that thinks and feels
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
break /breɪk/ B1	verb - to separate into pieces or stop functioning
care /kɛr/ B1	verb - to feel concern or interest
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection
guitar /ɡɪˈtɑːr/ A2	noun - a musical instrument with strings
right /raɪt/ A2	adjective - correct or true
twist /twɪst/ B2	verb - to turn or bend something
air /ɛr/ A1	noun - the invisible mixture of gases we breathe
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - a period during which something happens
rules /ruːlz/ B2	noun - a set of explicit or understood regulations

Key Grammar Structures

• I HEAR YOU TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP AGAIN

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ Uses the base form of the verb "hear" to describe a recurring action. "Again" indicates repetition.

• YOU’RE HOLDING ON TO SOMETHING REAL

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ Uses "are holding" to describe an action in progress at the moment of speaking. The phrase "holding on to" implies clinging or maintaining.

• CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF WHAT’S BEEN IN YOUR HEAD

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous (slightly modified)

  ➔ "What's been in your head" suggests something has been occupying someone's thoughts for a period of time leading up to the present. While not explicitly continuous, the implication is ongoing presence.

• SHE LIKES BOYS THAT PLAY GUITAR

  ➔ Relative Clause (defining)

  ➔ "That play guitar" is a defining relative clause modifying "boys". It specifies which boys she likes.

• TATTOOED ARMS AND A BEAT UP CAR

  ➔ Past Participle as Adjective

  ➔ "Tattooed" and "beat up" are past participles functioning as adjectives to describe "arms" and "car" respectively.

• I KNOW SHE’S GONNA BREAK MY HEART

  ➔ Future with "gonna"

  ➔ "Gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to", used to express a future intention or prediction.

• SHE LIKES ME WHEN I PLAY IT COOL

  ➔ Conditional Clause (Type 0 implication)

  ➔ Implies a general truth or habit. "When I play it cool", she likes me. Similar to a Type 0 conditional ("If I play it cool, she likes me").

• I CAN’T HELP IT I HATE THE RULES

  ➔ Modal Verb + Infinitive

  ➔ "Can't help" is a modal verb construction followed by a verb (in this case, implied "doing it" or "feeling it"). It expresses inability to prevent something from happening.

• TRYNA GET IT RIGHT YEAH

  ➔ Reduced Infinitive (Gonna/Wanna/Tryna)

  ➔ "Tryna" is a colloquial shortening of "trying to". It's followed by the verb "get", indicating an attempt or effort.