SOS – English Lyrics

• By: Avicii, Aloe Blacc
• Album: TIM

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Avicii's "SOS" featuring Aloe Blacc and explore a deeply personal message about mental health. Learn about the song's creation, its emotional resonance, and how it provides a vocabulary for expressing the need for help. Discover the story behind this posthumous release and honor Avicii's legacy through his music.

[English]

Can you hear me? S.O.S.

Help me put my mind to rest

Two times clear again I'm actin' low

A pound of weed and a bag of blow

I can feel your love

Pullin' me up from the underground and

I don't need my drugs

We could be more than just part-time lovers

I can feel your touch

Pickin' me up from the underground and

I don't need my drugs

We could be more than just part-time lovers

...

We could be more than just part-time lovers

...

We could be more than just part-time lovers

...

I get robbed of all my sleep

As my thoughts begin to bleed

I'd let go but I don't know how

Yeah, I don't know how but I need to now

I can feel your love

Pullin' me up from the underground and

I don't need my drugs

We could be more than just part-time lovers

I can feel your touch

Pickin' me up from the underground and

I don't need my drugs

We could be more than just part-time lovers, ay

...

I can feel your touch

Pickin' me up from the underground and

I don't need my drugs

We could be more than just part-time lovers

...

We could be

We could be more than just part-time lovers

Yeah, more than, more than lovers

We could be more than just part-time lovers

Can you hear me? S.O.S.

Help me put my mind to rest

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hear /hɪər/ A1	verb - to perceive with the ear
help /help/ A1	verb - to give assistance
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought.
rest /rest/ A2	noun - a state of inactivity or relaxation
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection
drugs /drʌɡz/ B1	noun - a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body
lovers /ˈlʌvərz/ B1	noun - people who are in love with each other
touch /tʌtʃ/ A2	noun - the action of touching or the sense of feeling something by touching it
underground /ˈʌndərɡraʊnd/ B2	noun - an area beneath the surface of the ground
robbed /rɒbd/ B2	verb - to take something from (someone) using force or threat of force
sleep /sliːp/ A1	noun - a condition of body and mind that typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is relatively inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended.
thoughts /θɔːts/ A2	noun - an idea or opinion produced by thinking, or occurring suddenly in the mind.
bleed /bliːd/ B2	verb - to lose blood
need /niːd/ A1	verb - require (something) because it is essential or very important

Key Grammar Structures

• Help me put my mind to rest

  ➔ Imperative + object + verb phrase

  ➔ The phrase is a command/request asking for assistance to relax or find peace.

• We could be more than just part-time lovers

  ➔ Modal verb + base verb + comparative phrase

  ➔ Uses a modal verb 'could' to express possibility or potential, combined with a comparative idea of being 'more than just part-time lovers'.

• Can you hear me? S.O.S.

  ➔ Interrogative sentence using modal auxiliary verb + subject + main verb

  ➔ A question that asks for confirmation or information, using a modal 'can' to inquire about ability or possibility.

• Help me put my mind to rest

  ➔ Imperative + object + verb phrase

  ➔ A command/request asking someone to help calm or soothe the speaker's mind.

• I get robbed of all my sleep

  ➔ Passive voice construction with 'get' + past participle

  ➔ Expresses that the subject is experiencing loss or interference with sleep, using 'get' + past participle to indicate passive experience.

• I don't need my drugs

  ➔ Negative sentence with modal verb + base verb

  ➔ Indicates that the speaker does not require or is not dependent on their drugs, using 'do not' + base verb.