Animal – English Lyrics

• By: Katseye

Lyrics & Translation

Learn English through the lens of modern pop with 'Animal' by Katseye. This song is perfect for practicing contemporary English slang related to emotions and relationships, offering a rhythmic and engaging way to improve your listening skills through clear, melodic enunciation.

[English]

Mm-mm

You're the boss, you run the circus, baby

Take it up a notch, you're so sophisticated

Don't wanna be on a schedule, you're on your own time

(Mm-mm)

Off the scale that goes from hot to crazy

Fingernails, one, two, three colors painted

Crop top and baggy jeans holding your waistline

(Mm-mm)

You make the light and the shadows collide

Your body gets twisted and tangled in mine

Love so good, how could this be free?

I keep your secret safe with me (mm-mm)

Nobody knows you're outta control

But I see a side behind the closed doors

They get a glimpse here on the dance floor

You move like an animal (mm-mm; one, two, three, four)

Nobody knows you're outta control

But I see a side behind the closed doors

They get a glimpse here on the dance floor

You move like an animal (mm-mm)

I'll be gone by morning

So getcha, getcha heels on the floor then

So are you with me? (Are you with me?)

Be careful what you're wishing for 'cause I get freaky (mm-mm)

You make the light and the shadows collide (ooh)

Your body gets twisted and tangled in mine (ooh)

Love so good, how could this be free?

I keep your secret safe with me (mm-mm)

Nobody knows you're outta control

But I see a side behind the closed doors

They get a glimpse here on the dance floor

You move like an animal (mm-mm; one, two, three, four)

Nobody knows you're outta control

But I see a side behind the closed doors

They get a glimpse here on the dance floor

You move like an animal (mm-mm)

I'm gettin' overwhelmed

R-r-r-right now

Want you to give it to me

All night long (mm-mm), woo

Nobody knows you're outta control (nobody knows)

But I see a side behind the closed doors

They get a glimpse here on the dance floor

You move like an animal (mm-mm)

Nobody knows you're outta control

But I see a side behind the closed doors (ooh)

They get a glimpse here on the dance floor

You move like an animal (mm-mm)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
circus /ˈsɜːrkəs/ B1	noun - A traveling company of performers
sophisticated /səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd/ B2	adjective - Having, revealing, or proceeding from a great deal of worldly experience
schedule /ˈskedʒuːl/ A2	noun - A plan for carrying out a process or procedure
fingernails /ˈfɪŋɡərneɪlz/ A2	noun - The nail at the end of a finger
waistline /ˈweɪstlaɪn/ B1	noun - The measurement around a person's waist
collide /kəˈlaɪd/ B2	verb - To hit with force when moving
twisted /ˈtwɪstɪd/ B1	adjective - Wound or turned about one another
tangled /ˈtæŋɡəld/ B1	adjective - Twisted together untidily
secret /ˈsiːkrət/ A2	noun - Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others
glimpse /ɡlɪmps/ B2	noun - A momentary or partial view
animal /ˈænɪml/ A1	noun - A living organism that feeds on organic matter
freaky /ˈfriːki/ B2	adjective - Strange or unconventional
overwhelmed /ˌoʊvərˈwelmd/ B2	adjective - Buried or drowned beneath a huge mass

Key Grammar Structures

• You're the boss, you run the circus, baby

  ➔ Subject-Verb Agreement

  ➔ The pronoun "You" takes the base form verb "run" in the present simple tense, indicating a habitual action or state.

• Don't wanna be on a schedule, you're on your own time

  ➔ Informal Contraction (want to)

  ➔ The colloquial "wanna" is a contraction of "want to", frequently used in music and informal spoken English.

• Off the scale that goes from hot to crazy

  ➔ Relative Clause

  ➔ The clause "that goes from hot to crazy" modifies the noun "scale", providing extra information about it.

• Nobody knows you're outta control

  ➔ Indefinite Pronoun

  ➔ "Nobody" is an indefinite pronoun acting as the subject of the sentence, indicating that zero people have knowledge of the fact.

• You move like an animal

  ➔ Simile (preposition 'like')

  ➔ The word "like" is used to compare the subject's movement to that of an animal, highlighting a wild or intense quality.

• I'll be gone by morning

  ➔ Future Perfect (implied/temporal context)

  ➔ The use of "by morning" establishes a deadline or a specific point in the future when the state of being "gone" will be achieved.

• Be careful what you're wishing for

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The verb "Be" starts the sentence to issue a warning or advice to the listener.

• They get a glimpse here on the dance floor

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase (location)

  ➔ "on the dance floor" acts as a prepositional phrase defining the location where the action takes place.