Lose You To Love Me – English Lyrics

• By: Selena Gomez
• Album: Rare

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

♪♪♪

♪ YOU PROMISED THE WORLD ♪

♪ AND I FELL FOR IT ♪

♪ I PUT YOU FIRST ♪

♪ AND YOU ADORED IT ♪

♪ YOU SET FIRES TO MY FOREST ♪

♪ AND YOU LET IT BURN ♪

♪ SANG OFF KEY IN MY CHORUS ♪

♪ CAUSE IT WASN'T YOURS ♪

♪ I SAW THE SIGNS ♪

♪ AND I IGNORED IT ♪

♪ ROSE COLORED GLASSES ♪

♪ ALL DISTORTED ♪

♪ YOU SET FIRE TO MY PURPOSE ♪

♪ AND I LET IT BURN ♪

♪ YOU GOT OFF ON THE HURTIN ♪

♪ WHEN IT WASN'T YOURS ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ WE'D ALWAYS GO INTO IT BLINDLY ♪

♪ I NEEDED TO LOSE YOU TO FIND ME ♪

♪ THIS DANCING WAS KILLING ME SOFTLY ♪

♪ I NEEDED TO HATE YOU TO LOVE ME ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ I NEEDED TO LOSE YOU TO LOVE ME ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ I NEEDED TO LOSE YOU TO LOVE ME ♪

♪ I GAVE MY ALL ♪

♪ AND THEY ALL KNOW IT ♪

♪ YOU TORE ME DOWN ♪

♪ AND NOW IT'S SHOWING ♪

♪ IN TWO MONTHS YOU REPLACED US ♪

♪ LIKE IT WAS EASY ♪

♪ MADE ME THINK I DESERVED IT ♪

♪ IN THE THICK OF HEALING ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ WE'D ALWAYS GO IN TO IT BLINDLY ♪

♪ I NEEDED TO LOSE YOU TO FIND ME ♪

♪ THIS DANCING WAS KILLING ME SOFTLY ♪

♪ I NEEDED TO HATE YOU TO LOVE ME ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ I NEEDED TO LOSE YOU TO LOVE ME ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ I NEEDED TO LOSE YOU TO LOVE ME ♪

♪ YOU PROMISED THE WORLD ♪

♪ AND I FELL FOR IT ♪

♪ I PUT YOU FIRST ♪

♪ AND YOU ADORED IT ♪

♪ YOU SET FIRES TO MY FOREST ♪

♪ AND YOU LET IT BURN ♪

♪ SANG OFF KEY IN MY CHORUS ♪

♪♪♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ I NEEDED TO HATE YOU TO LOVE ME ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ I NEEDED TO LOSE YOU TO LOVE ME ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ AND NOW THE CHAPTER IS CLOSED ♪

♪ AND DONE ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ TO LOVE YEAH ♪

♪ AND NOW IT'S GOODBYE ♪

♪ IT'S GOOD BYE FOR US ♪

♪♪♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
lose /luːz/ A1	verb - to no longer have something or someone
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have deep affection for someone noun - deep affection
hate /heɪt/ A1	verb - to dislike intensely
find /faɪnd/ A1	verb - to discover or locate
burn /bɜːrn/ A1	verb - to be damaged by fire
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ A2	verb - to commit to do something noun - a commitment to do something
first /fɜːrst/ A1	adjective - coming before all others
adored /əˈdɔːrd/ B1	verb - to love or admire deeply
fire /faɪər/ A1	noun - flames produced by combustion
forest /ˈfɒrɪst/ A1	noun - a large area of land covered with trees
purpose /ˈpɜːrpəs/ A2	noun - the reason for which something is done
hurt /hɜːrt/ A1	verb - to cause physical pain or emotional distress noun - physical pain or emotional distress
blindly /ˈblaɪndli/ B1	adverb - without sight or awareness
replace /rɪˈpleɪs/ A2	verb - to take the place of something or someone
deserve /dɪˈzɜːrv/ A2	verb - to be worthy of something
healing /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - the process of becoming well again
chapter /ˈtʃæptər/ A2	noun - a division of a book or a period in a story
goodbye /ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/ A1	noun - a farewell greeting

Key Grammar Structures

• YOU PROMISED THE WORLD AND I FELL FOR IT

  ➔ Past Simple Tense, Phrasal Verb

  ➔ "Promised" is the past simple of 'promise', indicating a completed action in the past. "Fell for it" is a phrasal verb meaning 'to be deceived by something' or 'to fall in love with'.

• YOU SET FIRES TO MY FOREST AND YOU LET IT BURN

  ➔ Past Simple Tense, Causative 'let'

  ➔ "Set" (past simple of 'set') indicates an action in the past. "Let it burn" uses 'let' to allow something to happen or continue, it is a causative form showing permission.

• I SAW THE SIGNS AND I IGNORED IT

  ➔ Past Simple Tense, Conjunction 'and'

  ➔ "Saw" and "ignored" are both in the past simple tense, indicating actions completed in the past. 'And' connects two independent clauses.

• I NEEDED TO LOSE YOU TO FIND ME

  ➔ Past Simple Tense, Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ "Needed" is past simple. "To lose you to find me" employs infinitives to express purpose. The first infinitive “to lose you” sets up a requirement or condition for the second infinitive “to find me”.

• THIS DANCING WAS KILLING ME SOFTLY

  ➔ Past Continuous Tense

  ➔ "Was killing" is the past continuous tense, describing an action that was in progress in the past. This implies a gradual, ongoing effect.

• IN TWO MONTHS YOU REPLACED US LIKE IT WAS EASY

  ➔ Past Simple, 'as if' / 'like' clauses expressing unreality

  ➔ "Replaced" is past simple. "Like it was easy" describes a situation that's likely untrue, expressing that the action *seemed* easy to the other person, but wasn't for the speaker. This uses subjunctive mood (implied) to suggest unreality.