Name – English Lyrics

• By: Justin Bieber, Tori Kelly
• Album: Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the smooth rhythms of this R&B duet to master conversational English and romantic expressions. This song is special for its soulful vocal interplay between Bieber and Kelly, making it a perfect tool for learning emotive vocabulary and natural phrasing.

[English]

You're making promises to someone else's face

If those should break, call out my name

You're getting high off of some new life that you made

If that high fades, call out my name

I know you think about laying side by side

On the goodwill couch

Going line for line, at your best friend's house

We're only getting better at pretending we're okay

And after all this time, we feel the same

Ooh-ooh

Ooh

Ooh-ooh

Cards on the table that we never got to play

Oh, what a shame, call out my name

I bet he's cool but I'd put fire in your veins

If you miss that flame, call out my name

I know you think about laying side by side

On the goodwill couch

Going line for line, at your best friend's house

We're only getting better at pretending we're okay

And after all this time

I know you think about laying side by side

On the goodwill couch (ooh-ooh-ooh)

Going line for line (going line for line), at your best friend's house

We're only getting better at pretending we're okay (yeah)

And after all this time, we feel the same

Ooh-ooh

Ooh

Ooh-ooh

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
promises /ˈprɒmɪsɪz/ A2	noun - a declaration that one will do or refrain from doing something specified
fades /feɪdz/ B2	verb - to gradually disappear or lose brightness
laying /ˈleɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - to put something down gently or lie in a horizontal position
goodwill /ˈɡʊdwɪl/ B2	adjective - used or donated items, often referring to charity shops
couch /kaʊtʃ/ A1	noun - a sofa for seating two or more people
pretending /prɪˈtendɪŋ/ B1	verb - to behave as if something is true when it is not
shame /ʃeɪm/ B1	noun - a regrettable or unfortunate situation
veins /veɪnz/ B2	noun - the tubes carrying blood to the heart
flame /fleɪm/ B1	noun - the visible, gaseous part of a fire

Key Grammar Structures

• You're making promises to someone else's face

  ➔ Present Continuous tense

  ➔ Used "are making" to describe an action happening around the current time or a temporary situation.

• If those should break, call out my name

  ➔ First Conditional (Inversion/Formal)

  ➔ The use of "should" in the if-clause makes the condition sound more tentative or formal.

• I know you think about laying side by side

  ➔ Gerund after preposition

  ➔ The verb "laying" acts as a noun following the preposition "about".

• We're only getting better at pretending we're okay

  ➔ Verbs of change (Get + Comparative)

  ➔ "Getting better" describes a gradual change or process.

• Cards on the table that we never got to play

  ➔ Relative clause (Reduced)

  ➔ "That (which) we never got to play" modifies "cards". The relative pronoun "that" is the object.

• I bet he's cool but I'd put fire in your veins

  ➔ Conditional (Second Conditional structure)

  ➔ "I'd put" (I would put) expresses a hypothetical situation or a strong contrast.

• If you miss that flame, call out my name

  ➔ First Conditional

  ➔ Expresses a real possibility in the future: If X happens, do Y.

• And after all this time, we feel the same

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase of time

  ➔ "After all this time" establishes the temporal context for the current state.