Verse 1
It's not true
(Itu tidak benar)
Tell me I’ve been lied to
(Beritahu aku tak pernah berbohong)
Crying isn't like you, ooh
(
Menangis tidak seperti kamu, ooh)
What the hell did I do?
(Apa yang sudah aku lakukan padamu? )
Never been the type to
(
Belum pernah tipe ke)
Let someone see right through, ooh
(
Biarkan seseorang melihat menembus, ooh)
Chorus
Maybe won't you take it back?
(
Mungkin Anda tidak akan mengambilnya kembali?)
Say you were tryna make me laugh
(Katakan padaku kau mencoba untuk membuat ku tertawa)
And nothing has to change today
(Dan tak ada yang perlu diubah hari ini)
You didn’t mean to say "I love you"
(Kamu tidak bermaksud mengatakan "aku mencintaimu")
I love you and I don't want to, ooh
(Aku mencintaimu dan aku tidak menginginkan nya)
Verse 2
Up all night on another red-eye
(
Sepanjang malam dengan mata merah lainnya)
I wish we never learned to fly
(
Aku berharap kita tidak pernah belajar terbang)
Maybe we should just try
(Mungkin sebaiknya kita coba saja)
To tell ourselves a good lie
(
Untuk mengatakan pada diri kita sendiri kebohongan yang baik)
Didn't mean to make you cry
(Tidak bermaksud membuat mu menangis)
Chorus
Maybe won't you take it back?
(
Mungkin Anda tidak akan mengambilnya kembali?)
Say you were tryna make me laugh
(Katakan padaku kau mencoba untuk membuat ku tertawa)
And nothing has to change today
(Dan tak ada yang perlu diubah hari ini)
You didn't mean to say "I love you"
(Kamu tidak bermaksud mengatakan "aku mencintaimu")
I love you and I don't want to, ooh
(Aku mencintaimu dan aku tidak menginginkan nya)
Bridge
1The smile that you gave me
(Senyuman itu kau berikan padaku)
Even when you felt like dying
(Bahkan saat kau merasa seperti sekarat)
Outro
We fall apart as it gets dark
(
Kami berpisah saat hari gelap)
I'm in your arms in Central Park
(Aku berada didalam pelukanmu saat di Taman Central)
There's nothing you could do or say
(Tidak ada yang kau lakukan atau katakan)
I can’t escape the way I love you
(Aku tak bisa lari )
I don’t want to, but I love you, ooh
(Aku tak mau, tapi aku mencintaimu)
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
WHAT HAVE THE ARTISTS SAID ABOUT THE SONG?
When asked by Radio Energy for her favorites on the album, Eilish listed “i love you” as one of them, citing the track as, “still one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written in my life”. In an interview with PopBuzz, Eilish confirmed that the final three songs on the album were intended to form a sentence, beginning with “listen before i go”, then “i love you”, ending on “goodbye”.
When asked by DWDD for the song that Eilish is most excited to release, she replied: “i love you”. I don’t know, that song, I feel like I didn’t even, like, I feel like me and Finneas can’t even believe we wrote that song. That song just shot itself out of me and Finneas, I can’t even tell you. That song, like, I love that song.
HOW WAS THIS SONG FIRST TEASED?
On May 14th, 2018, Billie uploaded an image to her
Instagram story where she teased the title and length of an upcoming song, “i love you.”
WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND SAYING DURING THE
SECOND VERSE?
The background features a flight attendant giving a
mandatory flight safety speech. The words you’re able to make out are: “21… (?) …8 emergency exits… in the back… each door is equipped with evacuation…”
HOW DID THIS SONG PERFORM ON THE BILLBOARD
CHARTS?
During the week ending April 13, 2019, “i love you” debuted and peaked at #53 on the Hot 100..
"I LOVE YOU" TRACK INFO
Produced By FINNEAS
Written By Billie Eilish & FINNEAS
Label Interscope Records & Darkroom Records
Publisher Universal Music Group
Background Vocals FINNEAS
Mastering Engineer John Greenham
Mixing Engineer Rob Kinelski
Vocals Billie Eilish
Release Date March 29, 2019
