It was written by Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson, while Martin and Kristian Lundin produced it. It was released on April 12, 1999, as the lead single from their third studio album, Millennium. INSIDE OF ME= in BrE we would say "inside me", without OF." I Want It That Way" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys. "I want you to leave" (= if you leave, I’m happy because that’s what I want).ĭEEP DOWN= this is a common expression that emphasises the meaning of "down", it is "down and down" (we can’t say "very down" because that means "very depressed"). The situation that I want is "you know", if you know, I’m happy. I WANT YOU TO KNOW= notice this construction. USED TO refers to a habit or situation that was true in the past but not now any more: "I used to be a soldier" (but now I’m not). TO FALL APART= to crumble, to be destroyed.
WANNA= want to (again, in AmE T is often lost after N). Notice the pronunciation of the ending –ACHE (as in "ake"). A "heartache" is when your heart hurts (not physically, but emotionally, because of love). HEARTACHE= "a headache" is when your head hurts, feels painful. That’s incorrect in standard English but it happens in colloquial speech and dialects. "Ain’t nothing but a heartache"= it isn’t anything but a heartache= it’s only a heartache.ĪIN’T NOTHING= "it isn’t nothing". REACH TO a place= get there, be able to go thereĪIN’T= isn’t (coll.). WE ARE (TWO) WORLDS APART= there’s a lot of distance between us (not physical distance) Notice the common American rule: N+T=N, so he says /w ɒn ɪ t/instead of /w ɒn tɪ t/ I WANT IT THAT WAY= I want it like that (not differently). THE ONE DESIRE= my only desire, the only thing I desire or I want.
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