10,000 Hours – English Lyrics

• By: Jungkook (BTS)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the tender lyrics and captivating vocals of Jungkook's cover of "10,000 Hours." This song provides a wonderful opportunity to learn English vocabulary related to love, commitment, and personal connection, while experiencing the unique charm Jungkook brings to a popular love ballad.

[English]

Do you love the rain? Does it make you dance

When you're drunk with your friends at a party?

What's your favorite song, does it make you smile?

Do you think of me?

When you close your eyes, tell me, what are you dreamin'?

Everything, I wanna know it all

I'd spend ten thousand hours and ten thousand more

Oh, if that's what it takes to learn that sweet heart of yours

And I might never get there, but I'm gonna try

If it's ten thousand hours or the rest of my life

I'm gonna love you (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

Do you miss the road that you grew up on?

Did you get your middle name from your grandma?

When you think about your forever now, do you think of me?

When you close your eyes, tell me, what are you dreamin'?

Everything, I wanna know it all

I'd spend ten thousand hours and ten thousand more

Oh, if that's what it takes to learn that sweet heart of yours

And I might never get there, but I'm gonna try

If it's ten thousand hours or the rest of my life

I'm gonna love you (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) x2

Ooh, want the good and the bad and everything in between

Ooh, gotta cure my curiosity. Ooh, yeah

I'd spend ten thousand hours and ten thousand more

Oh, if that's what it takes to learn that sweet heart of yours (sweet heart of yours)

And I might never get there, but I'm gonna try

If it's ten thousand hours or the rest of my life

I'm gonna love you (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) x2

Yeah, And I, Do you love the rain, does it make you dance?

I'm gonna love you (I'm gonna love you) I'm gonna love you

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection or strong emotional attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - water droplets that fall from clouds
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
drunk /drʌŋk/ B1	adjective - affected by alcohol; intoxicated
friends /frɛndz/ A1	noun - people with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
party /ˈpɑːrti/ A1	noun - a social gathering for celebration or entertainment
favorite /ˈfeɪvərɪt/ A2	adjective - preferred above all others
song /sɔːŋ/ A1	noun - a short piece of music with lyrics
smile /smaɪl/ A1	verb - to make a facial expression showing pleasure or amusement
think /θɪŋk/ A1	verb - to have ideas or opinions about something
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs of sight
dream /driːm/ A2	verb - to experience thoughts, images, or emotions while sleeping
hours /ˈaʊərz/ A1	noun - units of time equal to 60 minutes
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood; also the centre of emotions
learn /lɜːrn/ A2	verb - to acquire knowledge or skill through study or experience
spend /spɛnd/ A2	verb - to use time or money for a purpose
try /traɪ/ A2	verb - to attempt to do something
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the existence of an individual human being or animal
curiosity /ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti/ B2	noun - a strong desire to know or learn something
sweet /swiːt/ A1	adjective - having a pleasant taste; also used to describe gentle or affectionate feelings

Key Grammar Structures

• Do you love the rain?

  ➔ Present simple interrogative form: Used to ask about current habits, states, or opinions.

  ➔ "Do" you love the rain? (Inverted auxiliary verb for question formation in present simple.)

• Does it make you dance

  ➔ Present simple interrogative with third-person singular 'does': Asks about general truths or habitual actions.

  ➔ Does "it" make "you" dance (Third-person singular auxiliary for questions, subject-object placement.)

• When you're drunk with your friends at a party?

  ➔ Present continuous for ongoing states and time clauses with 'when': Describes temporary situations or habits.

  ➔ When "you're" drunk with your friends at a party? ('You're' as contraction for 'you are' in continuous form.)

• I'd spend ten thousand hours and ten thousand more

  ➔ Conditional 'would' for hypothetical actions: Expresses willingness or future in the past context.

  ➔ "I'd" spend ten thousand hours and ten thousand more ('I'd' = 'I would' in conditional.)

• Oh, if that's what it takes to learn that sweet heart of yours

  ➔ First conditional with 'if' for real future possibilities: Used for likely outcomes based on conditions.

  ➔ Oh, "if" that's what "it" takes to learn that sweet heart of yours (Clause structure with condition leading to main clause.)

• And I might never get there, but I'm gonna try

  ➔ Modal 'might' for possibility and 'gonna' for future intention: Expresses uncertainty and determination.

  ➔ And I "might" never get there, but "I'm" "gonna" try ('Might' for uncertainty, 'I'm gonna' as 'I am going to' for future.)

• If it's ten thousand hours or the rest of my life

  ➔ First conditional 'or' for alternatives: Presents options in hypothetical scenarios.

  ➔ "If" it's ten thousand hours "or" the rest of my life (Condition with disjunctive 'or' linking alternatives.)

• Ooh, want the good and the bad and everything in between

  ➔ Imperative or exclamatory with omitted subject: Lists items for emphasis in wishes.

  ➔ Ooh, "want" the good and the bad and everything in between (Omitted 'I' in direct address or list.)

• Ooh, gotta cure my curiosity. Ooh, yeah

  ➔ Informal 'gotta' for obligation: Slang contraction of 'got to' meaning 'must' in personal contexts.

  ➔ Ooh, "gotta" cure my curiosity. Ooh, yeah ('Gotta' as 'have got to' for necessity.)

• When you think about your forever now, do you think of me?

  ➔ Present simple in questions for opinions or reflections: Probes current thoughts.

  ➔ When "you" think about your forever now, "do" "you" think of me? (Repetition and question inversion for emphasis.)