A Thousand Years – English Lyrics

• By: Christina Perri

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic world of Christina Perri with 'A Thousand Years.' This song is perfect for learners looking to master romantic English vocabulary and slow, clear pronunciation, making it an ideal tool to experience the beauty of lyrical storytelling.

[English]

[Music]

heart beats fast colors and prises

[Music]

how to be

brave how can I love when I'm afraid to

fall but watching you

stand

alone all of my doubt suddenly goes away

somehow One Step close

I have died every day waiting for you

darling don't be afraid I have loved you

for a

thousand years I love you for a

[Music]

thousand time stand

still Beauty and know

she is I will be

brave I will not let

anything take a away standing In For

Eyes of me every

breath every hour has come to the

[Music]

One Step

[Music]

close I have died every day waiting for

you darling don't be afraid I have loved

you for a

thousand years I love you for a

thousand more

and all along I believed I would find

you time has brought your heart to me I

have loved you for a

thousand years I love you for a

thousand more

one step

[Music]

closer one step close

[Music]

I died every day waiting for you darling

don't be afraid I have loved you for a

thousand years I love you for a

thousand

more all along I believed I would find

you time has brought your heart to me I

loved you for a

thousand years I love you for a thousand

[Music]

[Music]

I let it

fall my heart and does it fell you Rose

to claim

it it was dark and I was over

until you kiss my lips and you save

me my

hands still strong but my knees will

fall to

e stand in your

arms with that falling to your

feet but there's a side to you that I

never KN never knew all the things you

say they when never you never true in

the games you play you would always when

always

win but I said

Fire to the Rain watch it for as I tou

the

face when it burn while I cry cuz I

heard it screaming out your

name we're

lay with you

I could stay there close my eyes feel

you

here

forever you and me together nothing gets

better cuz there's a side to you that I

never knew never knew all the things

youd say they were never true never true

in the games you'd play you would always

wi always

win but Say

Fire to the Rain watch it Pour I tou

your

face when it burn while I cry cuz I

heard it screaming out your

name

you're I said

fire to the rain and

the into the

flame when it fell something D cuz I

knew

that was the last time the last

time sometimes I wake up by the

door that heart you call must be waiting

for even now and we're already

over I can't hand myself from looking

for you I said

Fire to the Rain watch it pour out

that's your

face when it burn while I cry cuz I

heard it screaming out your

name

you're I said

fire to the rain and

I into the

FL when it fell something die cuz I knew

that that was the last time the last

time oh

I

know

let any

[Music]

[Music]

I us to R the world see said rise when I

gave the word now in the morning I sleep

alone sweep the street SI

[Music]

to I used to roll the dice Feel the fear

in my enemy's eyes

listen as the crowd would

sing now the old king is dead long with

the king one minute I held the key next

the walls were closed on me and I

discovered that my cast so stand upon

pillars of salt and pillars of sand I

can't Jerusalem Bells Are Ringing Roman

calic choirs are singing be I mirror my

sword and shield my missionaries in a f

field for some reason I can't explain

once you done it was never never

lest word and that was when I ruled the

world

[Music]

it was a wicked and

wild wind blew down the doors to let me

in shattered windows in the sound of

drums people couldn't believe what I've

beening

revolutionary way for my head on a

silver plade just a puppet on a lonely

stream or who would ever want

King I hear Jerusalem bells to ringing

Roman Cal requires to singing be my

mirror my sword and shield my

missionaries in a farm field for some

reason I can't explain I know St Peter

won't call my name ever on this word but

that was when I ruled the world

[Music]

oh in Jerusalem

ringing Roman caths are singing be my

soul sh a missionaries in a forign field

for some reason I can't explain I know s

Peter won't call my name never went on

this word but that was when I ruled the

world

[Music]

l

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

the world is falling down in the walls

are caving in there's nothing that I

want

[Applause]

anymore together we are stronger we know

where we have been there ain't no

turning back

anymore so if you're safe me I'm going

to give it back so if you save me

us back a check for

waiting and now we're almost there and

now we're almost there you and

I

why me

me

walk me walk

[Music]

so if you save me I'm going to give it

back so if you save me I better a spe a

track no need for

waiting and now we're almost there and

know we're almost there you and night

[Applause]

[Music]

you

meish me

[Applause]

you

[Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
brave /breɪv/ A2	adjective - showing courage; not afraid
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ A2	adjective - feeling fear; frightened
doubt /daʊt/ B1	noun - a feeling of uncertainty
darling /ˈdɑːrlɪŋ/ B1	noun - a person who is very much loved
beauty /ˈbjuːti/ A2	noun - a combination of qualities that pleases the intellect or senses
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - to accept that something is true
flame /fleɪm/ B2	noun - a hot, bright stream of gas coming from a fire
forever /fəˈrevər/ A2	adverb - for all future time; eternally
strong /strɔːŋ/ A2	adjective - having great power or force
claim /kleɪm/ B2	verb - to state that something is the case, typically without proof
shatter /ˈʃætər/ C1	verb - to break suddenly into many small pieces
revolutionary /ˌrevəˈluːʃənəri/ C1	adjective - involving or causing a complete or dramatic change
puppet /ˈpʌpɪt/ B2	noun - a movable model of a person, controlled by strings
explain /ɪkˈspleɪn/ A2	verb - to make something clear by describing it in detail
together /təˈɡeðər/ A1	adverb - with or in proximity to another person or people

Key Grammar Structures

• I have died every day waiting for you.

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ Use "have died" to describe an action that started in the past and continues or has an effect on the present.

• All along I believed I would find you.

  ➔ Future in the Past

  ➔ Use "would find" to express a future perspective from a point of view in the past.

• I could stay there.

  ➔ Modal verb for possibility

  ➔ Use "could" to indicate a possibility or a hypothetical situation.

• I used to roll the dice.

  ➔ Used to (Past habits)

  ➔ Use "used to" to talk about past habits or states that no longer happen.

• I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing.

  ➔ Present Continuous

  ➔ Use "are ringing" to describe an action happening right now or around this time.

• There ain't no turning back anymore.

  ➔ Informal negation (double negative)

  ➔ The phrase "ain't no" is a colloquial way to emphasize negation, common in song lyrics.

• I have loved you for a thousand years.

  ➔ Duration with Present Perfect

  ➔ Use "for a thousand years" with the present perfect to state how long a state has lasted.

• People couldn't believe what I'd been, in revolutionary time.

  ➔ Past Perfect

  ➔ Use "had been" (I'd been) to describe an action that happened before another action in the past.