A Thousand Years – English Lyrics

• By: Christina Perri

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the beauty of the English language through 'A Thousand Years'. This song is perfect for learners to practice emotive vocabulary and poetic expressions of love, all set to a gentle melody that makes the lyrics easy to follow and memorize.

[English]

Heart beats fast

Colors and promises

How to be brave?

But watching you stand alone

All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow

One step closer

I have died every day waiting for you

Darling, don't be afraid

I have loved you for a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

Time stands still

Beauty in all she is

I will be brave

I will not let anything take away

What's standing in front of me

Every breath, every hour has come to this

One step closer

I have died every day waiting for you

Darling, don't be afraid

I have loved you for a thousand years

I'll 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'll love you for a thousand more

One step closer

One step closer

I have died every day waiting for you

Darling, don't be afraid

I have loved you for a thousand years

I'll 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'll love you for a thousand more

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood
colors /ˈkʌl.ərz/ A1	noun - the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye
promises /ˈprɒm.ɪ.sɪz/ A2	noun - a declaration that one will do or refrain from doing something specified
brave /breɪv/ A2	adjective - ready to face and endure danger or pain
doubt /daʊt/ B1	noun - a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction
suddenly /ˈsʌd.ən.li/ A2	adverb - quickly and unexpectedly
darling /ˈdɑːr.lɪŋ/ B1	noun - a person who is dear to another as a loved one
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ A1	adjective - feeling fear or anxiety
thousand /ˈθaʊ.zənd/ A1	noun - the number 1,000
beauty /ˈbjuː.t̬i/ A2	noun - a combination of qualities that pleases the aesthetic senses
breath /breθ/ B1	noun - the air taken into or expelled from the lungs
believed /bɪˈliːvd/ A2	verb - accepted something as true
standing /ˈstæn.dɪŋ/ A1	verb - having an upright position
waiting /ˈweɪ.tɪŋ/ A1	verb - staying in one place until an expected event happens
brought /brɔːt/ A2	verb - past tense of bring, to carry or convey to a place

Key Grammar Structures

• I have died every day waiting for you

  ➔ Present Perfect Simple + Gerund phrase

  ➔ "I have died" indicates an action recurring from the past until now, while "waiting" acts as a participle phrase describing the ongoing state.

• I'll love you for a thousand more

  ➔ Future Simple (Prediction/Promise)

  ➔ "I'll love" expresses a firm commitment or promise spanning into the indefinite future.

• And all along I believed I would find you

  ➔ Past Future (Future in the Past)

  ➔ "Would find" is used here to express a future event relative to the past time when the speaker believed it.

• Time has brought your heart to me

  ➔ Present Perfect (Resultative)

  ➔ "Has brought" shows that the action of time passing has resulted in the current state of being together.

• I will not let anything take away

  ➔ Causative verb (let + object + bare infinitive)

  ➔ "Let" is followed by the object "anything" and the bare infinitive "take" to mean "allow to happen".