After The Love Has Gone – English Lyrics

• By: Steps
• Album: Platinum Collection

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Here we are, we're perfect strangers

After all this time, there's no more you and I

But don't look for blame

We've come so far to different places

And now to try to live a lie would be a crime

It's better this way

And we may not have tomorrow

But there's always yesterday

After the love has gone

Only fools carry on

We've been hurting for so long

And we both know that it's wrong

After the love has gone

Then we just don't belong

We both know that it's wrong

After the love has gone

It's clear this far, nothing to say now

We sang alone and tried so hard to play the game

It all ends the same

Just words no more to fill these spaces

When love is gone, it's only wrong to try again

I know it's a shame

That we may not have tomorrow

But there's always yesterday

After the love has gone

Only fools carry on

We've been hurting for so long

And we both know that it's wrong

After the love has gone

Then we just don't belong

We both know that it's wrong

After the love has gone

Here we are, we're perfect strangers

Now to try to live a lie would be a crime

It's better this way

And we may not have tomorrow

But there's always yesterday

After the love has gone

Only fools carry on

We've been hurting for so long

And we both know that it's wrong

After the love has gone

Then we just don't belong

We both know that it's wrong

After the love has gone

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a deep affection or emotional attachment
gone /ɡɒn/ A1	verb - past participle of go, indicating departure or absence
hurting /ˈhɜːrtɪŋ/ A2	verb - causing physical or emotional pain
strangers /ˈstreɪnʤərz/ A1	noun - people unknown to each other
blame /bleɪm/ A2	noun - responsibility for a fault or wrong
crime /kraɪm/ A2	noun - an action or activity considered illegal
fools /fuːlz/ A1	noun - people who lack judgment or sense
carry /ˈkæri/ A1	verb - to hold and transport something
belong /bɪˈlɒŋ/ A2	verb - to be in the right place or suitable
shame /ʃeɪm/ A2	noun - a painful feeling of guilt or regret
clear /klɪər/ A2	adjective - easy to perceive or understand
spaces /ˈspeɪsɪz/ A1	noun - a continuous area or expanse
wrong /rɒŋ/ A1	adjective - not correct or proper
play /pleɪ/ A1	verb - to engage in a game or activity for enjoyment
game /ɡeɪm/ A1	noun - a form of play or sport with rules

Key Grammar Structures

• After the love has gone

  ➔ Present perfect

  ➔ The verb "has gone" is in the present perfect, showing a completed action that still affects the present.

• We've been hurting for so long

  ➔ Present perfect continuous

  ➔ The structure "have been hurting" uses the present perfect continuous to describe an action that started in the past and continued up to now.

• We may not have tomorrow

  ➔ Modal verb for possibility (may)

  ➔ The modal "may" expresses uncertainty or possibility: "may not have" means it is possible that we don't have tomorrow.

• There's always yesterday

  ➔ Existential there is (there's)

  ➔ The contraction "there's" introduces the existence of something: "there's always yesterday" means yesterday always exists in memory.

• Only fools carry on

  ➔ Simple present for general truth

  ➔ The verb "carry on" is in the simple present, used here to state a general observation about fools.

• We sang alone and tried so hard to play the game

  ➔ Past simple + infinitive (to + verb)

  ➔ "Sang" and "tried" are past simple verbs, while "to play" is an infinitive expressing purpose.

• When love is gone, it's only wrong to try again

  ➔ "When" clause + infinitive as subject

  ➔ The clause "When love is gone" sets a condition, and the infinitive phrase "to try again" functions as the subject of "is only wrong".

• But don't look for blame

  ➔ Imperative negative (don't + base verb)

  ➔ The word "don't" plus the base verb "look" forms a negative command, telling the listener not to do something.

• To try to live a lie would be a crime

  ➔ Infinitival clause as subject

  ➔ The whole phrase "To try to live a lie" functions as the subject of the sentence, followed by the verb "would be".