All Night – English Lyrics

• By: Icona Pop
• Album: Club Romantech

Lyrics & Translation

Thinking of learning Swedish? Let Icona Pop's 'All Night' be your energetic and joyful entry point! While the lyrics are in English, the song embodies the infectious and forward-thinking spirit of modern Swedish pop music. You'll get a feel for the rhythm and energy that makes Swedish pop a global phenomenon. 'All Night' is special because it’s not just a party song; it's a celebration of finding your tribe and expressing yourself freely, a message that's universal and uplifting.

[English]

We always dreamed about this better life, this better life

We always felt it coming all along, yeah, all along

We've got the keys to open paradise, yeah, paradise

Now let's go walking hand in hand

Come on, baby, we can hit the lights, make the wrongs turn right

We can smash the clock, make the pop go rock

With the love this deep, we don't need no sleep

And it feels like

We could do this all night

We could do this all night

Yeah, everything is alright

We've got the keys to open paradise, yeah, paradise

It feels like

We could do this all night

We could do this all night

Oh, winter melts under the summer skies, the summer skies

The seasons change, our hearts will stay the same, yeah, stay the same

We got that burning feeling; start a fire, start a fire

Give it a shout, let's make it hot

Come on, baby, we can hit the lights, make the wrongs turn right

We can smash the clock, make the pop go rock

With the love this deep, we don't need no sleep

And it feels like

We could do this all night

We could do this all night

Yeah, everything is alright

We've got the keys to open paradise, yeah, paradise

It feels like

We could do this all night

(Feels like)

(We could do this all night)

(All night, all night, all night, all night)

(All night, all night, all night)

Come on, baby, we can hit the lights, make the wrongs turn right

We can smash the clock, make the pop go rock

With the love this deep, we don't need no sleep

And it feels like

We could do this all night

We could do this all night

We could do this all night

We could do this all night

Yeah, everything is alright

We've got the keys to open paradise, yeah, paradise

It feels like

We could do this all night

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dream /driːm/ B1	verb - to imagine or think about something that you want to happen noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter
key /kiː/ A2	noun - a small piece of metal that is used to open a lock
paradise /ˈpær.ə.daɪs/ B2	noun - a place or condition of great happiness where everything is exactly as you would like it to be
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible verb - to make something start to burn
wrong /rɔːŋ/ A2	adjective - not correct or true
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or a physical sensation
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to have a strong affection for someone
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
fire /faɪər/ A2	noun - the heat and light produced by burning something verb - to dismiss someone from a job
smash /smæʃ/ B1	verb - to break something into pieces violently
burning /ˈbɜːrnɪŋ/ B2	adjective - producing flames or heat
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A2	verb - to make or become different noun - the act of becoming different
hot /hɒt/ A1	adjective - having a high temperature
alright /ɔːlˈraɪt/ B1	adjective - satisfactory but not especially good

Key Grammar Structures

• We always dreamed about this better life, this better life

  ➔ Past Simple with "always" for emphasis

  ➔ Using "always" with the past simple indicates a repeated action or a feeling that has consistently been present. It emphasizes that they consistently held this dream.

• We always felt it coming all along, yeah, all along

  ➔ Past Simple with "always" and continuous action implied.

  ➔ Similar to the previous line, "always felt it coming" suggests a continuous anticipation, that the feeling of something good about to happen was constantly with them.

• We've got the keys to open paradise, yeah, paradise

  ➔ Present Perfect Simple (have got) to emphasize possession

  ➔ "We've got" is a colloquial shortening of "we have got", which in this context, is a stronger way to express "we have". It emphasizes the certainty of their possession of the 'keys'.

• Now let's go walking hand in hand

  ➔ Imperative with "let's" suggesting a shared action

  ➔ "Let's" is a contraction of "let us". It's used to make a suggestion or proposal for joint action. "Let's go walking..." means 'I suggest we go walking...'

• Come on, baby, we can hit the lights, make the wrongs turn right

  ➔ Modal verb "can" for ability/possibility and causative "make"

  ➔ "Can hit" expresses the ability to affect something. "Make the wrongs turn right" uses the causative verb 'make' to indicate that they have the power to cause a change – the wrongs will transform into rights due to their actions.

• We can smash the clock, make the pop go rock

  ➔ Modal verb "can" for ability and causative "make" with bare infinitive

  ➔ Again, "can" expresses ability. "Make the pop go rock" uses 'make' in a causative construction. Note that after 'make' in this context, the following verb ('go') is used in its bare infinitive form (without 'to').

• With the love this deep, we don't need no sleep

  ➔ Double negative (non-standard, used for emphasis)

  ➔ "We don't need no sleep" is grammatically incorrect in standard English because it uses a double negative. In some dialects and informal contexts, it is used for emphasis, implying that they absolutely do not need sleep.