All The Right Moves – English Lyrics

• By: OneRepublic

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into OneRepublic's 'All The Right Moves,' a vibrant pop-rock track that offers a fantastic opportunity to explore English colloquialisms and idiomatic expressions related to ambition, competition, and self-worth. Its engaging lyrics and anthemic chorus make it perfect for understanding how artists convey complex emotions and societal critiques through catchy phrases, revealing nuances of modern English in a musical context.

[English]

(chatter)

(ticking)

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- Ladies and gentlemen, I give you OneRepublic!

("All The Right Moves" - OneRepublic)

♪ All the right friends in all the right places ♪

♪ So yeah, we're going down

♪ They've got all the right moves and all the right faces ♪

♪ So yeah, we're going down

♪ Let's paint the picture of the perfect place ♪

♪ They've got it better than when anyone's told you ♪

♪ They'll be the King of Hearts ♪

♪ And you're the Queen of Spades ♪

♪ Then we'll fight for you like we were your soldiers ♪

♪ I know we got it good

♪ But they got it made

♪ And their grass is getting greener each day ♪

♪ I know things are looking up

♪ But soon they'll take us down ♪

♪ Before anybody's knowing our name ♪

♪ They've got all the right riends in all the right places ♪

♪ So yeah, we're going down

♪ They've got all the right moves and all the right faces ♪

♪ So yeah, we're going down

♪ They say everybody knows

♪ Everybody knows where we're going ♪

♪ Yeah, we're going down

♪ They say everybody knows

♪ Everybody knows where we're going ♪

♪ Yeah, we're going down

♪ Do you think I'm special?

♪ Do you think I'm nice?

♪ Am I bright enough to shine in your spaces? ♪

♪ Between the noise you hear

♪ And the sounds you like

♪ Are we just sinking in the ocean of faces? ♪

♪ It can't be possible

♪ That rain can fall

♪ Only when it's over our heads ♪

♪ The sun is shining every day

♪ But it's far away

♪ Over the world that's dead

♪ They've got, they've got

♪ All the right friends in all the right places ♪

♪ So yeah, we're going down

♪ They've got all the right moves and all the right faces ♪

♪ So yeah, we're going down

♪ They say everybody knows

♪ Everybody knows where we're going ♪

♪ Yeah, we're going down

♪ They say everybody knows

♪ Everybody knows where we're going ♪

♪ Yeah, we're going down

♪ It don't matter what you see

♪ I know I could never be

♪ Someone that'll look like you

♪ It don't matter what you say

♪ I know I could never fake

♪ Someone that could sound like you ♪

♪ All the right friends in all the right places ♪

♪ So yeah, we're going down

♪ They've got all the right moves and all the right faces ♪

♪ So yeah, we're going down

♪ All the right friends in all the right places ♪

♪ So yeah, we're going down

♪ They've got all the right moves and all the right faces ♪

♪ So yeah, we're going down

♪ They say everybody knows

♪ Everybody knows where we're going ♪

♪ Yeah, we're going down

♪ They say everybody knows

♪ Everybody knows where we're going ♪

♪ Yeah, we're going down

♪ Yeah, we're going down

♪ Yeah, we're going down

♪ All the right moves, hey

♪ Yeah, we're going down

♪ All the right moves, hey

♪ Yeah, we're going down

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
fight /faɪt/ A2	verb - to take part in a physical fight verb - to struggle against something
shine /ʃaɪn/ B1	verb - to give off bright light
picture /ˈpɪktʃər/ A2	noun - a drawing or painting noun - a mental image
king /kɪŋ/ B1	noun - a male ruler of an independent state
queen /kwiːn/ B1	noun - a female ruler of an independent state
soldier /ˈsoʊldʒər/ B1	noun - a person in the army
grass /ɡræs/ A2	noun - a green plant covering the ground
noise /nɔɪz/ A2	noun - sounds, especially if loud or unpleasant
ocean /ˈoʊʃən/ B2	noun - a very large expanse of sea
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - water falling from the sky
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star that provides light and heat to Earth
special /ˈspɛʃəl/ B1	adjective - better or different from others
nice /naɪs/ A2	adjective - pleasant or agreeable
possible /ˈpɑːsəbl/ B1	adjective - able to happen or be done
sound /saʊnd/ A2	verb - to make a noise noun - vibrations that travel through air
moves /muːvz/ A2	noun - actions or ways of behaving

Key Grammar Structures

• ♪ All the right friends in all the right places ♪

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present simple tense to describe a general truth or repeated action, emphasizing the idea of 'having' the right friends in the right places.

• ♪ So yeah, we're going down ♪

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous tense to indicate an action happening now or in the near future, here expressing the ongoing or imminent action of 'going down'.

• ♪ They've got all the right moves and all the right faces ♪

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present perfect tense to describe an action that occurred in the past but has results that are relevant in the present, emphasizing 'having' the right moves and faces.

• ♪ Let's paint the picture of the perfect place ♪

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The phrase uses the imperative mood to give a command or make a suggestion, here inviting the listener to 'paint the picture' of a perfect place.

• ♪ They'll be the King of Hearts ♪

  ➔ Future Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the future simple tense to describe an action that will occur in the future, here predicting that 'they will be' the King of Hearts.

• ♪ Do you think I'm special? ♪

  ➔ Interrogative Sentence

  ➔ The phrase is an interrogative sentence used to ask a question, here inquiring whether the listener thinks the speaker is 'special'.

• ♪ Between the noise you hear and the sounds you like ♪

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ The phrase uses a prepositional phrase to show relationships between elements, here indicating the contrast 'between' the noise heard and the sounds liked.

• ♪ It can't be possible ♪

  ➔ Modal Verb (can't)

  ➔ The phrase uses the modal verb 'can't' to express impossibility or strong belief that something is not possible, here stating that it 'can't be possible'.