Aquaman – English Lyrics

• By: WALK THE MOON

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

The real life love is under the mirror of the surface

So cut my cord

I wanna know how deep we can take it

See the thing you've been chasing, honey

You'll never find it wearin' a life vest

You gotta risk your neck

Know in your heart it will be worth it

So here we go

Head first and no regrets

And no rules, we can stay as long as we want

Slow dancing in the darkness

And all I know is I wanna be here with you from now on

Mmm-hmm, it's been my fashion

To keep my head dry and get my feet wet

Step by step, I've been letting you lead me towards the deep end

Well, I learned my lesson, honey

Just when you think you're all adult swim

That's precisely when somebody shows you to the ocean

So here we go

Head first and no regrets

And no rules, we can stay as long as we want

Slow dancing in the darkness

And all I know is I wanna be here with you from now on

Just keep holding on, holding on to me

Under, under the troubled surface of the sea

Just keep holding on, holding on to me

Just keep holding on, holding on to me

Oh, here we go

Head first and no regrets

And no rules, we can stay as long as we want

Slow dancing in the darkness

And all I know is I wanna be here with you from now on

Head first into the water

And so it hits me, I guess we could breathe all along

One breath after another

And all I know is I wanna be here with you from now on

And all I know is I wanna be here with you from now on

And all I know is I wanna be here with you from now on

...

Key Grammar Structures

• I wanna know how deep we can take it

  ➔ want + to + infinitive (colloquial “wanna”) + embedded question with can + infinitive

  ➔ "wanna" is the informal contraction of "want to", and "how deep we can take it" is an embedded question using the modal "can" followed by the bare infinitive.

• You'll never find it wearing a life vest

  ➔ future simple (will) + negative adverb + present participle as adverbial phrase

  ➔ "You'll never find it" uses the future simple with the negative adverb "never", and "wearing a life vest" is a present‑participle phrase describing the manner.

• You gotta risk your neck

  ➔ "gotta" = have got to (obligation) + infinitive

  ➔ "gotta" is the colloquial contraction of "have got to", which functions like a modal verb expressing obligation, followed by the infinitive "risk".

• All I know is I wanna be here with you from now on

  ➔ cleft‑like construction "All I know is that…" + present simple + infinitive phrase

  ➔ "All I know is" introduces a clause; the verb "know" is in the present simple, and the following clause "I wanna be…" uses the infinitive "to be" (contracted to "wanna be").

• Just keep holding on, holding on to me

  ➔ imperative + verb + gerund (keep + V‑ing) + parallel gerund phrase

  ➔ "Just keep" is an imperative; the verb "keep" is followed by the gerund "holding". The phrase repeats the gerund for emphasis: "holding on, holding on to me".

• When you think you're all adult swim

  ➔ adverbial clause of time with "when" + present simple + predicate adjective phrase

  ➔ "When" introduces a time clause; "you think" is present simple, and "you're all adult swim" functions as a predicate adjective phrase describing the state you think you are in.

• That's precisely when somebody shows you to the ocean

  ➔ "when" as a relative adverb introducing a clause; simple present tense

  ➔ "when" functions as a relative adverb referring to the moment just mentioned, and the clause "somebody shows you to the ocean" is in the simple present.

• Head first and no regrets

  ➔ noun phrase + conjunction linking two noun phrases; ellipsis of verb "go"

  ➔ "Head first" and "no regrets" are two noun phrases linked by "and"; the verb "go" is understood ("go head first and have no regrets").

• One breath after another

  ➔ noun phrase with prepositional pattern "X after Y" indicating sequence

  ➔ "One breath" is the first item, and "after another" uses the preposition "after" to show that breaths come in a continuous sequence.

• We could breathe all along

  ➔ modal "could" + bare infinitive expressing past possibility or conditional ability

  ➔ "could" is the past form of "can" used here to suggest that the ability to "breathe" existed the whole time.