As Long As You’re Mine – English Lyrics

• By: Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey
• Album: Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and "As Long As You're Mine" offers a beautiful opportunity to explore English through the lens of intense emotion and poetic lyrics. The song's themes of love, vulnerability, and defiance are universal, making the language accessible. Its soaring melodies and heartfelt declarations can help learners connect with the nuances of English expression in a way that is both memorable and moving. This iconic love song from a beloved musical provides a special chance to engage with storytelling and emotion in English.

[English]

作词 : Stephen Schwartz

作曲 : Stephen Schwartz

Kiss me too fiercely, hold me too tight

I need help believing you're with me tonight

My wildest dreamings could not foresee

Lying beside you with you wanting me

...

Just for this moment

As long as you're mine

I've lost all resistance and crossed some borderline

And if it turns out

It's over too fast

I'll make every last moment last

As long as you're mine

...

Maybe I'm brainless, maybe I'm wise

But you've got me seeing through different eyes

Somehow I've fallen under your spell

And somehow I'm feeling it's up that I fell

...

Every moment

As long as you're mine

I'll wake up my body and make up for lost time

Say there's no future

For us as a pair

And though I may know, I don't care

...

Just for this moment

As long as you're mine

Come be how you want to and see how bright we shine

Borrow the moonlight

Until it is through

And know I'll be here holding you

As long as you're mine

...

What is it?

For the first time, I feel wicked

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
kiss /kɪs/ A2	noun - an act of pressing one's lips against another person verb - to touch with lips as a sign of affection
hold /hoʊld/ A2	verb - to grasp or carry something
help /hɛlp/ A1	verb - to assist noun - the act of assisting
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - an imagined series of events while asleep verb - to imagine or think about something you want
foresee /fɔːrˈsiː/ C1	verb - to see or know about something before it happens
moment /ˈmoʊ.mənt/ A2	noun - a very short period of time
resistance /rɪˈzɪs.təns/ B2	noun - the act of fighting against something
borderline /ˈbɔːr.dɚ.laɪn/ C1	noun - a dividing line between two areas
brainless /ˈbreɪn.ləs/ C1	adjective - lacking intelligence
wise /waɪz/ B2	adjective - having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgement
spell /spɛl/ B2	noun - a form of words believed to have magical power verb - to write or name the letters of a word
wake /weɪk/ A2	verb - to stop sleeping
shine /ʃaɪn/ B1	verb - to give off light
borrow /ˈbɑːr.oʊ/ A2	verb - to take and use something belonging to someone else
moonlight /ˈmuːn.laɪt/ B2	noun - the light from the moon
future /ˈfjuː.tʃər/ A2	noun - the time yet to come
care /keər/ A2	verb - to feel concern or interest noun - the process of protecting or looking after
wicked /ˈwɪk.ɪd/ B2	adjective - morally wrong or bad

Key Grammar Structures

• Kiss me too fiercely, hold me too tight

  ➔ Imperative sentence with adverbs of degree ('too').

  ➔ The commands 'Kiss me' and 'hold me' are imperatives. 'Too fiercely' and 'too tight' intensify the action, expressing overwhelming emotion.

• I need help believing you're with me tonight

  ➔ Gerund as object ('believing').

  ➔ In 'need help believing', the gerund 'believing' follows 'help', showing what kind of help the speaker needs.

• I've lost all resistance and crossed some borderline

  ➔ Present perfect tense ('I've lost').

  ➔ The present perfect expresses a completed action with present relevance — losing resistance affects the current situation.

• Maybe I'm brainless, maybe I'm wise

  ➔ Parallel structure with contrasting adjectives.

  ➔ The repeated 'Maybe I'm...' pattern contrasts two states — foolishness and wisdom — showing uncertainty.

• Somehow I've fallen under your spell

  ➔ Present perfect passive-like construction ('fallen under your spell').

  ➔ 'Fallen under your spell' suggests the speaker is passively affected or enchanted, not acting deliberately.

• Say there's no future for us as a pair

  ➔ Imperative plus subordinated clause ('Say that...').

  ➔ The verb 'Say' gives a command, followed by a clause expressing a hypothetical statement.

• Come be how you want to and see how bright we shine

  ➔ Imperative with coordinate clauses joined by 'and'.

  ➔ The verbs 'Come' and 'see' share the same subject 'you', giving two linked commands expressing invitation and observation.

• Until it is through

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction 'until' introducing time clause.

  ➔ 'Until' marks the end point of a period — the action continues up to that moment.

• For the first time, I feel wicked

  ➔ Adverbial phrase of time at clause beginning.

  ➔ Placing 'For the first time' at the start emphasizes the novelty and emotional significance of the experience.