Back To You (English Version) – English Lyrics

• By: WayV-KUN, WayV-XIAOJUN
• Album: Back To You - Single

Lyrics & Translation

This song offers a beautiful entry point into learning English through its heartfelt lyrics and expressive vocals. You can delve into nuanced emotional vocabulary and common phrases related to love and loss, all while appreciating the powerful ballad performance by WayV's Kun and Xiaojun. Its clear English pronunciation also makes it excellent for listening practice.

[English]

Walking down the street where you first smiled and said “Hello”

Air was ever sweet that summer night we were alone

It's so hard to think that we could ever come to be

No more, just memories

Watched the autumn leaves blow over nights were getting cold

Changing of the seasons, we decide to let it go

Do we try again?

Don't wanna throw this away

Our love, my love

Tears are runnin' I, for one, don't wanna let you go

Maybe it's all for the best, just let the waters flow

Hard to call it a memory

Cause I never get you off my mind

In time

It all keeps calling me back, back to you again

Ooh, back to you again

Saw the winter moon above me, shadow by my side

Lost in memories of what we had before it died

Could we try again?

Don't wanna throw this away

Our love, my love

Was it all in vain?

Tears are runnin' I, for one, don't wanna let you go

Maybe it's all for the best, just let the waters flow

Hard to call it a memory

Cause I never get you off my mind

In time

It all keeps calling me back, back to the times where we were so happily

Within each other's arms

Something that we had could fall apart

Walking down the street where you first smiled and said “Hello”

Now I know it's for the best, just let the waters flow

Hard to call it a memory

But I never get you off my mind

In time

It all keeps calling me back, back to you again

Ooh, back to you again

Ooh

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
smile /smaɪl/ A1	verb - To form one's features into a pleased, kind, or amused expression, typically with the corners of the mouth turned up. noun - A pleased, kind, or amused expression, typically with the corners of the mouth turned up.
sweet /swiːt/ B1	adjective - Having a pleasant taste, smell, or sound; delightful or pleasant in a general sense.
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - Without any other people; solitary or isolated.
hard /hɑːrd/ A2	adjective - Difficult to do, understand, or deal with.
memory /ˈmɛməri/ A2	noun - The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information; something remembered from the past.
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - At a low temperature; lacking warmth of feeling or affection.
season /ˈsiːzən/ A2	noun - Each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter); a period characterized by particular events or conditions.
decide /dɪˈsaɪd/ A2	verb - To make a choice from a number of alternatives; to come to a resolution.
throw /θroʊ/ B1	verb - To propel something with force through the air; to discard or get rid of, especially as waste (as in 'throw away').
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - An intense feeling of deep affection. verb - To feel deep affection for (someone or something).
tear /tɪr/ A2	noun - A drop of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in a person's eye, typically when crying.
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - To move at a speed faster than walking; (of a liquid) to flow or cause to flow steadily.
flow /floʊ/ B1	verb - To move along steadily and continuously in a current or stream; to proceed or develop smoothly. noun - The action or fact of flowing.
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - The element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; intellect or consciousness.
call /kɔːl/ B1	verb - To give (someone or something) a specified name; to summon or invite; to consider or describe (as in 'call it a memory'); to cause someone to return (as in 'calling me back').
lost /lɔːst/ B1	adjective - Unable to find one's way; having gone astray or been misplaced; deeply absorbed or engrossed.
die /daɪ/ A2	verb - To stop living; to cease to exist or function (often used metaphorically for the end of something).
vain /veɪn/ B2	adjective - Producing no result; useless or futile (often used in the idiom 'in vain').
arm /ɑːrm/ A1	noun - Each of the two upper limbs of the human body extending from the shoulder to the hand; (plural) a person's embrace.
fall /fɔːl/ B1	verb - To move downward, typically rapidly and freely; (of a structure or organization) to break into pieces and collapse (as in 'fall apart').

Key Grammar Structures

• Walking down the street where you first smiled and said “Hello”

  ➔ Present Participle Phrase

  ➔ The phrase "Walking down the street" is a present participle phrase, which acts as an adverbial modifier, describing the context or manner in which the main action (recalling the memory) takes place. It implies "while I was walking".

• It's so hard to think that we could ever come to be

  ➔ It's + adjective + infinitive (It-extraposition)

  ➔ The structure "It's so hard to think" uses the dummy pronoun "It" as a subject, followed by a form of "be" and an adjective ("hard"). The infinitive phrase "to think" clarifies what is difficult. This is common for expressing opinions or assessments.

• Watched the autumn leaves blow over nights were getting cold

  ➔ Bare Infinitive after Sensory Verb

  ➔ After sensory verbs like "watch", "see", "hear", "feel", we use the bare infinitive (verb without "to") when we perceive the entire action. Here, "blow" describes the complete action of the leaves moving.

• Don't wanna throw this away

  ➔ Phrasal Verb ("throw away")

  ➔ "Throw away" is a phrasal verb, which is a combination of a verb and a preposition or adverb (or both), forming a new meaning. Here, "throw away" means to discard something.

• Tears are runnin' I, for one, don't wanna let you go

  ➔ Causative "let" (let + object + bare infinitive)

  ➔ The structure "let you go" uses the causative verb "let", followed by an object ("you") and a bare infinitive ("go"). It means to permit or allow someone to do something.

• It all keeps calling me back, back to you again

  ➔ Keep + Gerund (V-ing)

  ➔ The verb "keeps" followed by the gerund "calling" indicates a continuous, repeated, or persistent action. It emphasizes that the action of "calling back" is ongoing.

• Lost in memories of what we had before it died

  ➔ Past Participle as Adjective

  ➔ The word "Lost" is a past participle functioning as an adjective, describing the state of the subject (implied "I" or "we"). It conveys the meaning of being unable to find one's way or being completely absorbed.

• Something that we had could fall apart

  ➔ Relative Clause (with "that")

  ➔ "that we had" is a defining relative clause modifying "Something". It provides essential information about "something", specifying which particular "something" is being referred to. "That" here functions as a relative pronoun.

• Maybe it's all for the best, just let the waters flow

  ➔ Idiomatic Expression ("for the best")

  ➔ "for the best" is an idiomatic expression meaning that something, even if unpleasant at the moment, will eventually turn out to be the most favorable or beneficial outcome.