Beautiful in White – English Lyrics

• By: Dave Moffatt

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vocabulary of eternal commitment and pure romance with 'Beautiful in White.' This song, beloved for its simple, deeply emotional lyrics, offers a masterclass in English expressions of lifelong love and promises. You can learn essential phrases for describing beauty, devotion, and a future together, all set to an iconic melody.

[English]

Not sure if you know this

But when we first met

I got so nervous

I couldn't speak

In that very moment

I found the one and

My life had found its...

missing piece

So as long as I live I'll love you

Will have and hold you

You look so beautiful in white

And from now to my very last breath

This day I'll cherish

You look so beautiful in white

Tonight

What we have is timeless

My love is endless

And with this ring I...

say to the world

You're my every reason

You're all that I believe in

With all my heart I...

mean every word

So as long as I live I'll love you

Will have and hold you

You look so beautiful in white

And from now to my very last breath

This day I'll cherish

You look so beautiful in white

Tonight

So beautiful in white

So beautiful in white

Tonight

And if our daughter's what our future holds

I hope she has your eyes

Finds love like you and I did

And when she falls in love we'll let her go

I'll walk her down the aisle

She'll look so beautiful in white

So beautiful in white

So as long as I live I'll love you

Will have and hold you

You look so beautiful in white

And from now to my very last breath

This day I'll cherish

You look so beautiful in white

Tonight

Key Grammar Structures

• But when we first met

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ This sentence describes an event that happened in the past, using the past simple tense for actions completed at a specific time: 'But when we first 'met''

• I couldn't speak

  ➔ Modals of Ability in Past

  ➔ This uses 'couldn't' to express inability in the past, a modal verb for past ability: 'I 'couldn't' speak'

• I found the one

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ This sentence narrates a completed past action with the past simple tense: 'I 'found' the one'

• My life had found its missing piece

  ➔ Past Perfect Tense

  ➔ This uses the past perfect to show an action completed before another past action, indicating sequence: 'My life 'had found' its missing piece'

• So as long as I live I'll love you

  ➔ Future Simple with Conditional Clause

  ➔ This uses 'as long as' to introduce a condition for a future action, with future simple tense: 'As long as I 'live' I'll love you'

• This day I'll cherish

  ➔ Future Simple Tense

  ➔ This expresses a future intention or action using the future simple tense: 'This day I'll 'cherish''

• What we have is timeless

  ➔ Present Simple for General Truths

  ➔ This uses present simple to state a timeless truth or permanent state: 'What we have 'is' timeless'

• And with this ring I say to the world

  ➔ Present Simple for Declarations

  ➔ This uses present simple to make a bold declaration or statement in the present: 'with this ring I 'say' to the world'

• And if our daughter's what our future holds

  ➔ Conditionals (Second Conditional for Hypotheticals)

  ➔ This uses a second conditional structure to discuss hypothetical futures, with 'if' clause: 'And 'if' our daughter's what our future holds'

• I hope she has your eyes

  ➔ Present Simple after 'Hope'

  ➔ This follows the structure of 'hope' + present simple for wishes about present or future: 'I hope she 'has' your eyes'