Best Day Of My Life – English Lyrics

• By: Tom Odell

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I think today is the best day of my life

Gonna rent a bicycle and ride around the city

Around the city from nine 'til five

...

I think today is the best day of my life

Fuck thinking about the future all the time

If I'm alone, I'm alone, and I don't mind

...

Movie stars in black and white pictures (mm-mm)

...

Warm beer and Valium mixtures (mm-mm)

Am I in a dream?

Crazy as it seems

I think today is the best day of my life

Saw a billboard, it said something like

Everything, everything is gonna be alright

...

I think today is the best day of my life

My girlfriend looked worried and asked me why?

But I don't know, I don't know, so I didn't reply

Laying on the car

You've got stars

I've got scars

They don't see

Think today is the best day of my life

Last night all I wanted to do was die

Right now I'm just happy to be alive

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - a period of 24 hours
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death
think /θɪŋk/ A1	verb - to have a particular opinion, belief, or idea
best /best/ A1	adjective - of the most excellent, effective, or desirable type
rent /rent/ A2	verb - to obtain the temporary use of something for payment
bicycle /ˈbaɪsɪkəl/ A2	noun - a vehicle with two wheels
ride /raɪd/ A1	verb - to travel on a horse or in a vehicle
city /ˈsɪti/ A1	noun - a large town
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues; duration
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ A2	noun - the time or a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; the time to come
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky that is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun. noun - a very famous or successful person
scar /skɑːr/ B1	noun - a mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed.
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - living, not dead
girlfriend /ˈɡɜːrlfrend/ A2	noun - a girl or woman who is in a romantic relationship with someone
worried /ˈwʌrid/ A2	adjective - anxious and concerned about actual or potential problems
die /daɪ/ A1	verb - to stop living
happy /ˈhapi/ A1	adjective - feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - living, not dead

Key Grammar Structures

• I think today is the best day of my life

  ➔ present simple (verb + that‑clause, 'that' omitted)

  ➔ In the sentence, the verb "think" is in the present simple and introduces a clause that states a current belief.

• Gonna rent a bicycle and ride around the city

  ➔ informal future with 'gonna' (colloquial form of 'going to')

  ➔ The word "gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to" and is used before the infinitive "rent" to express a future intention.

• If I'm alone, I'm alone, and I don't mind

  ➔ first conditional (present simple in the if‑clause for real present/future condition)

  ➔ The word "If" introduces a conditional clause that uses the present simple ("I am") to talk about a possible situation.

• Am I in a dream?

  ➔ subject‑auxiliary inversion in yes/no questions

  ➔ The auxiliary verb "Am" is placed before the subject "I" to form a question.

• Fuck thinking about the future all the time

  ➔ gerund after a preposition

  ➔ The word "thinking" is a gerund that functions as the object of the preposition "about".

• Saw a billboard, it said something like

  ➔ reported speech introducing a paraphrase with 'something like'

  ➔ The verb "said" reports what the billboard expressed, and "something like" signals that the exact wording is being paraphrased.

• My girlfriend looked worried and asked me why?

  ➔ indirect question after a reporting verb

  ➔ The word "why" introduces an indirect question, so no question mark is required in formal writing.

• You've got stars / I've got scars

  ➔ 'have got' (present perfect) used to express possession

  ➔ The word "got" forms the present perfect "have got", which in informal English means "have".

• Last night all I wanted to do was die

  ➔ past simple with infinitive complement after 'wanted to do'

  ➔ The verb "wanted" is in the past simple and is followed by the infinitive phrase "to do".