Budapest – English Lyrics

• By: George Ezra
• Album: Wanted On Voyage

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

My house in Budapest

My, my hidden treasure chest

Golden grand piano

My beautiful castillo

You, ooh, you, ooh

I'd leave it all

My acres of a land

I have achieved

It may be hard for you

To stop and believe

But for you, ooh, you, ooh

I'd leave it all

Oh, for you, ooh, you, ooh

I'd leave it all

Give me one good reason

Why I should never make a change

And, baby, if you hold me

Then all of this will go away

My many artefacts

The list goes on

If you just say the words

I'll, I'll up and run

Oh, to you, ooh, you, ooh

I'd leave it all

Oh, for you, ooh, ooh

I'd leave it all

Give me one good reason

Why I should never make a change

And, baby, if you hold me

Then all of this will go away

Give me one good reason

Why I should never make a change

And, baby, if you hold me

Then all of this will go away

...

My friends and family

They don't understand

They fear they'll lose so much

If you take my hand

But for you, ooh, you, ooh

I'd lose it all

Oh, for you, ooh, you, ooh

I'd lose it all

Give me one good reason

Why I should never make a change

And, baby, if you hold me

Then all of this will go away

Give me one good reason

Why I should never make a change

And, baby, if you hold me

Then all of this will go away

My house in Budapest

My, my hidden treasure chest

Golden grand piano

My beautiful castillo

You, ooh, you, ooh

I'd leave it all

Oh, for you, ooh, you, ooh

I'd leave it all

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
leave /liːv/ A1	verb - to go away from a place or person
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
house /haʊs/ A1	noun - a building for human habitation
treasure /ˈtrɛʒər/ A2	noun - valuable items or wealth
golden /ˈɡoʊldən/ A2	adjective - made of or colored like gold
piano /piˈænoʊ/ A2	noun - a musical instrument with keys
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/ A1	adjective - pleasing to the senses or mind
achieve /əˈtʃiːv/ B1	verb - to successfully complete or reach a goal
reason /ˈriːzən/ A1	noun - a cause or explanation
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1	verb - to make or become different noun - the act of becoming different
hold /hoʊld/ A1	verb - to grasp or carry something
artefact /ˈɑːrtəfækt/ B2	noun - an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ A2	verb - to comprehend or perceive the meaning of something
fear /fɪr/ A1	verb - to be afraid of something noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by danger or threat
lose /luːz/ A1	verb - to no longer have or be able to find something
castillo /kæsˈtiːjoʊ/ B1	noun - a Spanish term for a castle

Key Grammar Structures

• I'd leave it all

  ➔ Conditional 'would' (Contraction 'I'd')

  ➔ The contraction "I'd" stands for "I would," indicating a hypothetical action or a decision made under certain conditions (implied earlier in the song).

• My acres of a land / I have achieved

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ "have achieved" is in the present perfect tense, used to describe an action that started in the past and continues to the present, or an action completed in the past with a result that is relevant now.

• It may be hard for you / To stop and believe

  ➔ Modal Verb 'may' for possibility + Infinitive of purpose/complement

  ➔ "may be" expresses possibility. "To stop and believe" is an infinitive phrase functioning as a complement to the adjective "hard," explaining *what* is hard.

• Why I should never make a change

  ➔ Modal Verb 'should' (negative) for recommendation/necessity + Phrasal verb

  ➔ "should never make" uses the modal verb "should" in its negative form to express a strong recommendation or necessity. "make a change" is a common phrasal verb meaning to alter something.

• And, baby, if you hold me / Then all of this will go away

  ➔ First Conditional (Type 1 Conditional)

  ➔ This is a First Conditional sentence, using "if you hold me" (present simple in the 'if' clause) and "will go away" (future simple in the main clause) to describe a real and possible situation in the future and its likely outcome.

• The list goes on

  ➔ Phrasal Verb 'go on'

  ➔ "goes on" is a phrasal verb meaning to continue or extend. Here, it implies the list of valuable possessions is extensive.

• I'll, I'll up and run

  ➔ Idiomatic Phrasal Verb 'up and run'

  ➔ "up and run" is an idiomatic phrasal verb meaning to quickly leave or escape, often suddenly or without much thought. The contraction "I'll" stands for "I will."

• They fear they'll lose so much / If you take my hand

  ➔ First Conditional with 'fear' (and 'will lose')

  ➔ This is another First Conditional structure. "If you take my hand" (present simple) describes the condition, and "they'll lose" (future simple, contraction of "they will lose") expresses the feared consequence.

• My, my hidden treasure chest

  ➔ Past Participle as an Adjective

  ➔ "hidden" is the past participle of the verb "hide," used here as an adjective to describe the "treasure chest," indicating that it has been concealed.

• I'd lose it all

  ➔ Conditional 'would' (Contraction 'I'd') for expressing sacrifice

  ➔ The contraction "I'd" stands for "I would," expressing a willingness to make a sacrifice (to "lose it all") under a particular, implied condition. This reinforces the 'would' usage for hypothetical situations.