Can't Deny My Love – English Lyrics

• By: Brandon Flowers

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Open up to the night

Our bed is underneath the heavy moon

Cast a doubt like a shadow walking

Through the corners of the room

I always thought I'd have a full tank to go

(But not tonight, you're running low)

I always thought I'd find my own way

What's going on in your head now

Maybe something I said

I know that you've been living in the past

What's going on in your head now

Maybe something I said now

It's driving me crazy

You can try to lie

But you're not gonna, not gonna deny

No you're not gonna, not gonna deny my love

And you can run to the hillside

And you can close your eyes

But you're not gonna, not gonna deny

No you're not gonna, not gonna deny my love

You can't deny my love

The eyes of God

Watching over us so we don't break the golden rules

The seven seas, have we learned

Or are we sailing on a ship of fools

I always thought I'd have a full tank to go

(But not tonight, you're running low)

I always thought we'd get there someday

It's driving me crazy

You can try to lie

But you're not gonna, not gonna deny

No you're not gonna, not gonna deny my love

And you can run to the hillside

And you can close your eyes

But you're not gonna, not gonna deny

No you're not gonna, not gonna deny my love

You can't deny my love

When you close your eyes, tell me what you see

Locked up in your room, is there any room for me?

In the spoils of your mercy, in the reverence of your bed

In the cradle of the morning, what was it that you said?

What's going on in your head now?

You're not gonna, not gonna deny

No you're not gonna, not gonna deny my love

And you can run to the hillside

And you can close your eyes

But you're not gonna, not gonna deny

No you're not gonna, not gonna deny my love

You can't deny my love

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Key Grammar Structures

• I always thought I'd have a full tank to go.

  ➔ Past perfect tense used to express a belief about the past.

  ➔ The phrase "I always thought" indicates a past belief that is no longer held.

• You can try to lie.

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' used to express ability or possibility.

  ➔ The phrase "You can try" suggests that lying is an option available to the listener.

• You're not gonna deny my love.

  ➔ Informal contraction 'gonna' used for 'going to' to indicate future intention.

  ➔ The phrase "You're not gonna deny" emphasizes the certainty of the speaker's feelings.

• What's going on in your head now?

  ➔ Present continuous tense used to describe an ongoing situation.

  ➔ The phrase "What's going on" asks about the current state of someone's thoughts.

• In the cradle of the morning, what was it that you said?

  ➔ Past simple tense used to refer to a completed action in the past.

  ➔ The phrase "what was it that you said" reflects on a past conversation.