Carousel – English Lyrics

• By: Vanessa Carlton

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

For all you broken-hearted lovers lost

Go find another one

'Cause you know time won't wait, and you'll be late

White rabbits on the run

It's hard to know what's good for you

I know she'll let you down

But the fever breaks when it's too much to take

So you can put your weapons down

And all you'll hear is the music

And beauty stands before you

And love comes back around again

It's a carousel, my friend

Never too late to change the pace

So all the days creep up on you

But the goodness is something you don't have to chase

'Cause it's following you

And all you'll hear is the music

And beauty stands before you

And love comes back around again

It's a carousel, my friend

...

I thought I heard your voice in the thunder

It's the owl casting spells that we're under

I thought I heard your voice in the thunder

It's the owl casting spells that we're under

I thought I heard your voice in the thunder

It's the owl casting spells that we're under

I thought I heard your voice in the thunder

It's the owl casting spells that we're under

Under

...

And all I hear is the music

And beauty stands before me

And love comes back around again

It's a carousel, my friend

It's in the music

And beauty stands before you

And love comes back around again

It's a carousel, a carousel

It's a carousel, my friend, ooh

Time won't wait, so don't be late

White rabbits on the run

...

Key Grammar Structures

• For all you broken-hearted lovers lost

  ➔ Past participle as adjective

  ➔ In this line, "broken-hearted" and "lost" are past participles used as adjectives to describe "lovers". "Broken-hearted" means feeling great sadness because of love problems, and "lost" in this context means confused or without direction.

• Go find another one

  ➔ Imperative

  ➔ This is an imperative sentence used to give a command or advice. The subject "you" is implied, and the base form of the verb "go" is used. "Find" is also in base form following the imperative verb.

• 'Cause you know time won't wait, and you'll be late

  ➔ Future tense with 'will'

  ➔ This line uses the future tense with "won't" (will not) and "you'll" (you will) to talk about future events. "Time won't wait" expresses certainty that time will not wait, and "you'll be late" predicts a future consequence.

• It's hard to know what's good for you

  ➔ It's + adjective + to-infinitive and noun clause

  ➔ This structure uses "It's + adjective + to-infinitive" to express difficulty. It also includes a noun clause "what's good for you" as the object of "know". The structure emphasizes the difficulty of knowing what is beneficial.

• I know she'll let you down

  ➔ Future tense and phrasal verb

  ➔ This line uses the future tense "she'll" (she will) and the phrasal verb "let down", which means to disappoint someone. The phrasal verb consists of the verb "let" and the particle "down" that changes its meaning.

• But the fever breaks when it's too much to take

  ➔ Present simple with 'when' clause

  ➔ This line uses the present simple tense "breaks" with a "when" clause to express a condition that triggers the fever breaking. The present simple is used here to express a general truth or habitual action.

• And all you'll hear is the music

  ➔ Future tense and cleft sentence

  ➔ This line uses the future tense "you'll hear" (you will hear) and has a cleft sentence structure that emphasizes "all you'll hear". A cleft sentence is used to emphasize particular information by putting it at the beginning of the sentence.

• Never too late to change the pace

  ➔ Infinitive phrase

  ➔ This line uses an infinitive phrase "to change the pace" after "Never too late" to express the possibility of changing one's speed or approach. The infinitive phrase functions as a complement to the adjective phrase "Never too late".

• I thought I heard your voice in the thunder

  ➔ Past simple and past perfect

  ➔ This line uses past simple "thought" and past perfect "had heard" to talk about thoughts and perceptions in the past. The past perfect "had heard" indicates an action that happened before the past simple action "thought".

• It's the owl casting spells that we're under

  ➔ Present participle and relative clause

  ➔ This line uses a present participle "casting" to describe an ongoing action and includes a relative clause "that we're under" to provide additional information. The present participle "casting" modifies "owl" and describes what the owl is doing.