Counting Down The Days – English Lyrics

• By: Natalie Imbruglia

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the poignant story behind Natalie Imbruglia's "Counting Down The Days" and learn the language of love and longing. This song offers a beautiful way to explore emotive English vocabulary related to distance and affection, all wrapped in a memorable pop-rock melody.

[English]

You were right

And I don't want to be here

If you're gonna be there

Was that supposed to happen

I'll hold tight

I'll remember to smile

Though it has been a while

And without you does it matter

There's no room

No place to start

When our souls are apart

I want to travel through time

See your surprise

I'd hold you so tight

I'm counting down the days tonight

I just want to be a million miles away from here

I'm counting down the days

How've you been

It's just the usual here

And days are feeling like years

And every day's without you

Now I cry

Just a little too much

When i think of your touch

And everything about you

I feel cold

I'm in the dark

When our souls are apart

I want to travel through time

See your surprise

I'd hold you so tight

I'm counting down the days tonight

I just want to be a million miles away from here

I want to travel through time

See your surprise

I'd hold you so tight

I'm counting down the days tonight

I just want to be a million miles away from here

I'm counting down the days

I'm counting down the days

I'm counting down the days

I'm gonna be you surprise

I'm gonna hold you so tight

Yeah

I want to travel through time

See your surprise

I'd hold you so tight

I'm counting down the days tonight

I just want to be a million miles away from here

I want to travel through time

See your surprise

I'd hold you so tight

I'm counting down the days tonight

I just want to be a million miles away from here

A million miles away from here

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
days /deɪz/ A1	noun - periods of twenty‑four hours
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the measured or continuing flow of existence
travel /ˈtrævəl/ A2	verb - to go from one place to another
surprise /sərˈpraɪz/ B1	noun - an unexpected event or fact verb - to cause someone to feel amazement or shock
hold /hoʊld/ A1	verb - to grasp, keep or retain something
tight /taɪt/ A2	adjective - firmly fixed, not loose
counting /ˈkaʊntɪŋ/ A2	verb - enumerating or adding numbers
million /ˈmɪljən/ B1	noun - the number 1,000,000 adjective - denoting a quantity of one million
miles /maɪlz/ A2	noun - unit of distance equal to 5,280 feet
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - having a low temperature
dark /dɑːrk/ A1	adjective - having little or no light noun - the state of being without light
want /wɒnt/ A1	verb - to desire or wish for something
remember /rɪˈmem·bər/ B1	verb - to bring a fact or event back to mind
smile /smaɪl/ A1	verb - to make a happy facial expression noun - a happy facial expression
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - to shed tears
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to come into contact with something noun - the act of making contact
apart /əˈpɑːrt/ B1	adjective - separated by distance or by a gap adverb - to a distance; not together