Courage – English Lyrics

• By: P!nk
• Album: Hurts 2B Human

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I'm walking uphill, both ways it hurts

I bury my heart here in this dirt

I hope it's a seed, I hope it works

I need to grow, here I could be

Closer to light, closer to me

Don't have to do this perfectly, yeah

Rain it pours, rain it pours

It's pouring on me

The rain it falls, rain it falls

Sowing the seeds of love and hope, love and hope

We don't have to stay, stuck in the weeds

Have I the courage to change?

Have I the courage to change?

Have I the courage to change today?

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Have I the courage to change?

Have I the courage to change?

Have I the courage to change today?

Oh, oh, oh, oh

I'm walking uphill, both ways it hurts

I bury my heart here in this dirt

I hope it's a seed, I hope it works

I need to grow, here I could be

Closer to light, closer to me

Don't have to do this perfectly

...

See I let the light in the darkest place

Let the sunshine, pain goes away

Nothing is permanent for me, yeah

Flowers they bloom and fade away

The beauty it happened inside me

Even if it's a memory, yeah

Rain it pours, rain it pours

It's pouring on me

The rain it falls, rain it falls

Sowing the seeds of love and hope, love and hope

We don't have to stay, stuck in the weeds

Have I the courage to change?

Have I the courage to change?

Have I the courage to change today?

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Have I the courage to change?

Have I the courage to change?

Have I the courage to change today?

Oh, oh, oh, oh

I'm walking uphill, both ways it hurts

I bury my heart here in this dirt

I hope it's a seed, I hope it works

I need to grow, here I could be

Closer to light, closer to me

Don't have to do this perfectly

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

...

Have I the courage to change?

Have I the courage to change?

Have I the courage to change today?

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Have I the courage to change?

Have I the courage to change?

Have I the courage to change today?

Oh, oh, oh, oh

I'm walking uphill, both ways it hurts

I bury my heart here in this dirt

I hope it's a seed, I hope it works

I need to grow, here I could be

Closer to light, closer to me

Don't have to do this perfectly

Today

Today

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
courage /ˈkʌrɪdʒ/ A2	noun - the ability to do something difficult or dangerous
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1	verb - to become different noun - the act of becoming different
grow /ɡroʊ/ A1	verb - to develop or increase in size
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - brightness from the sun or a lamp adjective - not heavy or dark
pour /pɔːr/ A1	verb - to flow rapidly in a particular direction
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - to move downward under gravity
sow /soʊ/ B1	verb - to plant seeds in the ground
hope /hoʊp/ A1	verb - to want something to happen noun - a feeling of expectation
stick /stɪk/ A1	verb - to remain in a place or position noun - a long thin piece of wood
weeds /wiːdz/ A2	noun - unwanted plants
bloom /bluːm/ B1	verb - to produce flowers noun - a flower
fade /feɪd/ B1	verb - to become less bright or intense
permanent /ˈpɜːr.mə.nənt/ B1	adjective - lasting or intended to last
memory /ˈmem.ə.ri/ A2	noun - the faculty of the brain to remember
perfectly /ˈpɜːr.fɪk.tli/ A2	adverb - in a way that is complete and without mistakes

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm walking uphill, both ways it hurts

  ➔ Present Continuous

  ➔ The phrase "I'm walking" uses the present continuous to describe an action happening now.

• I bury my heart here in this dirt

  ➔ Simple Present

  ➔ The verb "bury" is in the simple present, indicating a habitual or general action.

• I hope it's a seed, I hope it works

  ➔ Simple Present for expressing hope

  ➔ The verb "hope" is in the simple present and introduces a clause that expresses a wish or expectation.

• I need to grow, here I could be

  ➔ Modal verb could + infinitive; need to + infinitive

  ➔ "Need to" expresses necessity, while "could" is a modal verb that indicates possibility.

• Don't have to do this perfectly

  ➔ Negative modal 'don't have to' + infinitive

  ➔ "Don't have to" indicates that something is not obligatory.

• Sowing the seeds of love and hope

  ➔ Gerund phrase functioning as a noun

  ➔ "Sowing" is a gerund; it acts like a noun and can be the subject or object of a sentence.

• We don't have to stay, stuck in the weeds

  ➔ Negative modal 'don't have to' + infinitive + past participle phrase

  ➔ "Don't have to" shows lack of obligation; "stuck" is a past participle describing the state after staying.

• Have I the courage to change?

  ➔ Inversion in questions with 'have'

  ➔ "Have" is placed before the subject "I" to form a question, a typical inversion pattern.

• Let the sunshine, pain goes away

  ➔ Imperative mood using 'let'

  ➔ "Let" is used in the imperative to give permission or a gentle suggestion.

• Nothing is permanent for me

  ➔ Simple present with stative adjective

  ➔ "is" links the subject "Nothing" with the adjective "permanent", expressing a general truth.