Falling In Love – English Lyrics

• By: Cigarettes After Sex
• Album: Cry

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

When I hold you close to me

I could always see a house by the ocean

And last night I could hear the waves

As I heard you say, "all that I want is to be yours"

Falling in love,

Falling in love

Deeper than I've felt it before with you, baby

I feel I'm falling in love with all my heart

Back when you were far away

We would go on dates to watch the same movie

And you were imagining sitting next to me

And holding my hand for the whole thing...

Falling in love,

Falling in love

Deeper than I've felt it before with you, baby

I feel I'm falling in love with all my heart

Falling in love,

Falling in love

Deeper than I've felt it before with you, baby

I feel I'm falling in love with all my heart

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hold /hoʊld/ A2	verb - to grasp or carry something with your hands
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
house /haʊs/ A2	noun - a building for people to live in
ocean /ˈoʊʃən/ B1	noun - a very large body of salt water
waves /weɪvz/ B1	noun - movements of water on the surface of the sea
want /wɒnt/ A2	verb - to desire something
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection or attachment
deeper /ˈdiːpər/ B2	adjective - more intense or profound
felt /fɛlt/ A2	verb (past tense of 'feel') - to perceive or experience emotion or physical sensation
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A2	noun - a very young child
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body

Key Grammar Structures

• When I hold you close to me

  ➔ Conditional Clause (Type 1)

  ➔ This sentence uses the 'When + Present Simple, ... + Future Simple' structure, expressing a real possibility or a likely outcome. The main clause describes the result if the condition in the 'when' clause is met.

• I could always see a house by the ocean

  ➔ Modal Verb 'Could' + Adverb 'Always' + Verb Infinitive

  ➔ The modal verb 'could' expresses past ability. The adverb 'always' modifies the verb 'see', indicating the frequency of the action. The use of 'could' in this context shows past ability, potentially with the idea of something being a constant.

• As I heard you say, "all that I want is to be yours"

  ➔ Subordinating Conjunction 'As' + Indirect Speech + Gerund 'to be yours'

  ➔ The conjunction 'as' introduces a time clause. The sentence includes indirect speech, and uses the gerund phrase 'to be yours' as the complement of the verb 'is'.

• Deeper than I've felt it before with you, baby

  ➔ Comparative Adjective 'Deeper' + Past Perfect Tense

  ➔ This sentence uses the comparative adjective 'deeper' to express a greater degree of feeling. It also uses the past perfect tense ('I've felt') to refer to an experience that happened before the current time. The comparison is made between the present feeling and the feelings felt before with the person.

• Back when you were far away

  ➔ Adverbial Clause of Time (Reduced)

  ➔ This is a reduced time clause, similar to 'When you were far away.' 'Back' acts as an adverbial phrase indicating a time in the past. It sets the context for the following actions in the song.

• We would go on dates to watch the same movie

  ➔ Modal Verb 'Would' + Verb Infinitive + Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ The modal verb 'would' expresses a habitual action in the past. The infinitive of purpose 'to watch' explains the reason for going on dates. 'The same movie' indicates that they watched the film repetitively

• And you were imagining sitting next to me

  ➔ Past Continuous Tense

  ➔ This sentence uses the past continuous tense ('were imagining') to describe an action that was in progress at a particular time in the past. The action of imagining was happening during the period described.