For So Long – English Lyrics

• By: David Alexander

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful melodies of David Alexander to enhance your English listening skills. 'For So Long' is a wonderful tool for learning how to express deep emotions, temporal expressions, and nostalgic sentiments through evocative vocabulary.

[English]

Stay and

scared of coming down.

Stay

steady crashing.

I stay high enough. Stay high enough to

stay away.

Let's come on. I find someone to keep me

away.

It's all just pretend. So long.

I can only stay distracted. So long.

Baby, we were so attached. So long.

Yeah. The love we used to have is still

strong.

I can only hold it back. So

desperate.

Want to kill time.

I go anyways.

Going home tonight.

I can't drive enough. Can't drive enough

to get away.

that has been right back to our memory.

I'm only good for so long.

I can only stay so long.

Baby, we were so attached for so long.

We used to strong.

I can only hold it back.

thoughts of you wonder and hit me like

water. As soon as I'm over you, I slip

back under your holding up traffic right

here in my chest. And as hard as I try,

know I can't love you less.

I can only stay distracted so long.

Baby, we were so attached for so long.

Yeah. The love we used to have is still

strong.

I can only hold it back for so long.

For so long.

For so long.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
scared /skɛərd/ A2	adjective - fearful; frightened
steady /ˈstɛdi/ B1	adjective - regular, even, and continuous
crashing /ˈkræʃɪŋ/ B2	verb - colliding violently or falling suddenly
pretend /prɪˈtɛnd/ B1	verb - to behave as if something is true when it is not
distracted /dɪˈstræktɪd/ B2	adjective - unable to concentrate; unfocused
attached /əˈtætʃt/ B1	adjective - full of affection or fondness
strong /strɒŋ/ A1	adjective - having great power or intensity
desperate /ˈdɛspərət/ B2	adjective - feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with
memory /ˈmɛməri/ A2	noun - the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information
thoughts /θɔːts/ A2	noun - ideas or opinions produced by thinking
wonder /ˈwʌndər/ B1	verb - to desire or be curious to know something
traffic /ˈtræfɪk/ A2	noun - vehicles moving on a road

Key Grammar Structures

• I stay high enough to stay away.

  ➔ Adjective + enough + to-infinitive

  ➔ Use "enough" after an adjective to indicate the necessary degree for an action.

• It's all just pretend.

  ➔ Subject + be + all + noun/adjective

  ➔ The structure "all + complement" is used to emphasize that something is entirely or only a specific state.

• Baby, we were so attached.

  ➔ Past Passive Voice (be + past participle)

  ➔ Here, "attached" acts as a participial adjective describing the state of the subject in the past.

• The love we used to have is still strong.

  ➔ Used to + infinitive

  ➔ Used to describe a state or habit that was true in the past but no longer exists.

• Can't drive enough to get away.

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose (to + verb)

  ➔ The "to-infinitive" clause explains the reason or purpose for the main action.

• As soon as I'm over you, I slip back under.

  ➔ As soon as (Time Conjunction)

  ➔ "As soon as" links two events, indicating that one happens immediately after the other.

• And as hard as I try, I know I can't love you less.

  ➔ Adverbial clause of concession (as + adjective + as)

  ➔ The structure "as + adj/adv + as I try" means "no matter how hard I try."