Lyrics & Translation
[English]
[Footsteps]
♪ Sometimes I think I'm not that strong ♪
♪ But there's a force that carries me on ♪
♪ Sick of my small heart, made of steel ♪
♪ Sick of those wounds that never heal, (never heal) ♪
♪ 'Cause I have lived my life in debt ♪
♪ I've spent my days in deep regret ♪
♪ Yeah, I've been living in the red ♪
♪ Oh, 'cause I can't forgive and I can't forget ♪
♪ Forget ♪
♪ Forget, forget ♪ ♪ Forget, forget ♪
♪ Ain't no time for regret ♪
♪ Yeah, it's time to forget ♪
♪ Ever since I can remember ♪
♪ Life was like a tipping scale ♪
♪ Like an abacus I played with ♪
♪ Counting every win and fail ♪
♪ (Win and fail) ♪
♪ 'Cause I have lived my life in debt ♪
♪ I've spent my days in deep regret ♪
♪ Yeah, I've been living in the red ♪
♪ But I wanna forgive and forget ♪
♪ Forget, forget ♪ ♪ Forget, forget ♪
♪ Ain't no time for regret ♪
♪ Yeah, it's time to be letting go ♪
♪ Oh baby, you know what I'm talking about ♪
Got nothing to lose and nothing to prove ♪
♪ Oh baby, I'm bowing out ♪
♪ Out, I'm bowing out ♪
♪ Yeah, I've been dancing with the devil ♪
♪ I love that he pretends to care ♪
♪ If I'll ever get to heaven ♪
♪ When a million dollars gets you there ♪
♪ Oh, all the time that I have wasted ♪
♪ Chasing rabbits down a hole ♪
♪ When I was born to be the tortoise ♪
♪ I was born to walk alone ♪
♪ Forget about it ♪
♪ Forget about it ♪
♪ Forget about it ♪
♪ Forget, forget ♪ ♪ Forget, forget ♪
♪ Ain't no time for regret ♪
♪ I'm gonna leave the past behind ♪
♪ I've had enough, I'm breaking free ♪
♪ No pressing stop, erase, rewind ♪
♪ That chain of thought that followed me ♪
♪ I've put my money where my mouth is ♪
♪ For the first time in my life ♪
♪ I've made mistakes, but I believe that ♪
♪ Everything was worth the fight ♪
♪ 'Cause in the end, the road is long ♪
♪ But only 'cause it makes you strong ♪
♪ It's filled with peaks and twists and turns ♪
♪ Sometimes you have to learn to forget about it ♪
Key Vocabulary
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force /fɔːrs/ B1 |
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heart /hɑːrt/ A2 |
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wound /wuːnd/ B2 |
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debt /dɛt/ A2 |
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regret /rɪˈɡrɛt/ B2 |
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red /rɛd/ A1 |
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forgive /fərˈɡɪv/ B1 |
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forget /fərˈɡɛt/ A2 |
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regret /rɪˈɡrɛt/ B2 |
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time /taɪm/ A1 |
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scale /skeɪl/ B2 |
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fail /feɪl/ B1 |
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free /friː/ A2 |
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chain /tʃeɪn/ B2 |
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mistakes /mɪsˈteɪks/ B1 |
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fight /faɪt/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Sometimes I think I'm not that strong
➔ Present Simple Tense
➔ The phrase uses the present simple tense to express a general truth or habitual action.
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I've spent my days in deep regret
➔ Present Perfect Tense
➔ The present perfect tense indicates an action that has relevance to the present.
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Yeah, I've been living in the red
➔ Present Perfect Continuous Tense
➔ This tense emphasizes the duration of an action that started in the past and continues to the present.
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But I wanna forgive and forget
➔ Informal Contraction
➔ The use of 'wanna' is an informal contraction of 'want to', common in spoken English.
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I've made mistakes, but I believe that everything was worth the fight
➔ Past Simple Tense
➔ The past simple tense is used to describe actions that were completed in the past.
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It's filled with peaks and twists and turns
➔ Passive Voice
➔ The passive voice is used to emphasize the action rather than the subject performing the action.
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Sometimes you have to learn to forget about it
➔ Infinitive Phrase
➔ The infinitive phrase 'to forget' indicates purpose or intention.
