Future Me – English Lyrics

• By: Echosmith

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Echosmith's "Future Me," a beautifully honest song that explores self-acceptance and the power of living in the moment. Learning the lyrics offers insight into expressing identity, reflecting on personal growth, and embracing the journey of becoming. Its clear, emotive storytelling makes it an excellent song for language learners to connect with relatable themes of self-discovery and present-day affirmation.

[English]

Future me I haven't met

There's some things you might regret

Like giving up on love too fast

Chasing shadows from your past

Future me I haven't met

...

There's gonna be some pain

It's good to feel something

Right now, I'm already who I wanna be tomorrow

Who I wanna be tomorrow is who I am

Right now, I'm already who I wanna be tomorrow

Who I wanna be tomorrow is who I am

Right now

Right now

They don't know you like I do

They don't know what you've been through

They're hands up black and blue

Never letting go of you

They don't know you like I do

There's gonna be some pain

It's good to feel something

Right now, I'm already who I wanna be tomorrow

Who I wanna be tomorrow is who I am

Right now, I'm already who I wanna be tomorrow

Who I wanna be tomorrow is who I am

Right now

Right now

Right now

...

I'm already who I wanna be tomorrow

Who I wanna be tomorrow

Right now, I'm already who I wanna be tomorrow

Who I wanna be tomorrow is who I am

Right now, I'm already who I wanna be tomorrow

Who I wanna be tomorrow is who I am

Right now

What are you waiting for?

Right now

What are you waiting for?

Right now

What are you waiting for?

Right now

What are you waiting for?

Right now

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Future me I haven't met

  ➔ Present Perfect (Negative)

  ➔ "haven't met" indicates an action that started in the past and continues up to the present, or an experience that has not occurred yet.

• There's some things you might regret

  ➔ Modal Verb 'might' (possibility/uncertainty)

  ➔ "might regret" expresses a possibility or uncertainty about future actions or feelings.

• Like giving up on love too fast, Chasing shadows from your past

  ➔ Gerund Phrase (as object/part of a list)

  ➔ "giving up" and "Chasing" are gerunds acting as nouns, listing the things one might regret. They function as objects of the implied "like".

• There's gonna be some pain

  ➔ Informal Future 'gonna' (going to)

  ➔ "gonna be" is an informal contraction of "going to be", used to express a future event or intention.

• It's good to feel something

  ➔ Impersonal 'It' with Adjective and Infinitive

  ➔ This structure uses "It" as a placeholder subject, followed by a form of "be", an adjective, and then an infinitive verb, to express a general statement or opinion.

• I'm already who I wanna be tomorrow

  ➔ Noun Clause (as complement)

  ➔ "who I wanna be" functions as a noun clause, acting as the complement to the verb "am", specifying what the subject "I" is. "wanna be" is an informal contraction of "want to be".

• They don't know you like I do

  ➔ Comparison using 'like' with Auxiliary Verb

  ➔ "like I do" uses "like" to compare how "they" know "you" with how "I" know "you", avoiding repetition of the main verb "know" by using the auxiliary "do".

• Never letting go of you

  ➔ Present Participle Phrase (adverbial/descriptive)

  ➔ "Never letting go of you" is a present participle phrase, functioning adverbially or descriptively to explain the manner of "their" action or a continuous state. "letting go" is a phrasal verb.

• What are you waiting for?

  ➔ Wh-question with Present Continuous and Preposition

  ➔ This is a direct question using a "wh-" word ("what"), followed by the present continuous tense ("are you waiting"), and ending with a preposition ("for") that relates to the "wh-" word.