Happier – English Lyrics

• By: Marshmello, Bastille

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the English lyrics of 'Happier,' a song that beautifully juxtaposes upbeat dance-pop music with deeply emotional and relatable lyrics about love and sacrifice. This song offers a great opportunity to learn conversational phrases and explore the nuances of expressing complex emotions like love, loss, and selflessness in English. Its clear narrative and repetitive chorus make it an engaging way to improve your vocabulary and understanding of emotional expression in language.

[English]

Song By: Marmello Song: Happier

♫ Lately, I've Been, I've Been Thinking♫

♫ I Want You To Be Happier. I Want You To Be Happier ♫

♫ When The Morning Comes, ♫

♫ When We See What We've Become ♫

♫ In The Cold Light of Day♫

♫ We're A Flame In The Wind Not The Fire That We've Begun ♫

♫ Every Argument ♫

♫ Every Word We Can't Take Back ♫

♫ Cause With All That Has Happened ♫

♫ I think That We Both Know The Way That The Story Ends ♫

♫ Then Only For A Minute, ♫

...

♫ I Want To Change My Mind ♫

♫ cause This Just Don't Feel Right To Me ♫

♫ I Want To Raise Your Spirits ♫

♫ I Want To See You Smile ♫

♫ Know That Means I'll Have To Leave ♫

♫♫♫ #MARSMELLO

♫ Know That Means I'll Have To Leave ♫

♫ Lately I've Been, I've Been Thinking ♫

♫ I Want You To Be Happier. I Want You To Be Happier ♫

♫ When The Evening Falls, ♫

♫ And I'm Left There With My Thoughts ♫

♫ And The Imagine With You Being With Someone Else ♫

♫ Well It's Eating Me Up Inside ♫

♫ But We Ran Our Course ♫

♫ We Pretended We're Okay ♫

♫ Now If We Jump Together ♫

♫ At Least We Can Swing Far Away From The Wreck We Made ♫

♫ Then Only For A Minute, ♫

♫ I Want To Change My Mind ♫

♫ cause This Just Don't Feel Right To Me ♫

♫ I Wanna Raise Your Spirits ♫

♫ I Want To See You Smile ♫

♫ Know That Means I'll Have To Leave ♫

♫♫♫ #MARSMELLO :D

♫Know That Means I'll Have To Leave

♫Lately I've Been, I've Been Thinking, I Want You To Be Happier ♫

♫ I Want You To Be Happier ♫

♫ So I'll Goo ♫

♫ I'll Goooo ♫

♫ I Will Go Go Goo ♫

♫ So I'll Goo ♫

♫ I'll Goooo ♫

♫ I Will Go Go Goo ♫

♫ Lately, I've Been, I've Been Thinking ♫

♫ I Want You To Be Happier ♫

♫ Even Though I Might Not Like This ♫

♫ I Think That You'll Be Happier ♫

♫ I Want You To Be Happier ♫

♫ Then Only For A Minute ♫

♫ I Want To Change My Mind ♫

♫ cause This Just Don't Feel Right To Me ♫

♫ I Wanna Raise Your Spirits ♫

♫ I Want To See You Smile ♫

♫ Know That Means I'll Have To Leave ♫

♫♫♫ #MARSHMELLO :D :D

♫ Know That Means I'll Have To Leave ♫

♫ Lately I've Been, I've Been Thinking ♫

♫ I Want You To Be Happier, I Want You To Be Happier ♫

♫ So I'll Goo ♫

♫ I'll Goooo ♫

♫ I Will Go Go Goo ♫

Subtitled By: CreeperBoi89

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
happier /ˈhæpiər/ A1	adjective - more happy
thinking /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ A1	verb - to have thoughts or ideas in the mind
morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A1	noun - early part of the day
become /bɪˈkʌm/ A2	verb - to start to be in a particular state or condition
flame /fleɪm/ A1	noun - the part of a fire that you can see
wind /wɪnd/ A1	noun - the movement of air
argument /ˈɑːrɡjuːmənt/ A2	noun - a discussion in which people disagree
happen /ˈhæpən/ A1	verb - to take place
story /ˈstɔːri/ A1	noun - a description of events, either true or imagined
minute /ˈmɪnɪt/ A1	noun - a period of time equal to 60 seconds
spirit /ˈspɪrɪt/ B1	noun - the part of a person that is not physical and is connected with emotions
smile /smaɪl/ A1	verb - to show pleasure or amusement by lifting the corners of the mouth noun - an expression of pleasure or amusement
leave /liːv/ A1	verb - to go away from a place
evening /ˈiːvənɪŋ/ A1	noun - the part of the day between afternoon and night
pretend /prɪˈtɛnd/ A2	verb - to behave as if something is true when it is not
wreck /rɛk/ B1	noun - something that has been badly damaged or destroyed

Key Grammar Structures

• Lately, I've Been, I've Been Thinking

  ➔ Present perfect continuous tense

  ➔ This uses the present perfect continuous to describe an action that started in the past and is ongoing. "I've been" is the contraction for "I have been", followed by the verb "thinking" with AQA-ing form.

• I Want You To Be Happier

  ➔ Want + object + to-infinitive

  ➔ This structure expresses desire for someone else to perform an action. "Want" is followed by the object "you", then "to be" (the "happier" adjective) to form a wish for the subject's state.

• When The Morning Comes

  ➔ Time clause with present simple for future reference

  ➔ Used in conditional or time expressions referring to the future. "When" introduces a clause using present simple "comes", implying an event that will happen in the future.

• We're A Flame In The Wind

  ➔ Metaphorical present continuous for state

  ➔ Present continuous describes an ongoing state or metaphor. "We're" (we are) with "a flame" (noun) indicates a current, metaphorical condition, not a literal action.

• Every Argument, Every Word We Can't Take Back

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' for impossibility

  ➔ The modal "can't" expresses inability or impossibility. Here, "we can't take back" means the words are irreversible, using negative form of "can".

• I think That We Both Know The Way That The Story Ends

  ➔ Embedded relative clause

  ➔ A noun phrase used in the object position with "that" defining the noun "way". "That the story ends" is the integrated clause modifying "the way".

• Then Only For A Minute, I Want To Change My Mind

  ➔ Adverbial phrase modifying the verb

  ➔ "Only for a minute" is an adverbial expression limiting the duration. "Then" introduces sequence, while "change my mind" is the infinitive complement after "want".

• Know That Means I'll Have To Leave

  ➔ This/that + means + infinitive for consequence

  ➔ "That" refers back to the previous line, followed by "means" and the infinitive "leave" to express an inevitable result. "I'll" is a contraction of "I will".

• I Wanna Raise Your Spirits

  ➔ Informal want to + infinitive

  ➔ "Wanna" is a contraction of "want to", used in informal speech. It precedes the infinitive "raise" to express desire, with "your spirits" as the object.

• So I'll Go

  ➔ Future simple with contraction

  ➔ "I'll" stands for "I will", forming the future simple tense to indicate planned action. "Go" is the base verb, showing intention to leave.