How Does It Feel – English Lyrics

• By: Toto

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into the emotional landscape of Toto's "How Does It Feel," a powerful ballad that captures the essence of heartbreak and lost love. By exploring the lyrics and the context of the song, learners can gain a deeper understanding of expressing complex emotions and the language of relationships in English.

[English]

Morning's here

I feel so far away

It seems like I felt this before

All alone

Sun burns my skin

I can't live with pain anymore

And with you on my mind

Thinking of all that we've said

Were they just words

We'll live to regret

Why won't you stay?

How does it feel

To make me fall apart

Could this be love

Or just a broken heart?

How do you feel

When you see me cryin' again?

...

Times have changed

Is love at an end?

What makes us wonder why?

Rearranged

Just pretend

I can't stand the thought of goodbyes

And with you on my mind

Thinking of all that we've said

Were they just words

We'll live to regret

Why won't you stay?

How does it feel

To make me fall apart

Could this be love

Or just a broken heart?

How do you feel

When you see me cryin' again?

...

How does it feel

To make me fall apart

Could this be love

Or just a broken heart?

How do you feel

When you see me cryin' again?

...

How does it feel

To make me fall apart

Could this be love

Or just a broken heart?

How do you feel

When you see me cryin' again?

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Morning's here

  ➔ Present tense with apostrophe s ('s)

  ➔ The apostrophe s ('s) in 'Morning's' indicates possession or a contraction of 'Morning is'.

• I feel so far away

  ➔ Present simple with adverbial phrase

  ➔ The adverbial phrase 'so far away' modifies the verb 'feel' to describe the intensity or manner of the feeling.

• Were they just words

  ➔ Past simple in interrogative form

  ➔ The verb 'were' is used in the past simple tense to ask a question about a past action or state.

• How does it feel

  ➔ Present simple in interrogative form

  ➔ The verb 'does' is used to form a question in the present simple tense.

• Could this be love

  ➔ Modal verb in present tense

  ➔ The modal verb 'could' expresses possibility or speculation in the present tense.

• When you see me cryin' again

  ➔ Present participle with apostrophe contraction

  ➔ The apostrophe contraction 'cryin'' is a shortened form of 'crying', used in informal or poetic contexts.

• Times have changed

  ➔ Present perfect simple

  ➔ The present perfect 'have changed' indicates an action that occurred in the past and has results in the present.

• I can't stand the thought of goodbyes

  ➔ Modal verb with negation

  ➔ The modal verb 'can't' (cannot) is used with negation to express inability or strong dislike.