Lyrics & Translation
[English]
(light music)(gentle music)
♪ How can one become so bounded ♪
♪ By choices that somebody else makes ♪
♪ How come we've both become a version ♪
♪ Of a person we don't even like ♪
♪ We're in love with the world ♪
♪ But the world just wants to bring us down ♪
♪ By putting ideas in our heads ♪
♪ That corrupt our hearts somehow ♪
♪ When I was a child ♪
♪ Every single thing could blow my mind ♪
♪ Soaking it all up for fun ♪
♪ But now I only soak up wine ♪
♪ They say to play hard, you work hard ♪
♪ Find balance in the sacrifice ♪
♪ Yet I don't know anybody ♪
♪ Who's truly satisfied ♪
♪ You better believe I'm trying ♪
♪ To keep climbing ♪
♪ But the higher we climb ♪
♪ Feels like we're both none the wiser, ah ♪
♪ So I hope I learn to get over myself ♪
♪ Stop trying to be somebody else ♪
♪ So we can love each other for free ♪
♪ Everybody wants something ♪
♪ You just want me ♪
♪ Why am I obsessing ♪
♪ About the things I can't control ♪
♪ Why am I seeking approval ♪
♪ From people I don't even know ♪
♪ In these crazy times I hope to find ♪
♪ Something I can cling on to ♪
♪ 'Cause I need some substance in my life ♪
♪ Something real, something that feels true ♪
♪ You better believe for you I've cried ♪
♪ High tides ♪
♪ 'Cause I want you so bad ♪
♪ But you can't fight fire with fire ♪
♪ Oh, so I hope I learn to get over myself ♪
♪ And stop trying to be somebody else ♪
♪ Oh, I just want to love you ♪
♪ Love you for free, yeah ♪
♪ Everybody wants something from me ♪
♪ You just want me ♪
♪ Listen, I know how low I can go ♪
♪ I give as good as I get ♪
♪ You get the brunt of it all ♪
♪ 'Cause you're all I've got left ♪
♪ Oh, I hope in time ♪
♪ We both will find peace of mind ♪
♪ Sometimes the road less traveled ♪
♪ Is a road best left behind ♪
♪ Well, I hope I learn to get over myself ♪
♪ Stop trying to be somebody else ♪
♪ Oh, I just want to love you ♪
♪ Love you for free, yeah ♪
♪ 'Cause everybody wants something from me ♪
♪ You just want me ♪
♪ You better believe I'm trying ♪
♪ To keep climbing ♪
♪ But the higher we climb ♪
♪ Feels like we're both none the wiser ♪
(gentle music)
- [Adele] The only regret I have...
I wish that it was just at a different time,
a most turbulent period of my life,
why would I put that on you?
That's just like a very heavy thing to have to talk about.
But because of that period of time,
even though it was so much fun,
I didn't get to go on and make new memories with him.
There was just memories in a big storm.
(light music)
(soft somber music)
(birds squawking and chirping)
(insects chirping)
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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How can one become so bounded by choices that somebody else makes
➔ Passive Voice + Relative Clause
➔ 'Become bounded' is passive voice showing external influence. 'That' introduces a relative clause modifying 'choices'
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But now I only soak up wine
➔ Phrasal Verb
➔ 'Soak up' is a phrasal verb meaning 'absorb/consume'. Particle 'up' changes meaning of 'soak'
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So I hope I learn to get over myself
➔ Verb Patterns (Hope + Clause)
➔ 'Hope' transitions to clause 'I learn...' without conjunction. Infinitive 'to get over' expresses purpose
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Why am I obsessing about the things I can't control
➔ Present Continuous + Relative Clause
➔ 'Am obsessing' shows ongoing mental state. Reduced relative clause 'I can't control' modifies 'things' (omitted 'that')
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You better believe I'm trying to keep climbing
➔ Modal Idiom + Gerund
➔ 'You better' = stronger form of 'should'. 'Keep climbing' uses gerund after verb of continuation 'keep'
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But you can't fight fire with fire
➔ Proverbial Modal
➔ 'Can't' expresses impossibility in proverbial construction. Preposition 'with' indicates method
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I didn't get to go on and make new memories
➔ Past Negative Opportunity
➔ 'Didn't get to' expresses missed opportunity. Coordinating conjunction 'and' joins parallel verbs 'go/make'
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Stop trying to be somebody else
➔ Imperative + Gerund
➔ Imperative 'stop' commands cessation. Gerund 'trying' functions as direct object after 'stop'
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Something that feels true
➔ Attributive Clause
➔ 'That feels true' modifies 'something'. Relative pronoun 'that' introduces descriptive qualifier
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The higher we climb feels like we're both none the wiser
➔ Comparative Subjunctive
➔ 'The higher...' comparative structure implies hypothetical comparison. 'Feels like' creates subjective comparison with literal vs. perceived truth
