I Drink Wine – English Lyrics

• By: Adele
• Album: 30

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

Vocabulary	Meanings
world /wɜːld/ A1	noun - the earth and all the people and things on it
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have strong feelings of affection for someone noun - a strong feeling of affection
child /tʃaɪld/ A1	noun - a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of adulthood
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences
wine /waɪn/ A2	noun - an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice
hard /hɑːrd/ A2	adjective - difficult; requiring a lot of effort or endurance adverb - with great effort or intensity
satisfied /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/ B1	adjective - contented; pleased
climb /klaɪm/ B1	verb - to move or go up (a slope, a tree, or a set of stairs, for example), typically using one's feet and hands noun - an act of climbing
higher /ˈhaɪər/ B1	adjective - of a greater distance above the ground or a base
better /ˈbetər/ B1	adjective - of a higher quality or more desirable adverb - in a more effective or skillful way
something /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ A1	noun - an unspecified or unknown thing
approval /əˈpruːvəl/ B2	noun - the action of officially agreeing to something
times /taɪmz/ A1	noun - a point or period in time
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
true /truː/ A2	adjective - in accordance with fact or reality
fire /ˈfaɪər/ A2	noun - the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat and light.
peace /piːs/ A2	noun - freedom from disturbance; tranquility.
road /rəʊd/ A1	noun - a long, hard surface built for vehicles to travel on
regret /rɪˈɡret/ B2	noun - a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something that has happened or been done.

Key Grammar Structures

• 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'

• But now I only soak up wine

  ➔ Phrasal Verb

  ➔ 'Soak up' is a phrasal verb meaning 'absorb/consume'. Particle 'up' changes meaning of 'soak'

• 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

• 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')

• 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'

• But you can't fight fire with fire

  ➔ Proverbial Modal

  ➔ 'Can't' expresses impossibility in proverbial construction. Preposition 'with' indicates method

• 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'

• Stop trying to be somebody else

  ➔ Imperative + Gerund

  ➔ Imperative 'stop' commands cessation. Gerund 'trying' functions as direct object after 'stop'

• Something that feels true

  ➔ Attributive Clause

  ➔ 'That feels true' modifies 'something'. Relative pronoun 'that' introduces descriptive qualifier

• 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