I'm Waiting Here – English Lyrics

• By: David Lynch, Lykke Li

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I'm waiting here

Can't we draw never fulfill these here

I move nowhere only to find you here

Your deepest hell, never the same as them

Keep me low where the horizon melts

I'm waiting here

We made love

Under a dark moon

I've burned a lot ofs

Some castles were made of sand

Only then

Can I alone look at the sky my dear

I am right, every falling star

Make a wish, it will turn away

So we can love on til infinity

Here

I'm waiting here

Here

I'm waiting here

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm waiting here

  ➔ Present continuous (progressive) tense

  ➔ The verb ""am waiting"" shows an action that is happening right now.

• Can't we ever fulfill these here

  ➔ Negative question with modal verb "can"

  ➔ The structure ""Can't we"" asks for confirmation in a negative form.

• I move nowhere only to find you here

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose (to + verb)

  ➔ ""to find"" explains why the speaker moves nowhere – the purpose is to find you.

• Your deepest hell, never the same as them

  ➔ Comparative structure "as...as" (omitted) with "the same as"

  ➔ ""the same as"" compares "your deepest hell" with "them".

• Keep me low where the horizon melts

  ➔ Imperative sentence + relative clause introduced by "where"

  ➔ ""Keep"" is the imperative verb; ""where the horizon melts"" tells the location.

• I've burned a lot ofs

  ➔ Present perfect tense (have/has + past participle)

  ➔ ""I've burned"" shows an action that started in the past and has relevance now.

• Some castles were made of sand

  ➔ Passive voice (be + past participle)

  ➔ ""were made"" is passive; the focus is on the castles, not who made them.

• Only then can I alone look at the sky, my dear

  ➔ Inversion for emphasis (Only then + auxiliary + subject)

  ➔ ""can I"" follows "Only then"; the auxiliary verb precedes the subject for emphasis.

• Make a wish, it will turn away

  ➔ Imperative + simple future (will + verb)

  ➔ ""Make"" is an imperative urging action; ""will turn"" predicts a future result.