I Remember – English Lyrics

• By: Keyshia Cole

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(soft R&B music)

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Remember ♪

♪ Ooh, I remember ♪

♪ And I wanna know ♪

♪ Where were you when I said I loved you ♪

♪ And where were you when I cried at night ♪

♪ Waiting up, couldn't sleep without you ♪

♪ Thinking of all the times we shared ♪

♪ I remember when my heart broke ♪

♪ I remember when I gave up lovin' you ♪

♪ My heart couldn't take no more of you ♪

♪ I was sad and lonely ♪

♪ I remember when I walked out ♪

♪ I remember when I screamed I hated you ♪

♪ But somehow deep inside, still lovin' you ♪

♪ Sad and lonely ♪

♪ No one knew all the pain I went through ♪

♪ All the love, I saved deep in my heart for you ♪

♪ Didn't know, where I would go, where I would be ♪

♪ But you made me leave, and plus my heart it just ♪

♪ It just kept telling me so, oh ♪

♪ I remember when my heart broke ♪

♪ I remember when I gave up lovin' you ♪

♪ My heart couldn't take no more of you ♪

♪ I was sad and lonely ♪

♪ I remember when I walked out ♪

♪ I remember when I said I hated you ♪

♪ But somehow deep inside, still lovin' you ♪

♪ So sad and lonely ♪

♪ There was nowhere else to go, oh ♪

♪ Nobody else to turn to, no ♪

♪ For the rest of my life ♪

♪ I promise myself I ♪

♪ Will love me first, genuinely ♪

♪ I remember when my heart broke ♪

♪ I remember when I gave up lovin' you ♪

♪ My heart couldn't take no more of you ♪

♪ I was sad and lonely ♪

♪ I remember when I walked out ♪

♪ I remember when I said I hated you ♪

♪ But somehow deep inside, still lovin' you ♪

♪ Sad and lonely ♪

♪ I remember when I walked out ♪

♪ I remember when I gave up lovin' you ♪

♪ My heart couldn't take no more of you ♪

♪ So sad and lonely, hey ♪

♪ I remember when I stormed out ♪

♪ I remember when I gave up loving you ♪

♪ I was sad and lonely ♪

♪♪♪

Key Grammar Structures

• Where were you when I said I loved you

  ➔ Past Simple with 'when'

  ➔ The phrase 'Where were you when...' uses the past simple tense to refer to a specific past event, emphasizing the moment the speaker confessed their love.

• I remember when my heart broke

  ➔ Present Simple with 'remember'

  ➔ The phrase 'I remember when...' uses the present simple with 'remember' to express a recurring or vivid memory, even though the event is in the past.

• My heart couldn't take no more of you

  ➔ Modal Verb 'couldn't' for inability

  ➔ The use of 'couldn't' indicates the speaker's inability to endure any more emotional pain from the relationship.

• But somehow deep inside, still lovin' you

  ➔ Present Continuous for ongoing emotion

  ➔ The present continuous 'still lovin' you' emphasizes that the emotion of love is ongoing despite the past conflicts.

• Will love me first, genuinely

  ➔ Future Simple with 'will'

  ➔ The future simple 'will love' expresses a promise or decision to prioritize self-love in the future.