If Everyone Cared – English Lyrics

• By: Nickelback
• Album: The Best of Nickelback, Volume 1

Lyrics & Translation

Learn English with Nickelback's 'If Everyone Cared,' a song with a clear and uplifting message about making the world a better place. The straightforward lyrics and repetitive chorus make it an excellent choice for language learners to pick up vocabulary related to emotions and social ideals. Its hopeful theme and powerful message, accompanied by a compelling music video, make it a memorable and inspiring song to learn.

[English]

From underneath the trees, we'd watch the sky

Confusing stars for satellites

I never dreamed that you'd be mine

But here we are, we're here tonight

Singing Amen, I, I'm alive (I'm alive)

Singing Amen, I, I'm alive

If everyone cared and nobody cried

If everyone loved and nobody lied

And if everyone shared and swallowed their pride

Then we'd see the day when nobody died

And I'm singing

A-Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive

Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive

And in the air the fireflies

Our only light in paradise

We'll show the world they were wrong

And teach them all to sing along

Singing Amen I, I'm alive (I'm alive)

Singing Amen I, I'm alive

If everyone cared and nobody cried

If everyone loved and nobody lied

And if everyone shared and swallowed their pride

Then we'd see the day when nobody died

If everyone cared and nobody cried

If everyone loved and nobody lied

And if everyone shared and swallowed their pride

Then we'd see the day when nobody died...

When nobody died...

And as we lie beneath the stars

We realise how small we are

If they could love like you and me

Imagine what the world could be

If everyone cared and nobody cried

If everyone loved and nobody lied

And if everyone shared and swallowed their pride

Then we'd see the day when nobody died

If everyone cared and nobody cried

If everyone loved and nobody lied

And if everyone shared and swallowed their pride

Then we'd see the day when nobody died...

We'd see the day, we'd see the day

When nobody ded

We'd see the day, we'd see the day

When nobody died

We'd see the day when nobody died

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cared /keərd/ A2	verb - felt concern or interest; looked after and provided for
cried /kraɪd/ A1	verb - shed tears, expressed sorrow
loved /lʌvd/ A1	verb - felt deep affection
lied /laɪd/ B1	verb - told a false statement with intent to deceive
shared /ʃeərd/ A2	verb - divided and distributed
pride /praɪd/ B2	noun - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.
swallowed /ˈswɒləʊd/ B2	verb - caused food or drink to pass from the mouth into the stomach.
died /daɪd/ A1	verb - stopped living
trees /triːz/ A1	noun - perennial woody plant
sky /skaɪ/ A1	noun - the region of the atmosphere and outer space visible from the earth
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky
satellites /ˈsætəlaɪts/ B2	noun - an artificial body placed in orbit round the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
dreamed /driːmd/ A2	verb - experienced images, emotions, and sensations during sleep
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - living, not dead
fireflies /ˈfaɪərflaɪz/ B1	noun - a nocturnal beetle that produces a soft light.
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
paradise /ˈpærədaɪs/ B2	noun - an ideal or heavenly place.
world /wɜːld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features.
small /smɔːl/ A1	adjective - of limited size; not large.

Key Grammar Structures

• If everyone cared and nobody cried

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ The phrase 'If everyone cared...' expresses a hypothetical situation that is unlikely or contrary to reality.

• Nobody died

  ➔ Simple Present Tense used for general truths or repeated actions / future expectation in the context of the song

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• Swallow their pride

  ➔ Verb phrase with 'their' referring to people; idiomatic expression meaning to accept humility

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• You and me

  ➔ Coordinate Conjunctions and Personal Pronouns

  ➔ The phrase 'You and me' connects two people, illustrating the subject of loving or caring.

• Singing Amen, I, I'm alive

  ➔ Present Continuous with 'singing' used as a verb describing an ongoing action

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• Then we'd see the day when nobody died

  ➔ Conditional clause with 'when' indicating a future point in time

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