I'll Never Love Again – English Lyrics

• By: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
• Album: A Star Is Born Soundtrack

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw emotion of "I'll Never Love Again," a powerful ballad that serves as a dramatic centerpiece in the film *A Star Is Born*. This song offers an exceptional opportunity to learn English through its deeply expressive lyrics, capturing the universal pain of loss and the struggle to move forward. Its powerful vocal performance by Lady Gaga, heavily influenced by a personal tragedy, makes it a truly special and impactful piece for language learners to connect with on an emotional level.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection. verb - to feel deep affection for someone.
goodbye /ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/ A1	noun - an expression of farewell
cried /kraɪd/ A2	verb - shed tears, typically as an expression of distress, pain, or sorrow.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
touch /tʌtʃ/ A2	noun - the action of bringing one's hand or another part of the body into contact with someone or something. verb - come into or be in contact with.
fire /ˈfaɪər/ A1	noun - combustion or burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke.
kiss /kɪs/ A2	noun - an act of touching someone with your lips to show affection or sexual desire, or to greet them. verb - touch or caress with the lips as a sign of love or greeting.
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known, addressed, or referred to. verb - give a name to.
stranger /ˈstreɪndʒər/ B1	noun - a person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar.
sunlight /ˈsʌnlaɪt/ B1	noun - the light from the sun.
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - move downwards, typically rapidly and freely without control, from a higher to a lower level.
arms /ɑːrmz/ A1	noun - each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand.
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features.
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - an emotional state or reaction.
better /ˈbɛtər/ A2	adjective - of a higher standard, or more suitable, effective, or attractive than something else.

Key Grammar Structures

• Wish I could, I could've said goodbye

  ➔ Past Conditional (Wish + Past Simple/Past Perfect)

  ➔ Expresses regret about something that didn't happen in the past. "Wish" + "I could" indicates a desire for a different past action. "I could've said goodbye" uses the conditional perfect, indicating the speaker regrets not having said goodbye.

• If I knew, it would be the last time

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ Hypothetical situation in the present/future. "If" + Past Simple (I knew), "would be" + base form of the verb. It expresses an unreal or unlikely situation. It implies that the speaker didn't know.

• I would've broke my heart in two

  ➔ Conditional Perfect (would have + past participle)

  ➔ Expresses a hypothetical past action and its result. The speaker implies that they would have intentionally broken their heart, but it didn't happen because they didn't know it was the last time.

• Don't wanna feel another touch

  ➔ Informal Contraction & Negative Imperative

  ➔ "Wanna" is an informal contraction of "want to". "Don't" combined with the base verb creates a negative imperative, expressing a strong desire *not* to do something.

• No other name falling off my lips

  ➔ Present Participle as an Adjective

  ➔ "Falling" is a present participle acting as an adjective describing the "name". It implies the action of the name leaving the lips is happening at the present moment or habitually.

• Or let another day begin

  ➔ Bare Infinitive after 'let'

  ➔ The verb "let" is a causative verb, meaning it causes something to happen. After "let", we use the base form of the verb (bare infinitive) without "to".

• I'll never love again

  ➔ Future Simple Negative

  ➔ "I'll" is a contraction of "I will". Combining "will" with "never" before the verb expresses a strong intention or determination *not* to do something in the future.

• I wouldn't want to swear I can

  ➔ Conditional with negative intention

  ➔ "Wouldn't want to" expresses unwillingness to perform an action. It softens the refusal and indicates a preference for avoiding a situation. "Swear I can" implies making a promise about one's ability to do something (in this case, to love again), which the speaker is not willing to do.