In Other Words – English Lyrics

• By: Ed Sheeran
• Album: Play

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the tender and honest world of Ed Sheeran's "In Other Words," a beautiful song that encourages listeners to embrace the full spectrum of love and understanding. Through its stripped-back melody and deeply personal lyrics, you'll discover how the smallest details of a relationship can hold the greatest meaning, offering a wonderful opportunity to connect with English expressions of devotion and vulnerability.

[English]

作曲 : Blake Slatkin/Ed Sheeran/Henry Walter/Johnny McDaid

制作人 : Cirkut/Ed Sheeran

Give me your eyes

Bringing in the morning

Give me sunrise

Give me your smile

All your hidden corners

Give me surprise

Give me all your flaws and all your quirks

How you braid your hair and tie your shirts

Give me how you laugh, how you hurt when you do

Give me how you eat and how you run

Give me what you hate and how you love

Give me what you hide away and think is uncool

Give me all your fears

Give me all your dreams

Give me all you're scared to lose

Give me all your future

Give me all your blues

In other words, give me all of you

Give me your time

I'll take any moment

My one for life

Give me your light

And give me your shadow

I'm right by your side

Give me how you kiss and how you shout

And leave your clothes around our house

Give me how you check the locks before we both sleep

Give me your ideas and "Babe, come here"s

And all your sad and happy tears

And how without your breakfast tea you're incomplete

Give me all your hopes

Give me all your doubts

Give me all your work day news

Give me all your secrets

Give me all your truth

In other words, give me all of you

All the stars in the moonlit sky

Couldn't match what you are to me

Give me your hand

Give me your forever

Give me a chance

Give me now and then

Give me promises

Give me there's nothing to prove

Give me all your wins

Give me all you lose

In other words, give me all of you

Give me all your days

Till our days are through

In other words, give me all of you

In other words, give me all of you

音频工程师 : Blake Slatkin/Hunter Goddard/Robert Palma

弦乐编写 : Matthew Sheeran

弦乐 : Budapest Scoring Orchestra

混音助理 : Kieran Beardmore/Matt Wolach

母带工程师 : Stuart Hawkes

钢琴 : Johnny McDaid

人声 : Ed Sheeran

混音师 : Mark "Spike" Stent

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
give /ɡɪv/ A1	verb - to freely transfer the possession of something to someone
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - a facial expression of pleasure or amusement verb - to have a smile on one's face
surprise /səˈpraɪz/ A2	noun - a feeling of astonishment or shock verb - to cause someone to feel surprised
flaw /flɔː/ B1	noun - a mark, trait, or feature that is considered imperfect
quirk /kwɜːrk/ B2	noun - a peculiarity of behavior or character
braid /breɪd/ B1	verb - to interweave three or more strands of something
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause physical pain or injury adjective - feeling physical or emotional pain
hate /heɪt/ A1	verb - to dislike intensely or passionately noun - intense dislike or animosity
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have a deep affection for someone noun - a deep affection or emotional attachment
fear /fɪr/ A2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by threat or danger verb - to be afraid of something
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to experience dreams during sleep
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ A1	noun - the time or a period that will come after the present
shadow /ˈʃædoʊ/ A2	noun - a dark area where light is blocked by an opaque object
kiss /kɪs/ A1	verb - to touch or press one's lips against someone or something noun - the act of kissing
hope /hoʊp/ A1	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen verb - to want something to happen or be true
doubt /daʊt/ A2	noun - a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction verb - to feel uncertain about something
secret /ˈsiːkrɪt/ A2	noun - something kept hidden or unknown to others adjective - kept hidden or confidential
truth /truːθ/ A2	noun - the quality or state of being true
promise /ˈprɑːmɪs/ A1	noun - a declaration assuring that one will do something verb - to undertake or commit to do something

Key Grammar Structures

• Give me your eyes

  ➔ Imperative sentence

  ➔ The verb "Give" is in the imperative mood, forming a direct request to the listener.

• Give me sunrise

  ➔ Imperative sentence with a noun phrase as object

  ➔ The imperative verb "Give" takes the noun phrase "sunrise" as its direct object.

• Give me all your flaws and all your quirks

  ➔ Use of "all" with plural nouns and coordination with "and"

  ➔ The determiner "all" quantifies the plural nouns "flaws" and "quirks", and they are linked by the coordinating conjunction "and".

• Give me how you laugh, how you hurt when you do

  ➔ Wh‑clauses as noun complements

  ➔ The wh‑clause "how you laugh" functions as the object of "Give", acting as a noun phrase that names a manner.

• Give me what you hide away and think is uncool

  ➔ Indirect question (what‑clause) as object

  ➔ The clause "what you hide away and think is uncool" is an indirect question functioning as the object of "Give".

• In other words, give me all of you

  ➔ Idiomatic expression "in other words" + imperative

  ➔ The phrase "in other words" signals a rephrasing, followed by the imperative "give" which issues a request.

• Give me your light / And give me your shadow

  ➔ Contrastive nouns coordinated by "and"

  ➔ The nouns "light" and "shadow" are opposites; they are linked by the coordinating conjunction "and" to highlight contrast.

• I'll take any moment

  ➔ Simple future with "will"

  ➔ The contraction "I'll" stands for "I will", expressing a future intention or willingness.

• Till our days are through

  ➔ Present simple used for future time with "till"

  ➔ The present simple verb "are" after "till" refers to a future point in time (the end of our days).