It Must Have Been Love – English Lyrics

• By: Danna Paola, MIKA
• Album: I Love Beirut

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poignant lyrics and heartfelt melodies of "It Must Have Been Love" by Danna Paola and MIKA. This melancholic ballad offers a beautiful way to connect with English through its expressive language about lost love and enduring memories. By exploring its verses, you can grasp emotional vocabulary and poetic phrasing, making your language learning journey both meaningful and melodious.

[English]

Lay a whisper on my pillow

Leave the winter on the ground

I wake up lonely, there's air of silence

In the bedroom and all around

Touch me now, I close my eyes

And dream away

It must have been love but it's over now

It must have been good but I lost it somehow

It must have been love but it's over now

From the moment we touched till the time had run out

Make believing we're together

That I'm sheltered by your heart

But in and outside, I turned to water

Like a teardrop in your palm

And it's a hard winter's day

I dream away

...

It must have been love but it's over now

It must have been good but I lost it somehow

It must have been love but it's over now

From the moment we touched till the time had run out

It must have been love but it's over now

It's where the water flows

It's where the wind blows

...

It's where the water flows

...

It's where the wind blows

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection, especially romantic verb - to feel deep affection for someone
water /ˈwɔːtər/ A1	noun - clear liquid that forms rivers, lakes, seas verb - to pour water on; to irrigate
wind /wɪnd/ A1	noun - moving air verb - to turn or coil something
winter /ˈwɪntər/ A2	noun - the cold season between autumn and spring adjective - relating to the season of winter
whisper /ˈwɪspər/ B1	noun - a soft, low sound made with the voice verb - to speak very softly
pillow /ˈpɪloʊ/ A2	noun - a soft cushion for resting the head while sleeping
ground /ɡraʊnd/ A2	noun - the surface of the earth
silence /ˈsaɪləns/ B1	noun - complete absence of sound
bedroom /ˈbɛdruːm/ B1	noun - a room used for sleeping
teardrop /ˈtɪərdrɒp/ B2	noun - a single drop of liquid that comes from the eye
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body
lost /lɒst/ A2	verb - to misplace or be unable to find adjective - unable to be found; missing
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of images or thoughts during sleep verb - to imagine or think about something as a possibility
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to make physical contact with something noun - the act of making contact
moment /ˈmoʊmənt/ B1	noun - a very short period of time
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
hard /hɑːrd/ A1	adjective - solid, firm; difficult to do

Key Grammar Structures

• It must have been love but it's over now

  ➔ Modal perfect (must + have + past participle)

  ➔ The phrase "must have been" expresses a strong deduction about a past situation.

• I wake up lonely, there's air of silence

  ➔ Present simple + existential "there's"

  ➔ "there's" is a contraction of "there is" used to introduce a fact or situation.

• Touch me now, I close my eyes

  ➔ Imperative sentence + simple present

  ➔ "Touch" is an imperative verb asking someone to act, followed by a statement in the simple present "I close my eyes".

• From the moment we touched till the time had run out

  ➔ Past perfect "had run out" in a time clause

  ➔ "had run out" (past perfect) shows that the running‑out of time happened before another past reference point.

• Make believing we're together

  ➔ Gerund phrase functioning as noun (Make + gerund)

  ➔ "Make believing" uses the gerund "believing" after the verb "make" to act as a noun meaning "the act of believing".

• But in and outside, I turned to water

  ➔ Simple past tense "turned" for a metaphorical change

  ➔ "I ""turned"" to water" uses the past simple to describe a figurative transformation that happened in the past.

• It's where the water flows

  ➔ Relative adverb "where" introducing a clause

  ➔ "where" links the noun "place" (implied) to the clause "the water flows", forming a relative clause.

• It must have been good but I lost it somehow

  ➔ Modal perfect + past simple "lost" with object pronoun "it"

  ➔ "must have been" (modal perfect) expresses deduction, while "lost" is a past simple verb with the object pronoun "it" referring to something previously mentioned.

• It's where the wind blows

  ➔ Relative adverb "where" used again to introduce a clause

  ➔ The clause "the wind blows" is linked to the implied noun "place" by the relative adverb "where".