Life's About To Get Good – English Lyrics

• By: Shania Twain

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic journey with Shania Twain's "Life's About To Get Good"! This empowering song offers a rich blend of everyday vocabulary and expressions related to overcoming challenges, finding hope, and embracing positive change. You'll learn how to articulate feelings of resilience, joy, and the willingness to move forward, making it an excellent track for expanding your emotional vocabulary and understanding common idioms about personal growth in English. Its clear narrative and catchy chorus make it an accessible and enjoyable way to immerse yourself in English while appreciating a story of triumph over adversity.

[English]

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♪ I WASN'T JUST BROKEN, I WAS SHATTERED ♪

♪ I TRUSTED YOU SO MUCH, YOU'RE ALL THAT MATTERED ♪

♪ YOU NO LONGER LOVED ME AND I SANG LIKE A SAD BIRD ♪

♪ I COULDN'T MOVE ON AND I THINK YOU WERE FLATTERED ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT JOY, LIFE'S ABOUT PAIN ♪

♪ IT'S ALL ABOUT FORGIVING AND THE WILL TO WALK AWAY ♪

♪ I'M READY TO BE LOVED AND LOVE THE WAY I SHOULD ♪

♪ LIFE'S ABOUT, LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ THE LONGER MY TEARS FELL, THE WIDER THE RIVER ♪

♪ IT KILLED ME THAT YOU'D GIVE YOUR LIFE TO BE WITH HER ♪

♪ I HAD TO BELIEVE THAT, THINGS WOULD GET BETTER ♪

♪ IT WAS TIME TO FORGET YOU, FOREVER ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT JOY, LIFE'S ABOUT PAIN ♪

♪ IT'S ALL ABOUT FORGIVING AND THE WILL TO WALK AWAY ♪

♪ I'M READY TO BE LOVED AND LOVE THE WAY I SHOULD ♪

♪ LIFE'S ABOUT, LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ IT TOOK ME SO LONG, TO BE STRONG ♪

♪ BUT I'M ALIVE AND I HOLD ON ♪

♪ TO WHAT I CAN FEEL ♪

♪ IT HURTS TO HEAL ♪

♪ OH WHEN LOVE LIES ♪

♪ ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ ABOUT TO GET...GOOD ♪

♪ LIFE'S ABOUT JOY, LIFE'S ABOUT PAIN ♪

♪ IT'S ALL ABOUT FORGIVING AND THE WILL TO WALK AWAY ♪

♪ I'M READY TO BE LOVED AND LOVE THE WAY I SHOULD ♪

♪ LIFE'S ABOUT, LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

♪ OH LIFE'S ABOUT JOY, LIFE'S ABOUT PAIN ♪

♪ LIFE'S ABOUT, LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
broken /ˈbrəʊkən/ A2	adjective - damaged; not whole
shattered /ˈʃæt.əd/ B1	verb - to break into many pieces
trusted /ˈtrʌstɪd/ B1	verb - to have confidence in someone or something
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection or strong feeling of attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone
joy /dʒɔɪ/ B1	noun - great happiness or delight
pain /peɪn/ B1	noun - physical or emotional suffering
forgiving /fɔːˈɡɪvɪŋ/ B2	verb - to stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone
tears /tɪəz/ A2	noun - drops of liquid that come from the eyes when crying
river /ˈrɪvər/ A1	noun - a large natural stream of water
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the existence of an individual human being or animal
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - to accept that something is true
forget /fəˈɡet/ A2	verb - to fail to remember
strong /strɒŋ/ A2	adjective - having great physical power or mental resilience
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - living; not dead
heal /hiːl/ B1	verb - to become healthy again after injury or illness
hurts /hɜːrts/ A2	verb - to cause pain or distress
better /ˈbɛtər/ A2	adjective - of a higher quality or more desirable
good /ɡʊd/ A1	adjective - positive, satisfactory, or desirable
will /wɪl/ A1	noun - the mental faculty by which a person decides on and initiates actions
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - to move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn

Key Grammar Structures

• I wasn't just broken, I was shattered

  ➔ Simple past negative

  ➔ The verb "wasn't" is the negative form of the simple past of "to be".

• I trusted you so much, you're all that mattered

  ➔ Defining relative clause with "that"

  ➔ The phrase "that mattered" is a defining relative clause describing "all".

• You no longer loved me and I sang like a sad bird

  ➔ "No longer" + past simple (negative adverbial)

  ➔ "No longer" shows that the action stopped in the past: "You "no longer" loved me".

• I couldn't move on and think you were flattered

  ➔ Modal verb "could" + negative + base verb (past ability)

  ➔ "Couldn't" is the negative past form of the modal "can", showing inability: "I "couldn't" move on".

• It's all about forgiving and the will to walk away

  ➔ Gerund as noun ("forgiving") and infinitive of purpose ("to walk")

  ➔ "Forgiving" functions as a noun (gerund) and "to walk" shows purpose: "the will "to walk" away".

• I'm ready to be loved and love the way I should

  ➔ Passive infinitive ("to be loved") and modal verb "should"

  ➔ "To be loved" is a passive infinitive showing the action received, and "should" expresses obligation: "I love the way I "should"".

• The longer my tears fell, the wider the river

  ➔ Comparative correlative structure "the ... the ..."

  ➔ Both clauses use "the" + comparative adjective to show that as one thing increases, another also increases: "the longer ... the wider ...".

• It took me so long, to be strong

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose ("to be strong")

  ➔ "To be strong" explains the purpose of the preceding clause: "It took me so long "to be strong"".

• It hurts to heal

  ➔ Infinitive complement after verb ("to heal")

  ➔ "To heal" functions as the object of the verb "hurts": "It "hurts" "to heal"".