Like Nobody's Around – English Lyrics

• By: Big Time Rush
• Album: 24/Seven

Lyrics & Translation

Discover how to embrace your inner freedom and celebrate self-expression with Big Time Rush's "Like Nobody's Around." This upbeat song encourages you to let loose, be yourself, and enjoy life to the fullest, offering a fun and inspiring way to improve your English vocabulary and understand themes of confidence and individuality.

[English]

Want you to cry

'Cause you're laughing so hard tonight

Playing air guitar alright

We're being who we are even if they hate that

Want you to shout

At the top of your lungs about

All our favorite songs so loud

We'll be singing along even if they hate that

Turn up the radio

So what if we lose control

Get a little bit rock and roll, oh whoa oh

So throw your hands in the air

Come on and make this count

It's only you and me, never mind this crowd

Do the way you do it

Do it like nobody's around, whoa

So put your hands in the air

Come on and waste no time

It doesn't really matter if it's wrong or right

Do the way you do it

Do it like nobody's around

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - to shed tears, usually because of sadness or pain noun - an instance of crying
laughing /ˈlæfɪŋ/ A1	verb - to make sounds with your voice that show you are happy or amused noun - the action or sound of laughing
hard /hɑːrd/ A2	adjective - requiring or involving a great deal of effort or endurance; difficult. adverb - with a great deal of effort or energy.
playing /ˈpleɪɪŋ/ A1	verb - to engage in an activity for enjoyment and recreation noun - the activity of playing a game or sport
guitar /ɡɪˈtɑːr/ A2	noun - a musical instrument with strings
shout /ʃaʊt/ A1	verb - to say something very loudly noun - a loud cry or call
lungs /lʌŋz/ B1	noun - either of the two organs in the chest with which people and animals breathe
favorite /ˈfeɪvərɪt/ A2	adjective - liked better than others noun - a person or thing liked better than others
songs /sɔːŋz/ A1	noun - a short piece of music with words
loud /laʊd/ A2	adjective - producing or capable of producing a great volume of sound; easily heard adverb - in a way that produces a great volume of sound
singing /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ A1	verb - to make musical sounds with your voice noun - the act of singing
radio /ˈreɪdioʊ/ A1	noun - a piece of electronic equipment that is used to listen to broadcasts
control /kənˈtroʊl/ B1	verb - to have power over noun - the power to direct or influence
rock /rɒk/ A1	verb - to move or cause to move backward and forward or from side to side. noun - a type of popular music
hands /hændz/ A1	noun - the end part of a person's arm beyond the wrist, including the fingers and thumb.
air /ɛər/ A1	noun - the mixture of gases around the earth
crowd /kraʊd/ A2	noun - a large number of people gathered together in a public place verb - to gather together in large numbers
waste /weɪst/ B1	verb - to use or spend (resources, money, or time) carelessly or to no purpose. noun - substances that are left over or thrown away
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues; duration.
matter /ˈmætər/ B1	verb - be important or significant noun - physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as opposed to energy.
right /raɪt/ A1	adjective - morally good, justified, or acceptable. noun - something that a person is entitled to do or have. adverb - in a correct manner or way.

Key Grammar Structures

• Want you to cry

  ➔ Bare Infinitive as Object Complement

  ➔ The verb 'want' takes an object ('you') and then an infinitive ('to cry') to describe what you want *to happen* to the object. The 'to' is omitted, making it a bare infinitive.

• We're being who we are

  ➔ Present Continuous for Extended State/Behavior

  ➔ The present continuous ('re being') isn't describing an action happening *right now*, but rather a general truth about their current behavior – they are consistently acting authentically. It emphasizes the ongoing nature of their self-expression.

• So what if we lose control

  ➔ Rhetorical Question

  ➔ This isn't a genuine request for information. It's a rhetorical question used to express indifference or defiance. The speaker doesn't actually care if they lose control; they're embracing the idea.

• Do the way you do it

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ This is a direct command or instruction. The imperative mood is used to tell someone to do something. The subject ('you') is implied, not explicitly stated.

• It doesn't really matter if it's wrong or right

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (implied)

  ➔ While not explicitly using a subjunctive verb form, the phrase expresses a sense of indifference to a hypothetical situation ('if it's wrong or right'). The 'doesn't matter' construction implies a detachment from the consequences, a common function of the subjunctive.