Like We Used To – English Lyrics

• By: A Rocket To The Moon
• Album: On Your Side

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a fantastic journey, and "Like We Used To" by A Rocket To The Moon is a great place to start. The song's clear, emotional lyrics about love and loss can help you connect with the vocabulary of feelings and relationships. Its pop-rock style makes it catchy and easy to sing along to, helping you practice pronunciation and rhythm in a fun and engaging way.

[English]

I can feel her breath as she's sleeping next to me

Sharing pillows and cold feet

She can feel my heart, fell asleep to its beat

Under blankets and warm sheets

If only I could be in that bed again

If only it were me instead of him

Does he watch your favorite movies?

Does he hold you when you cry?

Does he let you tell him all your favorite parts when you've seen it a million times?

Does he sing to all your music while you dance to Purple Rain?

Does he do all these things like I used to?

...

14 months and seven days ago

Oh, I know you know how we felt about that night

Just your skin against the window

Oh, we took it slow and we both know

It should have been me inside that car

It should have been me instead of him in the dark

Does he watch your favorite movies?

Does he hold you when you cry?

Does he let you tell him all your favorite

parts when you've seen it a million times?

Does he sings to all your music while you dance to Purple Rain?

Does he do all these things like I used to?

...

I know, Love (I'm a sucker for that feeling)

Happens all the time, Love (I always end up feeling cheated)

You're on my mind, Love (Oh darling, lead her where that leaded)

It happens all the time, Love, yeah

Will he love you like I loved you?

Will he tell you every day?

Will he make you make you feel like

you're invincible with every word he'll say?

Can you promise me if this was right?

Don't throw this all away

Can you do all these things?

Will you do all these things like we used to?

...

Oh, like we used to

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to perceive or examine by touch or sensation
sleeping /ˈsliːpɪŋ/ A2	verb - to be in the state of sleep
hearted /ˈhɑːrtɪd/ B1	adjective - having a certain kind of heart or mood (e.g., kind-hearted, broken-hearted)
share /ʃɛər/ A2	verb - to have or use (something) at the same time as another or others
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to experience dreams during sleep
hold /hoʊld/ A2	verb - to grasp or carry with the hands
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to produce tears as a response to emotion
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - vocal or instrumental sounds combined to produce harmony and expression
dance /dæns/ A2	verb - to move the body rhythmically to music
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness in each twenty-four hour period
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection verb - to deeply care for someone or something
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - a period of 24 hours
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ B2	verb - to assure someone that you will definitely do or not do something noun - an assurance that something will definitely happen
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the measured or measurable period during which an action takes place
like /laɪk/ A1	verb - to find something enjoyable or attractive

Key Grammar Structures

• If only I could be in that bed again

  ➔ Second Conditional (Wish/Regret)

  ➔ The structure "If only + past simple" expresses a wish or regret about the present. Here, "could be" is the past simple form of 'can be', showing the speaker wishes they were in that bed now.

• Does he do all these things like I used to?

  ➔ "Used to" for past habits/states, Interrogative Sentence

  ➔ "Used to" indicates a past habit or state that is no longer true. The question asks if the new person does the same things the speaker did in the past. The auxiliary verb "Does" is used to form the question.

• Oh, I know you know how we felt about that night

  ➔ Embedded Question (Indirect Question)

  ➔ The phrase "how we felt about that night" functions as an embedded question within the sentence "I know you know...". Instead of a direct question, it's a clause that is part of a larger statement. Note the word order: subject + verb after 'how'.

• It should have been me inside that car

  ➔ Modal Verb of Regret (Should have + past participle)

  ➔ "Should have been" + past participle expresses regret about a past action or event that didn't happen. It means the speaker believes that something different should have happened.

• You're on my mind, Love (Oh darling, lead her where that leaded)

  ➔ Imperative (Lead her..), Past Participle as Adjective (leaded)

  ➔ "Lead her where that leaded" uses an imperative verb "lead" giving a command. The word "leaded" although grammatically incorrect in standard English (it should likely be 'led'), acts as a past participle used as an adjective modifying 'where'. The intention is to convey a particular direction already defined by a past journey or circumstance.

• Will he love you like I loved you?

  ➔ Future Tense (Will + verb), Comparison (like)

  ➔ "Will love" is the future simple tense, used to ask about a future action. The phrase "like I loved you" uses "like" to compare the future person's love to the speaker's past love.