Locked Away – English Lyrics

• By: R. City, Adam Levine

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic journey with "Locked Away," a soulful reggae-pop fusion from R. City featuring Adam Levine. This song offers an excellent opportunity to learn English by engaging with its clear, emotionally resonant lyrics that explore the universal theme of unconditional love and loyalty. Its narrative, rooted in real-life experience, makes the language accessible and provides valuable insight into expressing deep human emotions and commitment, while its catchy chorus will surely stick with you.

[English]

(melancholy music)

- [Dad] Princess, I'm leaving.

- Look at all these bills, how are they going to get paid?

(sirens wailing)

- You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you

in the court of law.

♪ If I got locked away ♪

♪ And we lost it all today ♪

♪ Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same ♪

♪ If I showed you my flaws ♪

♪ If I couldn't be strong ♪

♪ Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same ♪

♪ Right about now ♪

♪ If I judge for life, man, would you stay by my side ♪

♪ Or is you gonna say goodbye ♪

♪ Can you tell me right now ♪

♪ If I couldn't buy you the fancy things in life ♪

♪ Shawty, would it be alright ♪

♪ Come on show me that you know ♪

♪ Now tell me would you really ride for me ♪

♪ Would you really ride for me ♪

♪ Baby tell me would you die for me ♪

♪ Tell me would you die for me ♪

♪ Would you spend your whole life with me, what's up ♪

♪ Would you be there to always hold me down ♪

♪ Tell me would you really cry for me ♪

♪ Would you really cry for me ♪

♪ Baby don't lie to me, baby don't lie to me ♪

♪ If I didn't have anything, what's up ♪

♪ I wanna know would you stick around ♪

♪ If I got locked away ♪

♪ And we lost it all today ♪

♪ Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same ♪

♪ If I showed you my flaws ♪

♪ If I couldn't be strong ♪

♪ Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same ♪

- Sittin' around now, they playing video games, yo.

I'm out here tearin' these trying to figure things out

and you're yelling at me, man.

Come on, man, don't do me like that, man.

Look, I really out there trying.

- How are they gonna get paid?

What is you plan?

- I trying.

I have a plan, you just need to trust me, man.

♪ Skiddily down down down ♪

♪ All I want is somebody real who don't need much ♪

♪ A girl I know that I can trust ♪

♪ To be here when money low ♪

♪ If I did not have nothing else to give but love ♪

♪ Would that even be enough, tell me, tell me, tell me ♪

♪ Gotta need to know ♪

♪ Now tell me would you really ride for me ♪

♪ Would you really ride for me ♪

♪ Baby tell me would you die for me ♪

♪ Tell me would you die for me ♪

♪ Would you spend your whole life with me, what's up ♪

♪ Would you be there to always hold me down ♪

♪ Tell me would you really cry for me ♪

♪ Would you really cry for me ♪

♪ Baby don't lie to me, baby don't lie to me ♪

♪ If I didn't have anything, what's up ♪

♪ I wanna know would you stick around ♪

♪ If I got locked away ♪

♪ And we lost it all today ♪

♪ Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same ♪

♪ If I showed you my flaws ♪

♪ If I couldn't be strong ♪

♪ Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same ♪

♪ Tell me, tell me, would you want me, want me ♪

♪ Tell me, tell me, would you call me, call me ♪

♪ If you knew I wasn't balling ♪

♪ 'Cause I need a girl who's always by my side ♪

♪ Tell me, tell me, do you need me, need me ♪

♪ Tell me, tell me, do you love me yeah ♪

♪ Or is you just tryna play me ♪

♪ 'Cause I need a girl to hold me down for life ♪

♪ If I got locked away ♪

♪ And we lost it all today ♪

♪ Tell me honestly would you still love me the same ♪

♪ If I showed you my flaws ♪

♪ If I couldn't be strong ♪

♪ Tell me honestly would you still love me the same ♪

♪ If I got locked away ♪

♪ And we lost it all today ♪

♪ Tell me honestly would you still love me the same ♪

♪ If I showed you my flaws ♪

♪ And if I couldn't be strong ♪

♪ Tell me honestly would you still love me the same ♪

♪ Would you still love me the same ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pay /peɪ/ A2	verb - to give money in exchange for goods or services
trust /trʌst/ B1	verb - to believe someone or something is reliable or good noun - a firm belief in the reliability of someone or something
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
show /ʃoʊ/ A2	verb - to make something visible or known
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to shed tears as a result of emotion
die /daɪ/ B1	verb - to stop living
spend /spɛnd/ B1	verb - to use time or money on something
lose /luːz/ B2	verb - to be deprived of or cease to have something
pain /peɪn/ B2	noun - physical or emotional suffering
flaw /flɔː/ B2	noun - a mistake or weakness in something or someone
strong /strɔŋ/ A2	adjective - having great strength or power
show /ʃoʊ/ A2	verb - to make something visible or known

Key Grammar Structures

• If I got locked away, And we lost it all today

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ This uses the structure "If + past simple, would + base form of the verb." It expresses a hypothetical situation in the present or future that is unlikely to happen. Here, "got locked away" is the past simple, and "would...love me" is the conditional clause.

• Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same

  ➔ Conditional Clause with 'would'

  ➔ This continues the conditional theme, asking about a hypothetical situation. The use of "would" indicates uncertainty and a hypothetical outcome.

• If I couldn't buy you the fancy things in life

  ➔ Past Conditional

  ➔ This phrase uses "couldn't" (past negative form of 'can') within a conditional clause, indicating a hypothetical past inability. It sets up a scenario for considering a consequence.

• Would you really ride for me?

  ➔ Modal Verb 'Would' for Polite Question/Hypothetical Situation

  ➔ The use of "would" in a question makes it a polite inquiry about a hypothetical action, expressing a willingness or loyalty in an imagined circumstance.

• Baby tell me would you die for me

  ➔ Modal Verb 'Would' in an Indirect Question

  ➔ Similar to the previous line, this uses "would" to ask about a hypothetical action, emphasizing a strong level of commitment and loyalty. The structure "tell me would you..." is an indirect question.

• If I didn't have anything, what's up?

  ➔ Mixed Conditional (Implied)

  ➔ This line implies a conditional sentence, suggesting "If I didn't have anything, what would happen/would you still be with me?". The "what's up?" acts as a shortened form of the consequence clause. The conditional part is about a present or general condition, and the implied consequence is also about the present or future.

• I wanna know would you stick around

  ➔ Indirect Question with 'Would'

  ➔ The phrase "I wanna know would you..." introduces an indirect question expressing the speaker's desire to know about a hypothetical situation. "Would" here makes the question more polite and tentative.