Long Way Around – English Lyrics

• By: Ghost Hounds
• Album: Almost Home

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the inspiring message of Ghost Hounds' "Long Way Around," a song about resilience and personal growth. This track, with its blend of country rock and soulful vocals, offers a great opportunity to learn English through music, encouraging you to embrace life’s detours and find strength in every challenge. Experience how music can tell a story of hope and perseverance.

[English]

Sometimes there ain't no answers, only choices

And you can't listen to all those other voices

And you might fall right off the edge of the map

But you'll always find a way to get yourself back

You're gonna get lost before you get found

But I bet you're gonna make it somewhere, somehow

It don't matter where you're bound right now

So take the long way around

Yeah, oh, take the long way around

You'll have to bear some unbearable loads

Oh, but those are just the stones along the road

There's a love you keep and a love you leave behind

Gotta learn to let your heart make up your mind

Oh, you're gonna get lost before you get found

But I bet you're gonna make it somewhere, somehow

It don't matter where you're bound right now

So take the long way around

Yeah, oh, take the long way around

Wherever you run, wherever you roam

You get one shot to make it your own

So don't be afraid to go it alone

Yeah, and take the long way home

Oh, yeah

You're gonna get lost before you get found

But I bet you're gonna make it somewhere, somehow

It don't matter where you're bound right now

Yeah, you're gonna get lost before you get found

But I bet you're gonna make it somewhere, somehow

It don't matter where you're bound right now

Take the long way around

Yeah, oh, take the long way around

Oh, take the long way around, babe, around, babe, around, baby

Yeah, and take the long way 'round, 'round, 'round, 'round

Yeah, yeah, yeah

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot verb - to manage or operate
way /weɪ/ A1	noun - a path or route
around /əˈraʊnd/ A1	adverb - in all directions preposition - near or close to
lost /lɒst/ A2	adjective - not knowing where you are verb - to fail to find your way
bound /baʊnd/ B1	adjective - destined to go somewhere verb - to be destined to go somewhere
take /teɪk/ A1	verb - to get or receive verb - to use or carry
make /meɪk/ A1	verb - to create or produce verb - to cause something to happen
somewhere /ˈsʌmweə/ A2	adverb - in a place that is not known
somehow /ˈsʌmhaʊ/ A2	adverb - in a way that is not clear
matter /ˈmætər/ B1	noun - a problem or difficulty verb - to be important or significant
stone /stoʊn/ B1	noun - a hard, solid object
love /lʌv/ B1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel affection for someone
learn /lɜːrn/ B1	verb - to get knowledge or skill
heart /hɑːrt/ B1	noun - the organ that pumps blood around the body noun - the feeling of love or affection
edge /edʒ/ B2	noun - the side of something noun - the most difficult or dangerous part of something
map /mæp/ B1	noun - a drawing of the earth's surface
bound /baʊnd/ B1	verb - to be destined to go somewhere

Key Grammar Structures

• Sometimes there ain't no answers, only choices

  ➔ Double negative informal contraction ('ain't no')

  ➔ The phrase "ain't no answers" uses a double negative to emphasize the absence of answers in an informal style.

• And you might fall right off the edge of the map

  ➔ Modal verb 'might' expressing possibility

  ➔ The word "might" shows that falling off the edge is a possible but not certain event.

• You're gonna get lost before you get found

  ➔ Use of 'gonna' as informal 'going to' for future intention

  ➔ "Gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to", expressing a future event — getting lost is expected to happen first.

• You'll have to bear some unbearable loads

  ➔ Modal verb 'have to' expressing obligation

  ➔ The phrase "have to bear" indicates a necessary action or obligation about enduring hardships.

• Oh, but those are just the stones along the road

  ➔ Present simple tense describing general truth

  ➔ "Are" is used in the present simple to state a general truth about difficulties being like stones on the road.

• Gotta learn to let your heart make up your mind

  ➔ Informal contraction 'gotta' (got to) expressing necessity

  ➔ "Gotta" is a colloquial form of "got to", indicating a necessity to learn letting the heart decide.

• Wherever you run, wherever you roam

  ➔ Use of 'wherever' as a relative adverb meaning 'in whatever place'

  ➔ The word "wherever" introduces clauses indicating any place, expressing freedom or universality.

• You get one shot to make it your own

  ➔ Use of 'one shot' as an idiomatic expression meaning 'one opportunity'

  ➔ The phrase "one shot" is idiomatic, meaning you have only one chance to claim or achieve something.