Love Is Only A Feeling – English Lyrics

• By: The Darkness
• Album: Permission to Land

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the depths of love and emotion with The Darkness's "Love Is Only A Feeling," a glam rock power ballad that questions the very essence of love. Delve into the nuances of this song and discover the lyrical genius and musical complexity that makes it a timeless exploration of human emotion.

[English]

Oh, the first flush of youth was upon you when our eyes first met

And I knew that to you and into your life I had to get

Oh, I felt light-headed at the touch of this stranger's hand

An assault my defenses systematically failed to withstand

'Cause you came at a time

When the pursuit of one true love in which to fall

Was the be all and end all

Love is only a feeling (drifting away)

When I'm in your arms, I start believing (it's here to stay)

But love is only a feeling

Anyway

...

Oh, the state of elation that this unison of hearts achieved

I had seen, I had touched, I had tasted, and I truly believed

That the light of my life would tear a hole right though each cloud

That scudded by

Just to beam on you and I

Love is only a feeling (drifting away)

When I'm in your arms, I start believing (it's here to stay)

But love is only a feeling

Anyway

...

Anyway

...

Love is only a feeling (drifting away)

And we gotta stop ourselves believing (it's here to stay)

'Cause love is only a feeling

Anyway

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
youth /juːθ/ B2	noun - the period of life when a person is young
met /mɛt/ A2	verb - past tense of 'meet', to come into the presence or company of someone
knew /nuː/ A2	verb - past of 'know', to be aware of
felt /fɛlt/ A2	verb - past of 'feel', to experience emotion or physical sensation
touch /tʌtʃ/ A2	noun - the act of making contact with something verb - to come into contact with
assault /əˈsɔːlt/ B2	noun - a physical attack verb - to physically attack
pursuit /pərˈsuːt/ B2	noun - the act of chasing or seeking after something
believed /bɪˈliːvd/ B1	verb - past of 'believe', to accept as true
tear /tɪər/ B2	verb - to rip or split apart
cloud /klaʊd/ B1	noun - a visible mass of condensed water vapor in the sky
beam /biːm/ B2	verb - to shine or glow brightly

Key Grammar Structures

• Oh, the first flush of youth was upon you when our eyes first met.

  ➔ Past simple tense

  ➔ The phrase "was upon you" indicates a completed action in the past.

• An assault my defenses systematically failed to withstand.

  ➔ Past simple tense with a relative clause

  ➔ The phrase "failed to withstand" shows a past action that did not succeed.

• When the pursuit of one true love in which to fall was the be all and end all.

  ➔ Noun phrase and relative clause

  ➔ The phrase "the pursuit of one true love" acts as a subject in the sentence.

• When I'm in your arms, I start believing.

  ➔ Present simple tense and present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase "I'm in your arms" uses the present continuous to describe an ongoing action.

• But love is only a feeling.

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The phrase "love is only a feeling" states a general truth.

• And we gotta stop ourselves believing.

  ➔ Informal contraction and modal verb

  ➔ The phrase "we gotta" is an informal way of saying "we have to".