Love Shines – English Lyrics

• By: Fleetwood Mac
• Album: 25 Years - The Chain

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt lyrics and melodic charm of Fleetwood Mac's "Love Shines" to enrich your English vocabulary and understanding. This Christine McVie-penned song offers a clear and beautiful expression of enduring love, making it an excellent piece to connect with English emotion and poetic language. Its accessible rock style and optimistic message provide a delightful entry point for language learners to explore the nuances of English songcraft.

[English]

You've got a sweet heart

Never will you be replaced

And it's so hard

The memory can't be erased

Love shines when I think of you

You make it happen

You make it true

(Love shines)

Love shines there can be no doubt

What this feeling is all about

Oh baby your

Love shines, love shines so bright

(So bright)

Did you know your

Love shines, love shines so bright

On and on it will always be

Rhythm, rhyme, and harmony

Yeah, baby your

Love shines, love shines tonight

(Tonight)

You cast a spell

A magical revelation

And I see so well

My ultimate destination

Love shines when I think of you

You make it happen

You make it true

(Love shines)

Love shines there can be no doubt

What this feeling is all about

Oh baby your

Love shines, love shines so bright

(So bright)

Did you know your

Love shines, love shines so bright

On and on it will always be

Rhythm, rhyme, and harmony

Yes, baby your

Love shines, love shines tonight

(Tonight)

After all the reckoning

After all the promises

All the darkness in my heart

Has gone away

Gone away

Oh don't you know your

Love shines, love shines so bright

Oh baby your

Love shines, love shines so bright

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
shine /ʃaɪn/ A2	verb - to emit light
bright /braɪt/ A1	adjective - giving off a lot of light
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a deep affection
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood noun - the seat of emotions
memory /ˈmeməri/ A2	noun - the faculty of retaining and recalling past experiences
erase /ɪˈreɪz/ B1	verb - to remove or delete
happen /ˈhæpən/ A2	verb - to occur
doubt /daʊt/ A2	noun - a feeling of uncertainty
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A1	noun - an emotional state
spell /spɛl/ B1	noun - a magical effect
magical /ˈmædʒɪkəl/ B1	adjective - relating to magic
revelation /ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃən/ B2	noun - a surprising disclosure
ultimate /ˈʌltɪmət/ B2	adjective - final or most extreme
destination /ˌdɛstəˈneɪʃən/ B1	noun - the place to which one is going
reckoning /ˈrɛkənɪŋ/ C1	noun - a judgment or calculation
darkness /ˈdɑːrknɪs/ A2	noun - absence of light

Key Grammar Structures

• Never will you be replaced

  ➔ Inversion with Negative Adverbial

  ➔ This structure uses a negative adverbial ("Never") at the beginning of the sentence, followed by the auxiliary verb + subject + main verb, for emphasis. It's common in formal or literary contexts.

• The memory can't be erased

  ➔ Passive Voice with Modal Verb

  ➔ The sentence uses the passive voice ("can't be erased") with the modal verb "can't" to express inability or impossibility for the subject to perform the action. The focus is on the action itself, not who performs it.

• You make it happen

  ➔ Causative Verb "make"

  ➔ The causative verb "make" is used here in the structure "make + object + base form of verb" ("make it happen") to mean to cause or force something to happen.

• Love shines when I think of you

  ➔ Adverbial Clause of Time

  ➔ The clause "when I think of you" is an adverbial clause of time, introduced by the conjunction "when", indicating the time at which the main action ("Love shines") occurs.

• there can be no doubt

  ➔ Existential "there" with Modal Verb

  ➔ The structure "there can be" ("there can be no doubt") is used to state that something exists or is possible, combined with the modal verb "can" to express possibility or certainty (when used with "no doubt").

• What this feeling is all about

  ➔ Noun Clause / Indirect Question

  ➔ This is a noun clause acting as the object of an implied verb (e.g., "know" or "understand"), structured like an indirect question ("what" + subject + verb) without inversion, providing information about the feeling.

• On and on it will always be

  ➔ Future Simple with Adverbial Phrase

  ➔ The sentence uses the future simple tense ("it will be") to express a future state or action, combined with the adverbial phrase "on and on" to indicate continuity or indefinitely long duration.

• Has gone away

  ➔ Present Perfect with Phrasal Verb

  ➔ This uses the present perfect tense ("has gone") to describe an action that started in the past and has a result in the present, combined with the phrasal verb "go away" meaning to leave or disappear.

• You cast a spell

  ➔ Idiomatic Expression / Fixed Phrase

  ➔ "Cast a spell" is a fixed idiomatic expression meaning to use magic to influence someone or something, or metaphorically, to charm or captivate someone completely.

• After all the reckoning

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase with Gerund as Noun

  ➔ "After" is a preposition, and "reckoning" is a gerund acting as a noun, forming a prepositional phrase that indicates time or sequence. Here, "reckoning" refers to a process of calculation or evaluation.