Love The World Away – English Lyrics

• By: Jimi Jamison
• Album: Crossroads Moment

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the power of love as a sanctuary in Jimi Jamison's “Love The World Away.” This melodic rock anthem offers a chance to learn English through its heartfelt and vivid lyrics about finding peace in a chaotic world. The song's clear vocals and classic rock structure make it an engaging way to explore themes of love and escapism, showcasing the vocal prowess that made Jamison a rock legend.

[English]

I said – nights – long nights

Living in a world gone mad

Walking down the street gone bad

In the desperate moonlight

Dreams gone south

People living hand to mouth

Living in a place called doubt

Never having a real life

In your arms – I've found a secret hiding place

In your eyes – I see the light of our scape

We can't hear the sirens

Screaming in the street

Can't see the storm clouds

Building in the big city heat

It could be armageddon

Seven stories below

When it all comes down

It's in your arms I'll stay

We'll love the world – love the world away

I said love – sweet love

The only thing I know for sure

I finally found – the perfect cure

The rhyme and the reason

I said run, run with me

Through this crazy world we see

A heart for all seasons

Slow down – why keep up with this frantic place

I swear – above the storm we'll find some space

We can't hear the sirens

Screaming in the street

Can't see the storm clouds

Building in the big city heat

It could be armageddon

Seven stories below

When it all comes down

It's in your arms I'll stay

We'll love the world – love the world away

In our little corner of paradise

We'll leave it all behind us

No one's gonna find us

In our little corner of paradise

Cut off from the world we know

Life's so amazing, we'll live it twice

In our little corner of paradise

We can't hear the sirens

Screaming in the street

Can't see the storm clouds

Building in the big city heat

It could be armageddon

Seven stories below

When it all comes down

It's in your arms I'll stay

We'll love the world – love the world away

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have a deep affection for someone or something noun - a deep affection or emotional attachment
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - brightness, illumination
storm /stɔːrm/ A2	noun - a violent meteorological disturbance
desperate /ˈdɛspərət/ B1	adjective - feeling or showing despair
siren /ˈsaɪrən/ B1	noun - a loud warning signal
armageddon /ˌɑːrməˈdɛdən/ C1	noun - a great or final decisive battle
frantic /ˈfræntɪk/ B2	adjective - wildly excited or distressed
paradise /ˈpærədaɪs/ B1	noun - a place or state of perfect happiness
amazing /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ A2	adjective - causing great surprise or wonder
cure /kʊr/ B1	noun - a remedy or solution verb - to relieve or heal
season /ˈsiːzən/ A2	noun - one of the four divisions of the year
doubt /daʊt/ A2	noun - a feeling of uncertainty
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B1	noun - an act of breaking free from confinement verb - to break free from confinement

Key Grammar Structures

• Living in a world gone mad

  ➔ Past participle used as an adjective (postmodifier).

  ➔ Past participle "gone" used as an adjective after the noun to describe the state: a world "gone" mad.

• Walking down the street gone bad

  ➔ Past participle "gone" in the idiomatic phrase "gone bad" describing deterioration.

  ➔ Past participle "gone" within the idiom "gone bad" shows something has deteriorated.

• In your arms – I've found a secret hiding place

  ➔ Present perfect 'I've found' links past action to present; 'hiding place' uses 'hiding' as a gerund forming a noun.

  ➔ Present perfect "I've found" shows relevance to the present; 'hiding place' uses a gerund to make a compound noun.

• We can't hear the sirens screaming in the street

  ➔ Present participle 'screaming' after a noun to describe ongoing action.

  ➔ Present participle "screaming" describes ongoing action of the sirens.

• It could be armageddon

  ➔ Modal could + base verb 'be' expressing possibility.

  ➔ Modal could + be expresses possibility in the present/future.

• When it all comes down

  ➔ Time clause with 'when' + present simple 'comes' to refer to future events.

  ➔ In time clauses, the present simple is used to talk about future events.

• It's in your arms I'll stay

  ➔ It's (It is) + future intention: I'll stay.

  ➔ contractions mark subject-verb clarity and future intention: "I'll stay".

• No one's gonna find us

  ➔ No one's = No one is; gonna = going to (informal future).

  ➔ No one's = No one is; "gonna" stands for "going to" in informal speech.

• Cut off from the world we know

  ➔ Past participle phrase 'cut off' functioning as a reduced relative clause (modifies 'world we know').

  ➔ Past participle phrase "cut off" acts like a reduced relative clause describing 'the world we know'.