Love You Anyway – English Lyrics

• By: Luke Combs
• Album: Gettin' Old

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt world of country music with Luke Combs' "Love You Anyway." This song is a masterclass in expressing profound, unconditional love and poetic lyricism. By exploring its rich metaphors and emotionally charged verses, you can truly grasp the nuances of English romantic expression within a country context, understanding how deep feelings are conveyed through evocative imagery and sincere declarations. It's a perfect track to appreciate the storytelling and emotional depth that country music offers.

[English]

(gentle country music)

♪ If your kiss turned me to stone ♪

♪ I'd be a statue standing tall in Ancient Rome ♪

♪ And if your touch shattered me like glass ♪

♪ I'd be in pieces trying to make the breaking last ♪

♪ If it took one look to turn my days to night ♪

♪ At least I'd have the stars that sparkle in your eyes ♪

♪ There's just some things that leave a man no choice ♪

♪ Like a compass needle needing its true north ♪

♪ Even if I knew the day we met ♪

♪ You'd be the reason this heart breaks ♪

♪ Oh, I'd love you anyway ♪

(gentle country music continues)

♪ I know just trying to write a song ♪

♪ I run the risk that I could get your perfect wrong ♪

♪ And well I guess what I'm trying to say ♪

♪ Is there ain't words been made ♪

♪ Could shoulder so much weight ♪

♪ And if you turned your back on me and walked away ♪

♪ Not a thing about the way I feel would change ♪

♪ There's just some things that leave a man no choice ♪

♪ Like a compass needle needing its true north ♪

♪ Even if I knew the day we met ♪

♪ You'd be the reason this heart breaks ♪

♪ Oh, I'd love you anyway ♪

(gentle country music intensifies)

♪ There's just some things that leave a man no choice ♪

♪ Like a compass needle needing its true north ♪

♪ Even if I knew the day we met ♪

♪ You'd be the reason this heart breaks ♪

♪ Oh, I'd love you anyway ♪

♪ Even if I knew the day we met ♪

♪ You'd be the reason this heart breaks ♪

♪ Oh, I'd love you anyway ♪

(gentle country music continues)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
kiss /kɪs/ A2	noun - an act of touching with the lips as a sign of love or greeting. verb - to touch with the lips as a sign of love or greeting.
stone /stoʊn/ A1	noun - hard, solid nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made
statue /ˈstætʃuː/ B1	noun - a carved or cast figure of a person or animal, especially one that is life-size or larger.
glass /ɡlæs/ A2	noun - a hard, transparent substance used for making windows, bottles, and other objects.
pieces /ˈpiːsɪz/ A2	noun - a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking.
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
sparkle /ˈspɑːrkl/ B1	verb - shine brightly with flashes of light.
compass /ˈkʌmpəs/ B2	noun - an instrument containing a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
needle /ˈniːdl/ B1	noun - a very fine, slender, sharp, usually pointed instrument used for sewing
north /nɔːrθ/ A2	noun - the direction in which a compass needle normally points, toward the North Pole.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
breaks /breɪks/ A2	verb - separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.
wrong /rɔːŋ/ A1	adjective - not correct or true; incorrect.
words /wɜːrdz/ A1	noun - a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning.
weight /weɪt/ A2	noun - a body's relative mass or the quantity of material contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - be aware of (something) through touching.

Key Grammar Structures

• If your kiss turned me to stone, I'd be a statue standing tall in Ancient Rome

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ Uses the structure 'If + past simple, would + infinitive' to express a hypothetical situation and its likely result. "If your kiss turned me to stone" (condition) is in the past simple, and "I'd be a statue" (result) uses 'would + be'.

• At least I'd have the stars that sparkle in your eyes

  ➔ Relative Clause

  ➔ "that sparkle in your eyes" is a relative clause modifying the noun "stars". The relative pronoun "that" connects the clause to the noun it describes.

• There's just some things that leave a man no choice

  ➔ Existential "There is/are" and Relative Clause

  ➔ Uses the existential "There's" to indicate the existence of "some things". The phrase "that leave a man no choice" is a relative clause modifying "some things".

• Like a compass needle needing its true north

  ➔ Present Participle as Adjective

  ➔ "needing" is a present participle functioning as an adjective to describe the compass needle. It indicates that the needle is in a state of needing its true north.

• Even if I knew the day we met, You'd be the reason this heart breaks

  ➔ Mixed Conditional (Type 3 and 2)

  ➔ This is a mixed conditional sentence. The "if" clause (Even if I knew the day we met) implies a past unreal condition (even if I had known something in the past), and the main clause (You'd be the reason this heart breaks) states a present or future result. The "if" clause leans towards Type 3 (past unreal), and the main clause leans towards Type 2 (present consequence of a past event).

• I know just trying to write a song, I run the risk that I could get your perfect wrong

  ➔ Gerund as Subject and Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ "trying to write a song" functions as a gerund phrase acting as the subject of the sentence. Also "I could get your perfect wrong" implies subjunctive mood expressing possibility or uncertainty.

• Is there ain't words been made

  ➔ Double Negative (Non-standard)

  ➔ The use of "ain't" and the negative implication in the phrase means it's a double negative, considered grammatically incorrect in standard English but common in some dialects/song lyrics. "There isn't any words which have been made"