Love You Better – English Lyrics

• By: Echosmith
• Album: Lonely Generation

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotive storytelling of Echosmith's "Love You Better" and use its heartfelt lyrics to enhance your English learning. This song offers a great opportunity to explore vocabulary related to relationships and expressing regret. The clear and sincere vocals make it easy to follow along and learn phrases that convey deep personal feelings, all within a catchy pop melody.

Key Grammar Structures

• Why?

  ➔ Interrogative word (question word)

  ➔ The sentence is a question formed with the interrogative word "Why" to ask for a reason.

• Never wrote to tell me goodbye

  ➔ Negative inversion in the past simple

  ➔ The adverb "Never" is placed at the beginning, causing the subject and verb to invert; the verb "wrote" remains in the past simple.

• I guess that I got too busy to notice the signs

  ➔ "that"‑clause as object + infinitive of purpose

  ➔ "I guess" is followed by a "that"‑clause "that I got too busy"; the infinitive "to notice" expresses purpose.

• I know, I know, I know, I know

  ➔ Simple present (repetition for emphasis)

  ➔ The verb "know" is in the simple present and is repeated four times to stress certainty.

• That it's my fault, I'm responsible

  ➔ "that"‑clause as subject complement

  ➔ The clause "that it's my fault" explains the subject and functions as a complement, followed by "I'm responsible".

• Is it too late for me to love you better?

  ➔ Comparative adjective with "too" + infinitive phrase

  ➔ The question uses "too" before the comparative adjective "late" to indicate excess, followed by the infinitive "to love".

• I'm trying to say that I could love you better

  ➔ Present continuous + modal verb "could" + infinitive

  ➔ "I'm trying" is present continuous; the clause "that I could love you better" contains the modal "could" indicating possibility.

• It's been two weeks since I heard from you

  ➔ Present perfect with "since"

  ➔ "It's been" expresses a duration up to now; "since I heard" marks the starting point of that period.

• Now you're gone

  ➔ Present simple with contraction

  ➔ "you're" is the contracted form of "you are", showing a present state.

• I'll try, I'll try to love you better

  ➔ Future simple with "will" + infinitive

  ➔ "I'll" = "I will"; the verb "try" is followed by the infinitive "to love" indicating what the speaker intends to do.