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.

[English]

Oh, oh

...

Why?

Never wrote to tell me goodbye

I guess that I

Got too busy to notice the signs

I know, I know, I know, I know

That it's my fault, I'm responsible

I know, I know, I know, I know

That sometimes love is hard to hold

Is it too late for me to love you better?

Love you better, love you better

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

Love you better, love you better

Fire

Burnin' deep within me, desire

I'm on the wire

Stuck between the now and goodbye

I know, I know, I know, I know

It's been two weeks since I heard from you

I know, I know, I know, I know

That sometimes love's easy to lose

Is it too late for me to love you better?

Love you better, love you better

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

Love you better, love you better

Now you're gone

Is there a way to make you stay?

Is it too late for me to love you better?

Love you better, love you better

Why'd you have to go and make me love you?

Why'd you have to go and make me love you?

Why'd you have to go and make me love you?

Why'd you have to go and make me love you?

...

Is it too late for me to love you better?

Love you better, love you better

Oh, oh

Love you better

Oh, oh

Love you better

Oh, oh, oh, oh

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

To love you better

...

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.