Love – English Lyrics

• By: OK Go

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the English language through the soaring and sincere lyrics of OK Go's 'Love.' The song uses beautiful, cosmic metaphors like 'this grand ballroom of nothingness' to explore deep emotions, making it a great way to learn descriptive and abstract vocabulary. What makes 'Love' special is its heartfelt message about connection and wonder, showing how a simple theme can be expressed with poetic and powerful language.

[English]

And...3, 2, 1.

Tim. Robot. Music.

Light cast so long before sound, before song

falls on your eyes and the dance starts again

And in this grand ballroom of nothingness your hand so warm with somethingness

we whirl and twirl and music’s invented  again

In this grand ballroom of nothingness we soar, we sail to the only song there’s ever been:

Love

The only song there’s ever been’s just begun:

Love

The only song there’s ever been plays again:

Love. It’s love.

How marvelous just to be anything

circling the hall to divine harmony

And in this grand ballroom of nothingness your hand so warm with somethingness

we swirl, unfurl, and music’s invented  again

In this grand ballroom of nothingness

we soar, we sail to the  only song there’s ever been:

Love

The only song there’s ever been’s just begun:

Love

The only song there’s ever been plays again:

Love

The only song there’s ever been never ends:

Love Love Love

And against such staggering  odds of anything at all

that lonely poet Chance called  the dance and built the hall

and, with such modest hands, drew  up plans and gave us all

Love

Love

Love

Love

I think that's the one! (Cheering)

Hey Meta, stop recording.

Key Grammar Structures

• Light cast so long before sound, before song

  ➔ Past perfect (had + past participle)

  ➔ The phrase implies an action completed before another past action, emphasizing the sequence of events.

• your hand so warm with somethingness

  ➔ Adjective clause with 'so'

  ➔ 'So warm' is an adjective clause modifying 'hand,' emphasizing the degree of warmth.

• we whirl and twirl and music’s invented again

  ➔ Present simple with progressive meaning

  ➔ The present simple here describes repeated or habitual actions with a sense of continuity.

• In this grand ballroom of nothingness

  ➔ Prepositional phrase as adjective

  ➔ The prepositional phrase 'of nothingness' modifies 'ballroom,' providing additional description.

• The only song there’s ever been: Love

  ➔ Present perfect with 'ever'

  ➔ The present perfect with 'ever' emphasizes the uniqueness and timelessness of the song.

• that lonely poet Chance called the dance

  ➔ Past simple with passive voice

  ➔ The passive voice emphasizes the action ('called') rather than the doer ('Chance').

• And against such staggering odds of anything at all

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with 'of'

  ➔ The prepositional phrase 'of anything at all' acts as a noun, referring to the possibility of existence.