My Little Love – English Lyrics

• By: Adele
• Album: 30

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on an emotional journey with Adele's "My Little Love," a soulful exploration of divorce through a child's eyes. This song offers a unique opportunity to understand complex feelings and family dynamics, featuring intimate conversations that provide a rare glimpse into Adele's personal life and the language of love and honesty in difficult times.

[English]

Mmh, mmh

...

My little love

I see your eyes widen like an ocean

When you look at me so full of my emotions

I'm finding it hard to be here, sincerely

I know you feel lost, it's my fault completely

Tell me you love me

I love you a million percent

I don't recognise myself in the coldness of the daylight

So I ain't surprised you can read through all of my lies

I feel so bad to be here when I'm so guilty

I'm so far gone, and you're the only one who can save me

Oi, I feel like you don't love me

Why do you feel like that?

Do you like-like me?

You know, mommy doesn't like anyone else like I like you, right?

I'm holding on (barely)

Mama's got a lot to learn (it's heavy)

I'm holding on (catch me)

Mama's got a lot to learn (teach me)

Mummy's been having a lot of big feelings recently

(Like how?)

Just, like, hang on lemme-, my fingers are trapped

Like, um, I feel a bit confused

(Why?) I don't know

And I feel like I don't really know what I'm doing

(Oh, at all?)

At all

And that would make me go

My little love

Tell me, do you feel the way my past aches?

When you lay on me, can you hear the way my heart breaks?

I wanted you to have everything I never had

I'm so sorry if what I've done makes you feel sad

I love your dad 'cause he gave you to me

You're half me and you're half daddy

Oh

I'm holding on (barely)

Mama's got a lot to learn (it's heavy)

...

I'm holding on (catch me)

Mama's got a lot to learn (teach me)

...

I'm having a bad day, I'm having a very anxious day

I feel very paranoid, I feel very stressed

Um, I have a hangover, which never helps, but

...

I feel like today is the first day since I left him that I feel lonely

And I never feel lonely, I love being on my own

I always preferred being on my own than being with people

...

And I feel like maybe I've been, like, overcompensating

Being out and stuff like that to keep my mind off of him

And I feel like today I'm home, and I wanna be at home

I just wanna watch TV and curl up in a ball and

Be in my sweats and stuff like that, I just feel really lonely

I feel a bit frightened that I might feel like this a lot

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs that detect light
emotions /ɪˈmoʊʃənz/ B1	noun - strong feelings
fault /fɔːlt/ B1	noun - responsibility for something wrong
coldness /ˈkoʊldnəs/ B2	noun - lack of affection or warmth
lies /laɪz/ B1	noun - untrue statements verb - to not tell the truth
guilty /ˈɡɪlti/ B2	adjective - responsible for a wrong
save /seɪv/ A2	verb - to rescue from danger
learn /lɜːrn/ A2	verb - to gain knowledge
heavy /ˈhevi/ A2	adjective - of great weight
feelings /ˈfiːlɪŋz/ A2	noun - emotions
confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ B1	adjective - unable to think clearly
past /pæst/ A2	noun - time that has gone by
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - organ that pumps blood
breaks /breɪks/ A1	verb - to separate into pieces
sad /sæd/ A1	adjective - unhappy
anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ B2	adjective - feeling worried or nervous
paranoid /ˈpærənɔɪd/ C1	adjective - excessively distrustful
stressed /strest/ B1	adjective - feeling worried or tense
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ A2	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company

Key Grammar Structures

• I see your eyes widen like an ocean

  ➔ Simile (comparison using "like" or "as")

  ➔ Comparing the size of the child's eyes to a vast ocean using the word "like".

• I'm finding it hard to be here, sincerely

  ➔ "It" as a dummy subject

  ➔ The sentence uses "it" as a dummy subject, where "it" doesn't refer to anything specific. The real subject is the infinitive phrase "to be here". This structure is often used when expressing feelings or difficulty.

• I don't recognise myself in the coldness of the daylight

  ➔ Use of "in" to describe a state or condition.

  ➔ Here, "in" indicates the environment or context in which the speaker does not recognise herself. It shows a state of being within the "coldness of the daylight."

• I'm so far gone, and you're the only one who can save me

  ➔ Relative Clause (who can save me)

  ➔ "Who can save me" is a relative clause modifying "the only one". It provides additional information about the noun it modifies.

• Mama's got a lot to learn (it's heavy)

  ➔ Informal contraction: "Mama's" for "Mama has"

  ➔ "Mama's" is a contraction combining "Mama" and "has." This contraction is common in informal speech or songwriting to make the phrase more conversational and familiar.

• Tell me, do you feel the way my past aches?

  ➔ Inversion for emphasis in a question (auxiliary verb "do" before the subject "you")

  ➔ Using "do" before "you" in a question provides emphasis and creates a slightly more formal or poetic tone. Without it, the question could be "Do you feel the way my past aches?".

• I wanted you to have everything I never had

  ➔ Past Perfect (I never had): indicates an action completed before another action in the past.

  ➔ The speaker wanted her child to experience things she didn't get to experience in her own life. The use of the past perfect emphasizes that the lack of these experiences occurred prior to the desire for her child to have them.

• I feel like today is the first day since I left him that I feel lonely

  ➔ Noun clause as a subject complement (that I feel lonely)

  ➔ The "that" clause explains what "today" is. It acts as the complement that defines or describes the subject. "Today" is the first day that she feels lonely.