New Year’s Day – English Lyrics

• By: Taylor Swift
• Album: reputation

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

There's glitter on the floor after the party

Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby

Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor

You and me from the night before, but

Don't read the last page

But I stay when you're lost, and I'm scared, and you're turning away

I want your midnights

But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day

...

You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi

I can tell that it's gonna be a long road

I'll be there if you're the toast of the town, babe

Or if you strike out and you're crawling home

Don't read the last page

But I stay when it's hard, or it's wrong, or we're making mistakes

I want your midnights

But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day

Hold on to the memories

They will hold on to you

Hold on to the memories

They will hold on to you

Hold on to the memories

They will hold on to you

And I will hold on to you

...

Please don't ever become a stranger

Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere

Please don't ever become a stranger

Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere

...

There's glitter on the floor after the party

Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby

Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor

You and me, forevermore

Don't read the last page

But I stay when it's hard, or it's wrong, or we're making mistakes

I want your midnights

But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day

Hold on to the memories

They will hold on to you

Hold on to the memories

They will hold on to you

Hold on to the memories

They will hold on to you

And I will hold on to you

Please don't ever become a stranger (hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you)

Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere (hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you)

Please don't ever become a stranger (hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you)

Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere (I will hold on to you)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
glitter ˈɡlɪtər B1	noun - a sparkling substance
carrying ˈkærɪɪŋ A2	verb - to hold and transport something
lobby ˈlɒbi B1	noun - a large open area in a building
candle ˈkændl A2	noun - a stick of wax with a wick
hardwood ˈhɑːrdwʊd B2	noun - wood from deciduous trees
lost lɒst A2	adjective - unable to find one's way
midnights ˈmɪdnaɪts B2	noun - the time around midnight
squeeze skwiːz A2	verb - to press firmly
road roʊd A2	noun - a path or way
town taʊn A2	noun - a populated area
crawl krɔːl A2	verb - to move on hands and knees
memories ˈmeməriːz B1	noun - things remembered
stranger ˈstreɪndʒər B1	noun - someone unknown
recognize ˈrekəɡnaɪz B1	verb - to identify someone or something
forevermore fərˈevərmɔːr C1	adverb - for all time to come
making ˈmeɪkɪŋ A2	verb - to create or construct

Key Grammar Structures

• There's glitter on the floor after the party

  ➔ Contraction ('s) and Present Simple

  ➔ The contraction 'there's' is a shortened form of 'there is'. The sentence uses the Present Simple to describe a general state or fact. The phrase 'after the party' functions as an adverbial phrase of time.

• You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi

  ➔ Present Simple (habitual action) and Adverbial of Frequency

  ➔ The verb 'squeeze' is in the Present Simple, indicating a repeated or habitual action. 'Three times' is an adverb of frequency, specifying how often the action occurs. 'in the back of the taxi' is a prepositional phrase indicating location.

• I'll be there if you're the toast of the town, babe

  ➔ First Conditional

  ➔ This sentence uses the First Conditional ('if' + Present Simple, 'will' + base verb) to express a likely future outcome. 'If you're the toast of the town' is the 'if' clause (condition), and 'I'll be there' is the main clause (result).

• Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you

  ➔ Imperative and Future Simple

  ➔ "Hold on to the memories" is an imperative sentence, giving a direct command. "They will hold on to you" is a statement of fact about the future, using the Future Simple tense. The sentence uses a parallel structure for emphasis.