Next To Me – English Lyrics

• By: Imagine Dragons
• Album: Mercury – Act 1

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt lyrics and emotional depth of Imagine Dragons' "Next To Me." This unique love song offers a powerful insight into the nuances of human relationships, providing a rich context for understanding English vocabulary related to emotions, vulnerability, and enduring commitment. Its raw honesty and relatable themes make it a compelling song for language learners to explore authentic expression.

[English]

(WIND BLOWING)

AJA: DEAR REYNOLD --

♪ (MUSIC IN BACKGROUND) ♪

MY HEART IS BROKEN.

IT'S SO BADLY BROKEN THAT I FEAR IT WILL NEVER BE WHOLE AGAIN.

I'M LEAVING YOU.

ALL THE PROMISES YOU MADE, ALL THE LOVE WE HAD...

DESTROYED.

MAYBE YOU NEVER MEANT IT.

MAYBE YOU KNEW ALL ALONG

YOU WOULD JUST STRING ME ALONG FOR ALL THESE YEARS...

YOU ARE NOT THE MAN I THOUGHT YOU WERE.

YOU NEVER WERE...

I BELIEVED WHAT WE HAD WAS SACRED.

YOU JUST GAVE IT AWAY...

ALL OF IT.

LYING, CHEATING, FAILURE...

I WILL ERASE YOU

FROM MY HEART, FROM MY MIND.

I WILL WASH YOU AWAY, AND I WILL NEVER LOOK BACK.

YOU CHOSE THIS.

YOU DECIDED THAT I WASN'T ENOUGH, AND THAT WAS IT.

I AM ENOUGH...FOR SOMEONE...

JUST NOT YOU.

GOODBYE.

AJA

♪ (MUSIC IN BACKGROUND) ♪

♪ ♪

(NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE)

WAYNE : TWO HUNDRED

(NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE)

TWO HUNDRED

DAN : GIVE IT BACK.

♪ (MUSIC IN BACKGROUND) ♪

DAN: WE SPEND OUR LIFE THINKIN' ABOUT THE MISTAKES...

THINGS WE WISH WE COULD TAKE BACK.

IF I COULD, I WOULD TAKE THEM BACK, AND I'D BURN THEM.

♪ ♪

I BEG YOU TO NEVER KNOW ME.

GIVE ME EVERYTHING YOU GOT

TO FORGET EVERY WRONG THING I EVER DID.

I EVER SAID.

-DON'T MOVE... -JUST TAKE IT EASY

-STOP MOVING! -JUST TAKE IT EASY!

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC) ♪

(GUNSHOTS)

♪ ♪

DAN: FORGIVE ME FOR WHAT I'VE DONE

(POLICE SIRENS)

♪ ♪

DAN: I AM SITTING IN THE DARKNESS,

AND I KNOW THEY'RE COMING FOR ME.

(SCREAMING)

DAN: THE SKIES OPEN, AND THE GHOSTS CAME BACK.

THESE ARE THE WITNESSES, THE ONES WHO KNOW ALL MY SINS.

WHERE I'VE BEEN, THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.

THEY TAKE THE FORMS OF THE FORGOTTEN,

UNKNOWN, NEVER ALLOWED

I FAILED ALL OF YOU.

I LET YOU ALL DIE.

I LET YOU GO.

PART OF ME IS NEXT TO ME.

♪ ♪

DAN: SEE YOU AROUND, TONY.

TONY: GOOD LUCK, KID.

♪ ♪

DAN: TODAY'S THE DAY I GET TO GO HOME...TO YOU.

ALL OF THE JOURNEY, FROM THE TRAVELIN' ROAD,

TO THE STRANGE SIGHTINGS, THE VISIONS OF BEAUTY,

THE ODD DISRUPTIONS, THEY'RE ALL FOR YOU.

FOR YOUR POWER, AND LOVE.

HOLDING ME. NEXT TO ME.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY THAT YOU ♪

♪ WALKED INTO MY LIVING ROOM ♪

♪ CASUALLY AND CONFIDENT ♪

♪ LOOKING AT THE MESS I AM ♪

♪ BUT STILL YOU, STILL YOU WANT ME ♪

♪ ♪

♪ STRESS LINES AND CIGARETTES ♪

♪ POLITICS AND DEFICITS ♪

♪ LATE BILLS AND OVERAGES ♪

♪ SCREAMING AND HOLLERING ♪

♪ BUT STILL YOU, STILL YOU WANT ME ♪

♪ ♪

♪ OH, ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN ♪

♪ YOU'RE SHATTERED ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ STILL I FIND YOU THERE NEXT TO ME ♪

♪ AND OH, STUPID THINGS I DO ♪

♪ I'M FAR FROM GOOD IT'S TRUE ♪

♪ STILL I FIND YOU NEXT TO ME ♪

♪ THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY THAT YOU ♪

♪ ALWAYS SEE THE PRETTY VIEW ♪

♪ OVERLOOK THE MUD AND MESS ♪

♪ ALWAYS LOOKING EFFORTLESS ♪

♪ AND STILL YOU, STILL YOU WANT ME ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I GOT NO INNOCENCE ♪

♪ FAITH AIN'T NO PRIVILEGE ♪

♪ I AM A DECK OF CARDS, ♪

♪ VICE OR A GAME OF HEARTS ♪

♪ AND STILL YOU, STILL YOU WANT ME ♪

♪ ♪

♪ OH, ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN ♪

♪ YOU'RE SHATTERED ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ STILL I FIND YOU THERE NEXT TO ME ♪

♪ AND OH, STUPID THINGS I DO ♪

♪ I'M FAR FROM GOOD IT'S TRUE ♪

♪ STILL I FIND YOU NEXT TO ME ♪

♪ ♪

♪ SO, THANK YOU, ♪

♪ FOR TAKING A CHANCE ON ME ♪

♪ I KNOW IT ISN'T EASY ♪

♪ BUT I HOPE TO BE WORTH IT ♪

♪ SO, THANK YOU, ♪

♪ FOR TAKING CHANCE ON ME ♪

♪ I KNOW IT ISN'T EASY ♪

♪ BUT I HOPE TO BE WORTH IT ♪

AJA: MY DEAREST, I FAILED YOU. I FAILED US.

I LOVE YOU. I'M SORRY...

DAN: TONY!

AJA: ...I'M SO SORRY. LOVE, REYNOLD.

♪ ♪

(SCREAMING)

♪ ♪

♪ SO, THANK YOU, ♪

♪ FOR TAKING A CHANCE ON ME ♪

♪ I KNOW IT ISN'T EASY ♪

♪ BUT I HOPE TO BE WORTH IT ♪

(WIND CHIMES)

♪ SO, THANK YOU, ♪

♪ FOR TAKING CHANCE ON ME ♪

♪ I KNOW IT ISN'T EASY ♪

♪ BUT I HOPE TO BE WORTH IT ♪

♪ OH, ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN (ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN) ♪

♪ YOU'RE SHATTERED ON THE GROUND (SHATTERED) ♪

♪ STILL I FIND YOU THERE NEXT TO ME ♪

♪ AND OH, STUPID THINGS I DO (STUPID THINGS I DO) ♪

♪ I'M FAR FROM GOOD IT'S TRUE ♪

♪ STILL I FIND YOU NEXT TO ME (NEXT TO ME) ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

AJA: WE ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FROM OUR SELF.

FROM THE MONSTER WE CAN'T SEE.

CAN ANYONE BE TRULY FORGIVEN?

POTENTIAL FATE.

MY HISTORY.

WITH THE ENDING OF DESTINY,

THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE WITHOUT LOVE.

♪ ♪

DAN: HOLD ME FOREVER.

TOUCH ME NOW BEFORE I GO.

LET ME KNOW I'M ALIVE.

♪ ♪

(LET ME KNOW I'M ALIVE...)

♪ ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
heart /hɑːrt/ B1	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - strong affection or deep attraction verb - to feel deep affection
broken /ˈbroʊkən/ B2	adjective - damaged or not functioning
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ B1	noun - a declaration that one will do something verb - to assert that one will do something
destroyed /dɪsˈtrɔɪd/ B2	adjective - completely ruined or damaged
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ B1	noun - a declaration that one will do something verb - to assert that one will do something
forgiveness /fərˈɡɪvnəs/ C1	noun - the act of forgiving someone
fate /feɪt/ B2	noun - the development of events beyond control, regarded as predetermined
forgive /fərˈɡɪv/ B2	verb - to stop feeling anger towards someone
destiny /ˈdɛstɪni/ B2	noun - the events that will necessarily happen in the future
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - living, not dead
touch /tʌtʃ/ A2	verb - to make contact with
journey /ˈdʒɜːrni/ B2	noun - an act of traveling from one place to another
beauty /ˈbjuːti/ A2	noun - the quality of being aesthetically pleasing
risk /rɪsk/ B2	noun - the possibility of danger or loss

Key Grammar Structures

• I will erase you from my heart, from my mind.

  ➔ Future simple tense with 'will' to express a definite intention or decision.

  ➔ 'Will' indicates a decision made at the moment of speaking about a future action.

• All of it.

  ➔ Pronoun + of + pronoun + 'it' to emphasize totality or completeness.

  ➔ Used to refer to the entirety of something previously mentioned or understood.

• I am sitting in the darkness, and I know they're coming for me.

  ➔ Present continuous tense ('am sitting') indicates ongoing action, and 'they're coming' is a contraction of 'they are' for a future arrangement or imminent action.

  ➔ 'Am sitting' describes an action happening right now, and 'they're coming' signifies an imminent event.

• The skies open, and the ghosts came back.

  ➔ Simple present tense ('open') for habitual or poetic expressions, past simple ('came back') for completed actions in the past.

  ➔ 'Open' in present tense can be poetic or habitual, while 'came back' indicates a completed past action.

• Hold me forever.

  ➔ Imperative mood expressing a command or plea.

  ➔ Used to give a direct command or to express a strong desire.