Next To You – English Lyrics

• By: Becky G, Digital Farm Animals

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the poignant story of missed connections and the sting of regret in Becky G and Digital Farm Animals' "Next To You." This dance-pop track offers a chance to delve into themes of nostalgia and the importance of cherishing every moment, providing a heartfelt journey through love and loss.

[English]

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♪ Do you remember when I met you in the Summer ♪

♪ Sippin’ wine we’d talk for hours through the night ♪

♪ and you ask me if I’d like to know your number ♪

♪ for me to call and say that I got home alright ♪

♪ But oh we fell so deep ♪

♪ I had a lot on my mind I wasn’t ready to find you ♪

♪ 'Cus I was so naive ♪

♪ I do this every time I wish that I could rewind it ♪

♪ Are we a drop in the ocean now ♪

♪ Oh I know that I let you down ♪

♪ All along I was searching for something new (oh oh) ♪

♪ And I should’ve been there right next to you ♪

♪ (Oooh) ♪

♪ I should’ve been there right next to you ♪

♪ I should’ve been there right next to you ♪

♪ Do you remember all the cold nights in the winter ♪

♪ We’d drive for hours so that we could be alone ♪

♪ And I been making up excuses just to call ya ♪

♪ You told me you’d be waiting standing by the phone ♪

♪ But oh we fell so deep ♪

♪ I had a lot on my mind I wasn’t ready to find you ♪

♪ 'Cus I was so naive ♪

♪ I do this every time I wish that I could rewind it ♪

♪ Are we a drop in the ocean now ♪

♪ Oh I know that I let you down ♪

♪ All along I was searching for something new (oh oh) ♪

♪ And I should’ve been there right next to you ♪

♪ (Oooh) ♪

♪ I should’ve been there right next to you ♪

♪ I should’ve been there right next to you ♪

♪ I should’ve been there right next to you ♪

♪ Cuando te acuerdes de esas noches junto a el mar ♪

♪ Haciendo cosas que no pudiste olvidar ♪

♪ Yo se que contigo me e portado muy mal ♪

♪ Pero nunca imagine que llegaria el final ♪

♪ Sabes que quiero tenerte a mi lado ♪

♪ Yo se que tambien a mi estas acostumbrado ♪

♪ Olvida los errores del pasado ♪

♪ I should’ve been there right next to you ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• Do you remember when I met you in the Summer ♪

  ➔ Embedded question (indirect question) and Past Simple.

  ➔ The phrase "Do you remember when..." introduces an **embedded question**. "Met" is the past simple form of "meet."

• Sippin’ wine we’d talk for hours through the night ♪

  ➔ Past continuous tense and use of 'would' for repeated past actions.

  ➔ "Sippin’" is a shortened form of "sipping," indicating an ongoing action. "We'd talk" is "we would talk", representing repeated actions in the past.

• And you ask me if I’d like to know your number ♪

  ➔ Embedded question (indirect question) and conditional (I'd like).

  ➔ Similar to the first line, "if I’d like to know your number" is an embedded question. "I’d" is the contraction of "I would", indicating a conditional statement.

• But oh we fell so deep

  ➔ Past Simple tense and adverb of degree.

  ➔ "Fell" is the past simple form of "fall". "So" is an adverb of degree modifying "deep".

• I had a lot on my mind

  ➔ Past Perfect tense.

  ➔ Although the song's predominantly in past simple, "I had" is using the past perfect. It implies the completion of having a lot on the speaker's mind before another past action happened (falling so deep).

• I wasn’t ready to find you

  ➔ Past continuous tense, negative form.

  ➔ "wasn't" is the negative form of "was," indicating an action in progress that didn't happen. "to find you" is an infinitive phrase.

• I do this every time I wish that I could rewind it

  ➔ Present Simple tense (habitual action), conditional clause.

  ➔ "do this" indicates a repeated action. "I wish that I could rewind it" is a conditional clause, expressing a desire for something unreal or impossible.

• Are we a drop in the ocean now

  ➔ Present simple of the verb "to be", use of the present simple for a state.

  ➔ The structure uses the verb "to be" in the present simple tense. The phrase asks a question about a current state.

• I should’ve been there right next to you ♪

  ➔ Modal verb + perfect infinitive (should have been) expressing regret.

  ➔ "should've been" (should have been) expresses regret about a past situation. It indicates that the speaker believes they *should* have been in a certain place.

• Cuando te acuerdes de esas noches junto a el mar

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (acuerdes) and prepositional phrases.

  ➔ "Acuerdes" is the subjunctive form of the verb "acordar" (to remember). It implies a hypothetical or uncertain situation. The phrase utilizes prepositional phrases like "junto a el mar" (next to the sea).