Nice To Each Other – English Lyrics

• By: Olivia Dean
• Album: The Art of Loving

Lyrics & Translation

Want to dive into the language of contemporary romance and independence? Olivia Dean’s "Nice To Each Other" is your perfect track. You’ll learn phrases for navigating modern dating—like wanting a meaningful connection without a formal label—all set to a soulful, upbeat pop groove. This song is special because it openly challenges traditional romantic expectations, making its English lyrics a fresh and relatable vocabulary lesson in self-assured love.

[English]

Here we are, back again

Fighting what’s in front of me

There’s so much to unpack again

But if I come to Italy

We could be nice to each other

Nice to each other

Wrong for each other

Right for each other

And rise to each other

Rise to each other

I don’t know where the switches are

Or where you keep the cutlery

And I’ll probably crash your stupid car

And make your life a misery

But we could be nice to each other

Nice to each other

Nice to each other

Right for each other

And rise to each other

Rise to each other

Cos you know I’ve done all the classic stuff

And it never works you know it

So can we say we’ll never say the classic stuff

Just show it

Now and know it

Now now now now

Meet me on the mountain top

I’ll be in the shallow end

And wait for you to call it off

Cos I don’t want a boyfriend

But we could be nice to each other

Nice to each other

Wrong for each other

Right for each other

Rise to each other

Rise to each other

Cos you know I’ve done all the classic stuff

And it never works you know it

So can we say we’ll never say the classic stuff

Just show it

Water sunlight talking all night

Just enough to grow it

Now and know it

Now now now now

It could be nice

It could be so nice

Oh we could be nice to

Oh to each other

Mmm we could be nice to

Oh to each other

Mm it could be nice to

Oh to each other

Mmm we could be nice to

Oh to each other

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
nice /naɪs/ A1	adjective - pleasant or agreeable
wrong /rɒŋ/ A1	adjective - not correct or true
right /raɪt/ A1	adjective - correct or true
rise /raɪz/ B1	verb - to move upward
classic /ˈklæs.ɪk/ B1	adjective - of recognized value, timeless
stuff /stʌf/ B1	noun - material or matter
show /ʃəʊ/ A2	verb - to display or demonstrate
know /nəʊ/ A1	verb - to be aware of or possess knowledge
mountain /ˈmaʊn.tɪn/ B1	noun - a large natural elevation of the earth's surface
shallow /ˈʃæl.əʊ/ B2	adjective - of little depth
top /tɒp/ A2	noun - the highest point
boyfriend /ˈbɔɪ.frend/ A2	noun - a man's romantic partner
water /ˈwɔː.tər/ A1	noun - a clear liquid essential for life
sunlight /ˈsʌn.laɪt/ B1	noun - light from the sun
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - to speak or communicate
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
grow /ɡrəʊ/ A2	verb - to increase in size or develop
unpack /ʌnˈpæk/ B2	verb - to remove items from a suitcase
misery /ˈmɪz.ər.i/ C1	noun - great suffering or distress
stupid /ˈstjuː.pɪd/ B1	adjective - lacking intelligence or common sense

Key Grammar Structures

• But if I come to Italy

  ➔ First conditional (if‑clause with present simple, main clause with future meaning)

  ➔ The word "if" introduces a condition and the verb "come" stays in the present simple to talk about a possible future action.

• We could be nice to each other

  ➔ Modal verb "could" + base form (expressing possibility or suggestion)

  ➔ The modal "could" indicates a hypothetical possibility: "could be".

• I don’t know where the switches are

  ➔ Indirect question after a verb of knowledge (no inversion, statement word order)

  ➔ In an indirect question we keep the normal word order: "where the switches are".

• And I’ll probably crash your stupid car

  ➔ Future simple with "will" + adverb of probability "probably"

  ➔ "I'll" is the contraction of "I will" and "probably" shows the speaker's uncertainty.

• So can we say we’ll never say the classic stuff

  ➔ Question formation with modal "can" + subject‑verb inversion; future "will" in reported clause

  ➔ The auxiliary "can" moves before the subject: "can we say..."; "we’ll" is "we will" in the embedded clause.

• Meet me on the mountain top

  ➔ Imperative mood with omitted subject (you) and direct object pronoun "me"

  ➔ The verb "Meet" is in the base form, giving a command; the subject "you" is understood.

• I don’t want a boyfriend

  ➔ Verb + object + infinitive omitted (want + noun) expressing desire

  ➔ The verb "want" is followed directly by the noun phrase "a boyfriend"; no "to" infinitive is needed.

• Water sunlight talking all night

  ➔ Present participle clause (talking) used as a reduced relative clause / adjectival phrase

  ➔ "talking" modifies "sunlight", functioning like a reduced clause "that is talking".