One Another – English Lyrics

• By: Mac DeMarco
• Album: This Old Dog

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a fantastic journey, and Mac DeMarco's 'One Another' offers a gentle and conversational entry point into English. The lyrics are straightforward and tell a relatable story of moving on, making it easier to grasp the vocabulary and emotional nuances. The song's relaxed pace and clear vocals allow you to follow along and appreciate the simple yet profound storytelling that is a hallmark of DeMarco's songwriting.

[English]

Hey kid, everybody's prone to some mistakes

If you'd always kept it straight, you'd never learn

You'd run the risk of all the risks you take

Don't feel like all the time you put in went to waste

The way your heart was beating all those days

And suddenly, it beats another pace

...

It's not like you never tried to forget her

But these days are better without one another

...

Hey man, so now you've got it off your chest

Your heart can finally get some rest

Same heart that started this whole mess

And although, a broken heart needs time to mend

Yours wasn't ever really broken, was it?

In losing love, you gain a friend

It's not like you never tried to forget her

But these days are better without one another

Without one another

Without one another

Without one another

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Hey kid, everybody's prone to some mistakes

  ➔ Present simple with 'be prone to'

  ➔ The phrase 'be prone to' is used to indicate a tendency or likelihood of something happening, here referring to making mistakes.

• If you'd always kept it straight, you'd never learn

  ➔ Past perfect in conditional sentence

  ➔ The past perfect 'had kept' is used in the if-clause to describe a hypothetical past action that did not happen, affecting the result 'you'd never learn'.

• Don't feel like all the time you put in went to waste

  ➔ Negative imperative with 'feel like'

  ➔ The negative imperative 'Don't feel like' is used to advise against a feeling or perception, here suggesting not to feel that the effort was wasted.

• It's not like you never tried to forget her

  ➔ Contraction with 'It's not like'

  ➔ The contraction 'It's not like' is used to introduce a statement that contradicts a possible assumption, here emphasizing that the person did try to forget her.

• But these days are better without one another

  ➔ Present simple with 'be better without'

  ➔ The present simple 'are better' is used with 'without one another' to express a current state or general truth, here indicating that the situation is improved when apart.