One Good Reason – English Lyrics

• By: Hunter Hayes
• Album: Wild Blue (Part 1)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Hunter Hayes' "One Good Reason," a poignant country ballad that beautifully captures the universal feeling of grappling with lost love. Through its honest lyrics and emotive melodies, you can explore expressions of heartache, introspection, and the difficulty of letting go in English. This song is special for its relatable narrative of a relationship's aftermath, offering a rich emotional landscape for language learners to connect with authentic storytelling in music.

[English]

Sometimes in the search for that thing that you’re missing

much love

Is the very thing that shows you that you never missing anything

It's been one of those days that I should get used to

Wake up get going stay busy putting off getting home cause I miss you

Is it freedom when the space that you want turns into a prison

Is it leavin' if I can't move on then I'm stuck here looking for

One good reason

not to love you

One good reason

wouldn't be even enough to

Unpaint all of those pictures

There's no way to unremember

I'd love to just unlove you

I've tried to but I can't find

One good reason

One good reason

All your little bad habits should have drove me crazy

But I fell for every little thing and trying to forget ain't easy

I keep lying

'cause I wanna feel strong but I just feel stupid

And I'm dying,

Oh cause even if I found it what would I do with

One good reason

not to love you

One good reason

wouldn't be even enough to

Unpaint all those pictures

There's no way to unremember

I'd love to just unlove you

I've tried to but I can't find

One good reason

One good reason

One good reason

One good reason

And I do, relive, regret and repeat

Yeah, It's true And I know it ain't good for me

But I can't Let go, give up and rewind

If I could, I'd still be asking why

I can't find

One good reason, not to love you (You can't find me)

One good reason Wouldn't be even enough to

Unpaint all those pictures

There's no way to unremember

I'd love to just unlove you

I've tried to but I can't find

One good reason

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
reason /ˈriːzən/ A1	noun - a cause, explanation, or justification
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have deep affection for someone noun - deep affection or attachment
miss /mɪs/ A1	verb - to feel sadness over someone's absence
freedom /ˈfriːdəm/ A2	noun - the state of being free from control or constraints
stuck /stʌk/ A2	adjective - unable to move or progress
unpaint /ʌnˈpeɪnt/ C1	verb - to remove or erase a painted image (figurative)
unremember /ˌʌn.rɪˈmɛm.bər/ C2	verb - to forget or be unable to recall (non-standard, poetic)
unlove /ʌnˈlʌv/ C1	verb - to stop loving someone (non-standard, poetic)
habit /ˈhæbɪt/ A2	noun - a regular tendency or practice
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - mentally deranged or wild
forget /fəˈrɛt/ A1	verb - to be unable to remember
lying /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - to tell an untruth
dying /ˈdaɪɪŋ/ B1	verb - to be in the process of death adjective - feeling extreme distress or longing
relive /riːˈlɪv/ B2	verb - to experience something again in the mind
regret /rɪˈɡrɛt/ B1	verb - to feel sad or sorry about something
repeat /rɪˈpiːt/ A1	verb - to do something again

Key Grammar Structures

• Is it freedom when the space that you want turns into a prison

  ➔ Inversion of subject-verb order in questions

  ➔ The sentence starts with the verb 'Is' followed by the subject 'it', which is a grammatical inversion used in questions for emphasis or formal style.

• One good reason wouldn't be even enough to

  ➔ Use of 'even' for emphasis

  ➔ The word 'even' is used to emphasize the insufficiency of 'one good reason', suggesting that no reason would be enough.

• There's no way to unremember

  ➔ Use of 'There's no way' for impossibility

  ➔ The phrase 'There's no way' is used to express that it is impossible to forget or 'unremember' something.

• I'd love to just unlove you

  ➔ Use of modal verb 'would' for hypothetical situations

  ➔ The modal verb 'would' is used here to express a hypothetical desire or wish to stop loving someone.

• I've tried to but I can't find

  ➔ Use of 'but' to contrast ideas

  ➔ The conjunction 'but' is used to contrast the attempt to find a reason with the inability to do so.

• And I do, relive, regret and repeat

  ➔ Use of comma splice

  ➔ The sentence uses a comma splice to join independent clauses ('And I do' and 'relive, regret and repeat') without a coordinating conjunction.

• If I could, I'd still be asking why

  ➔ Use of conditional clause with 'if'

  ➔ The conditional clause 'If I could' introduces a hypothetical situation, followed by the consequence 'I'd still be asking why'.

• I can't let go, give up and rewind

  ➔ Use of parallel structure

  ➔ The sentence uses parallel structure with verbs ('let go', 'give up', 'rewind') to emphasize the actions the speaker cannot perform.