Ophelia – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Ah, ah, when I was younger
I, I should've known better
And I can't feel no remorse
And you don't feel nothing back
Ah, ah got a new girlfriend, he
Feels like he's on top
And I don't feel no remorse
And you can't see past my blindness
Oh, Ophelia
you've been on my mind, girl
since the flood
Oh, Ophelia
Heaven help the fool who falls in love
I, I got a little paycheck
You got big plans and you gotta move (woo!)
And I don't feel nothing at all
And you can't feel nothing small
Honey, I love you
That's all she wrote
pam
pam
Oh, Ophelia
you've been on my mind, girl
like a drug
Oh, Ophelia
Heaven help the fool who falls in love
Oh, Ophelia
you've been on my mind, girl
since the flood
Oh, Ophelia
Heaven help the fool who falls in love
Oh, Ophelia
you've been on my mind, girl
like a drug
Oh, Ophelia
Heaven help the fool who falls in love
...
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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younger /ˈjʌŋɡər/ A1 |
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known /noʊn/ A2 |
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feel /fiːl/ A1 |
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remorse /rɪˈmɔːrs/ B2 |
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girlfriend /ˈɡɜːrlfrend/ A2 |
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top /tɒp/ A1 |
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blindness /ˈblaɪndnəs/ B2 |
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mind /maɪnd/ A2 |
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flood /flʌd/ B1 |
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heaven /ˈhevən/ A2 |
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fool /fuːl/ B1 |
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falls /fɔːlz/ A1 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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paycheck /ˈpeɪtʃek/ A2 |
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plans /plæns/ A1 |
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drug /drʌɡ/ B1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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I, I should've known better
➔ Modal verb "should have" + past participle
➔ Expresses regret about something that did not happen. "Should have known" means the speaker regrets not knowing something earlier.
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And I can't feel no remorse
➔ Double negative (non-standard English)
➔ Technically, a double negative would mean the speaker *does* feel remorse. However, in colloquial English and especially in music, it's often used for emphasis to mean the speaker *doesn't* feel remorse. "Can't feel no" should be "can't feel any".
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Feels like he's on top
➔ Present simple tense; "like" as a preposition
➔ "Feels like" means it gives the *impression* of being on top. It doesn't necessarily mean he *is* on top, but that's the feeling or appearance. 'Like' functions as a preposition linking 'feels' to the clause 'he's on top'.
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Heaven help the fool who falls in love
➔ Subjunctive mood (implied); relative clause with "who"
➔ This sentence implies a wish or a curse. "Heaven help the fool" is a shortened form of "May heaven help the fool." The "who falls in love" is a relative clause defining which fool is being referred to. The subjunctive is implied in "May heaven help..."
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You got big plans and you gotta move
➔ Informal contraction "gotta"; simple present tense
➔ "Gotta" is a colloquial contraction of "got to" or "have got to", indicating obligation. The simple present tense describes a general truth or current situation.
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That's all she wrote
➔ Idiomatic expression; past simple tense (implied)
➔ "That's all she wrote" is an idiom meaning that's the end of the story or that's all there is to say. It implies something is finished.
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you've been on my mind, girl
➔ Present perfect continuous tense
➔ The present perfect continuous "have been + -ing" indicates an action that started in the past and is continuing up to the present. "You've been on my mind" means the person has been thinking about Ophelia continuously for some time.
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since the flood
➔ Preposition "since" indicating a starting point in time; definite article 'the' referring to a specific event
➔ "Since the flood" means from the time of a specific flood event. The definite article "the" implies that the listener knows which flood is being referred to, perhaps a significant event in their shared history or experience. It establishes a period of time during which Ophelia has been on the speaker's mind.
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