Lyrics & Translation
Learning English through "Paradise" can be a captivating experience. The song's clear and emotive lyrics about remembering a better time and finding hope in memories offer a great opportunity to explore themes of nostalgia and resilience. The collaboration between Norwegian and Swedish artists also highlights the global nature of English in music, making it a special track for language learners to connect with.
[English]
Said you would rather die youngLive for the moment, forget tomorrow
Guess that you'll got it all wrong
Still tryna find out which road to follow
Always try to ride those paper planes
Said that you were fine with my mistakes
Now we're tryna call on yesterday
To go back
We don't always get it right
Then lights go out, the music dies, no goodbye
Now you're gonna realize
I cast us out of paradise
Even if it all went down in flames
We can live to fight another day
Let go and close your eyes
And just remember paradise
(I know)
(Paradise)
(I know)
It doesn't matter tonight
There's a tomorrow for you to treasure
No sense in losin' our minds
To keep the pieces of us together
Thought about it for a while now
Questioned everything up in your life now
Maybe you should let it ride out
And everything will come around, yeah
We don't always get it right
Then lights go out, the music dies, no goodbye
Now you're gonna realize
I cast us out of paradise
Even if it all went down in flames
We can live to fight another day
Let go and close your eyes
And just remember paradise
(I know)
(Paradise)
(I know)
(Paradise)
Hold on, hold on
(Paradise)
(Paradise)
(Paradise)
We don't always get it right
Then lights go out, the music dies, no goodbye
Now you're gonna realize
I cast us out of paradise (cast us out of paradise)
(I know)
(Paradise)
Wow, wow, oh
Cast us out
We don't always get it right
Then lights go out, the music dies (the music dies)
Now you're gonna realize
I cast us out of paradise
Key Vocabulary
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paradise /ˈpær.ə.daɪs/ B2 |
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realize /ˈriː.ə.laɪz/ B2 |
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fight /faɪt/ B1 |
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moment /ˈmoʊ.mənt/ A2 |
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light /laɪt/ A1 |
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treasure /ˈtrɛʒ.ər/ B2 |
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mistake /mɪˈsteɪk/ B1 |
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call /kɔːl/ A2 |
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go /ɡoʊ/ A1 |
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close /kloʊs/ B1 |
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ride /raɪd/ A2 |
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flame /fleɪm/ B2 |
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piece /piːs/ B1 |
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always /ˈɔːl.weɪz/ A2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Said you would rather die young
➔ Conditional mood
➔ The phrase uses the conditional mood to express a preference.
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We don't always get it right
➔ Present simple tense
➔ The present simple tense is used to express general truths or habits.
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Let go and close your eyes
➔ Imperative mood
➔ The imperative mood is used to give commands or instructions.
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Now you're gonna realize
➔ Future intention (gonna)
➔ The phrase uses 'gonna' to indicate a future intention or plan.
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Even if it all went down in flames
➔ Conditional clause
➔ The conditional clause expresses a situation that may or may not happen.
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It doesn't matter tonight
➔ Present simple tense with negation
➔ The present simple tense is used here with negation to express that something is not important.
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Thought about it for a while now
➔ Present perfect tense
➔ The present perfect tense is used to indicate an action that has relevance to the present.
