Real Love – English Lyrics

• By: Tom Odell

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music can be a deeply rewarding experience, and Tom Odell's "Real Love" offers a perfect opportunity for English learners. The song features clear, slowly sung lyrics with simple, repetitive vocabulary centered around the universal theme of love. Its heartfelt emotion and straightforward narrative make it easy to understand and connect with, allowing learners to pick up new phrases while being moved by the beauty of the music.

[English]

(slow music playing)

♪ All my little plans and schemes ♪

♪ Lost like some forgotten dream ♪

♪ Seems like all I really was doing ♪

♪ Was waiting for you ♪

♪ Just like little girls and boys ♪

♪ Playing with their little toys ♪

♪ Seems like all we really were doing ♪

♪ Was waiting for love ♪

♪ Don't need to be alone ♪

♪ Don't need to be alone ♪

♪ It's real love ♪

♪ It's real ♪

♪ It's real love ♪

♪ It's real oh ♪

(orchestral music playing)

♪ It's real love ♪

♪ It's real ♪

♪ It's real love ♪

♪ It's real ♪

♪ It's real love ♪

♪ It's real ♪

♪ It's real love ♪

♪ It's real ♪

♪ It's real love ♪

♪ It's real ♪

♪ It's real love ♪

♪ It's real love ♪

(slow music playing)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
plan /plæn/ A1	noun - a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something verb - decide on and arrange in advance
scheme /skiːm/ B1	noun - a systematic plan or arrangement
lost /lɔːst/ A1	verb - unable to find one's way or whereabouts adjective - no longer in possession or control of something
forgotten /fəˈɡɒtən/ A2	verb - to fail to remember adjective - not remembered
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep verb - experience dreams during sleep
wait /weɪt/ A1	verb - stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or event
play /pleɪ/ A1	verb - engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation
toy /tɔɪ/ A1	noun - an object for a child to play with
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a deep affection for someone verb - feel deep affection for someone
alone /əˈloʊn/ A1	adjective - having no one else present
real /riːl/ A1	adjective - actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact