Shed A Light – English Lyrics

• By: Robin Schulz, David Guetta, Cheat Codes

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotive world of 'Shed A Light,' a captivating collaboration by Robin Schulz, David Guetta, and Cheat Codes. This dance-pop ballad offers a fantastic opportunity to learn English by engaging with its clear, heartfelt lyrics that express universal themes of love, uncertainty, and the longing for open communication. Its memorable chorus, 'If you love me, say so,' provides an accessible entry point to understanding English expressions of emotion, while the song's blend of electronic and melodic elements makes it a captivating listen for language learners.

[English]

Why are you keeping me at a distance?

All that I'm asking for is forgiveness

Are you even listening?

Am I talking to myself again?

I keep on staring up at the ceiling

Waiting for you to give me some kind of reason

Are you even listening?

Am I talking to myself again?

And I know you don't owe me your love

And I know that you don't owe me nothing at all

Ain't no way I'm giving up on you

Don't leave me here in the dark where it's hard to see

Show me your heart, shed a light on me

If you love me, say so

If you love me, say so

You know I can't live without you, I'm on my knees

Where are you now? Shed a light on me

If you love me, say so

If you love me, say so

Why when I call, you never answer?

I'll try to talk, you keep on dancing

I can feel you on my skin, but am I only dancing with the wind?

And I know you don't owe me your love

And I know that you don't owe me nothing at all

Ain't no way I'm giving up on you

Don't leave me here in the dark where it's hard to see

Show me your heart, shed a light on me

If you love me, say so

If you love me, say so

If you love me, say something

You know I can't live without you, I'm on my knees

Where are you now? Shed a light on me

If you love me, say so

If you love me, say so

Shed a light

on me

Shed a light

on me

Shed a light

on me

Shed a light

on me

Don't leave me here in the dark where it's hard to see

Show me your heart, shed a light on me

If you love me, say so

If you love me, say so

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
shed /ʃɛd/ A2	verb - to pour forth or release, especially light or tears
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - brightness or illumination adjective - not heavy or dark
forgiveness /fəˈɡɪvnəs/ B1	noun - the act of forgiving someone
listening /ˈlɪsnɪŋ/ A1	verb - to pay attention to sound or speech
staring /ˈstɛərɪŋ/ A2	verb - to look fixedly or vacantly
waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ A1	verb - to stay in place in expectation of something
reason /ˈriːzən/ A2	noun - a cause or explanation
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection or attachment verb - to have deep affection for someone
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood, often symbolic of emotion
dark /dɑːrk/ A1	adjective - with little or no light
knees /niːz/ A1	noun - the joint between the thigh and the lower leg
dancing /ˈdænsɪŋ/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
giving /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/ A1	verb - to freely transfer something to someone
skin /skɪn/ A1	noun - the outer covering of the body
wind /wɪnd/ A1	noun - air in natural motion

Key Grammar Structures

• Why are you keeping me at a distance?

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ Used to describe actions happening at the moment of speaking. "Are you **keeping**" indicates an ongoing action.

• All that I'm asking for is forgiveness

  ➔ Relative Clause (reduced)

  ➔ "That I'm asking for" functions as a relative clause, modified and reduced to "all that". The pronoun 'that' can be omitted.

• Are you even listening?

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense (interrogative)

  ➔ Question using the present continuous tense to inquire about an action happening now.

• I keep on staring up at the ceiling

  ➔ Verb + 'on' + gerund (continuous action)

  ➔ "Keep on" is a phrasal verb signifying continuing an action. "Staring" is the gerund form.

• I know you don't owe me your love

  ➔ Modal verb 'owe' and its negation

  ➔ Uses the modal verb 'owe' (meaning to be obligated to give) in the negative form "don't owe" to indicate that the subject is not obligated.

• Ain't no way I'm giving up on you

  ➔ Informal Contraction and Phrasal verb

  ➔ "Ain't" is an informal contraction for "am not/is not/are not/has not/have not". "Giving up on" is a phrasal verb meaning to abandon or stop trying.

• Don't leave me here in the dark where it's hard to see

  ➔ Imperative sentence and Relative Clause.

  ➔ The sentence starts with an imperative (Don't leave) and contains a relative clause ("where it's hard to see") that modifies "the dark".

• Show me your heart, shed a light on me

  ➔ Imperative Sentences and Idiomatic Expression.

  ➔ Both parts of the sentence are imperatives. The second part utilizes the idiom "shed a light on me," which means to illuminate or explain something.

• You know I can't live without you, I'm on my knees

  ➔ Compound sentence with a complex sentence and prepositional phrase.

  ➔ This sentence contains a compound structure with an embedded sentence ("I can't live without you") and a prepositional phrase "on my knees".