Sims – English Lyrics

• By: Lauv
• Album: ~how i'm feeling~

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I wish that you and I lived in the Sims

We could build a house and plant some flowers and have kids

But we're both at some trashy Halloween party downtown

And I'll probably never see you again

I wish that we lived on a VHS

I'd erase the things I said and that I'll probably say again

Hit rewind on all the times I got lost in my head

But I guess I'll never see you again

I'll probably never see you again

Oh, goddamn

I wish we would've met on another night, baby

Maybe, then

I wouldn't let you leave me

Yeah, oh, goddamn

I wish we would've met on another night, baby

In another life, baby

In another...

I wouldn't have let you

I wouldn't have let you

I wouldn't have let you

I wouldn't have let-

I wish that we met walkin' round the MoMa

Yeah I'd say nice to meet you, instead of saying nice to know you

I try to impress you with some bullshit 'bout Monet

At least I wouldn't be too drunk to stay

And I wouldn't have let you slip away

Oh, goddamn

I wish we would have met on another night, baby

Maybe, then

I wouldn't have let you leave me

Yeah, oh, goddamn

I wish we would have met on another night, baby

In another life baby

In another...

I wouldn't have let you

I wouldn't have let you

I wouldn't have let you

I wouldn't have let-

I wouldn't have let you

I wouldn't have let you

I wouldn't have let you

I wouldn't have let-

I wouldn't have let you

I wouldn't have let you

I wouldn't have let you

I wouldn't have let you leave me

...

Key Grammar Structures

• I wish that you and I lived in the Sims

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ The phrase 'I wish that...' introduces a desire for a hypothetical situation, using the subjunctive mood with 'lived' to express a wish contrary to reality.

• We could build a house and plant some flowers and have kids

  ➔ Modal Verb (could)

  ➔ The modal verb 'could' is used to express possibility or ability in a hypothetical situation.

• But we're both at some trashy Halloween party downtown

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The present continuous tense 'we're both at' indicates an action happening now, contrasting with the hypothetical wishes earlier.

• I'd erase the things I said and that I'll probably say again

  ➔ Conditional Perfect

  ➔ The conditional perfect 'I'd erase' refers to an action that would have been completed in a hypothetical past situation.

• I wish we would've met on another night, baby

  ➔ Past Perfect Modal (would've)

  ➔ The past perfect modal 'would've met' expresses a hypothetical action that did not occur in the past.

• I wouldn't have let you leave me

  ➔ Conditional Perfect with 'wouldn't have'

  ➔ The conditional perfect with 'wouldn't have let' indicates a negated action that would not have occurred in a hypothetical past situation.

• I try to impress you with some bullshit 'bout Monet

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The present simple tense 'try to impress' is used to describe a habitual or repeated action in the present.

• At least I wouldn't be too drunk to stay

  ➔ Conditional with 'wouldn't be'

  ➔ The conditional with 'wouldn't be' expresses a hypothetical situation where the speaker would not be too drunk to stay.