So Far Away – English Lyrics

• By: Martin Garrix, David Guetta, Ellie Goulding, Romy Dya

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotive world of electronic dance music with 'So Far Away.' This track is a fantastic way to learn expressive English vocabulary related to distance and longing, set to a high-energy beat that makes language learning an exhilarating experience.

[English]

Light 'em up, light 'em up

Tell me where you are, tell me where you are

Summer nights, bright lights

And the shooting stars, they break my heart

Calling you now, but you're not picking up

Shadows so close if that's still enough

Light a match, light a match

Baby, in the dark, show me where you are

Oh, love

How I miss you every single day

When I see you on those streets

Oh, love

Tell me there's a river I can swim

That will bring you back to me

'Cause I don't know how to love someone else

I don't know how to forget your face

Oh, love

God, I miss you every single day

And now you're

So far away

So far away

You showed me love, but not enough

Tried to make it perfect, but on the surface

It was killing me, killing you

Never listened to me, couldn't say I was sorry

You're calling me now, but I can't pick up

Your shadow's so close, and I'm still in love

The summer's over now

But somehow it still breaks my heart

We could have had the stars

Oh

Oh, love

How I miss you every single day

When I see you on those streets

Oh, love

Tell me there's a river I can swim

That will bring you back to me

'Cause I don't know how to love someone else

I don't know how to forget your face

Oh, love

God, I miss you every single day

And now you're

So far away

So far away

So far away, way, way, way

(Oh)

Away, way, way, way

(So far away)

Away, way, way, way

So far away

(Oh)

Oh, love

How I miss you every single day

When I see you on those streets

Oh, love

Tell me there's a river I can swim

That will bring you back to me

'Cause I don't know how to love someone else

I don't know how to forget your face

Oh, love

God, I miss you every single day

And now you're so far away

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
summer /ˈsʌmər/ A1	noun - The warmest season of the year
bright /braɪt/ A1	adjective - Giving out or reflecting a lot of light
shooting stars /ˈʃuːtɪŋ stɑːrz/ B1	noun - A small, rapidly moving meteor burning up in the atmosphere
shadows /ˈʃædoʊz/ A2	noun - A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface
match /mætʃ/ A2	noun - A small stick of wood or cardboard used to light a fire
river /ˈrɪvər/ A1	noun - A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel
swim /swɪm/ A1	verb - To move through water by moving limbs
forget /fərˈɡet/ A1	verb - To fail to remember
perfect /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/ A2	adjective - Having all the required or desirable elements
surface /ˈsɜːrfɪs/ B1	noun - The outside part or uppermost layer of something
killing /ˈkɪlɪŋ/ B1	verb - To cause the death of; to make someone suffer
listened /ˈlɪsənd/ A1	verb - To give attention to a sound
sorry /ˈsɔːri/ A1	adjective - Feeling regret or penitence
away /əˈweɪ/ A1	adjective - To or at a distance
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - The organ that pumps blood, often associated with emotions

Key Grammar Structures

• Tell me where you are

  ➔ Indirect Question (Noun Clause)

  ➔ The phrase "where you are" functions as the object of the verb 'tell', using subject-verb order rather than question order.

• Calling you now, but you're not picking up

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The expression "calling you" indicates an action happening at the moment of speaking.

• I don't know how to love someone else

  ➔ Wh-word + Infinitive construction

  ➔ The structure "how to love" is used to express a skill or process that one has or lacks.

• Tell me there's a river I can swim

  ➔ Relative Clause with omitted 'that'

  ➔ The full phrase is "a river (that/which) I can swim," where the relative pronoun is omitted because it is the object of the clause.

• You showed me love, but not enough

  ➔ Adverbial usage of 'enough'

  ➔ Here, "enough" functions as an adverb meaning 'to the necessary degree', placed after the adjective/noun it modifies.

• We could have had the stars

  ➔ Modal perfect (could have + past participle)

  ➔ This structure is used to talk about a past possibility that did not happen.

• It was killing me

  ➔ Past Continuous Tense

  ➔ Used to describe an action that was in progress during a specific time in the past.

• I can't pick up

  ➔ Phrasal Verb

  ➔ The phrasal verb "pick up" in this context means to answer a phone call.