So High – English Lyrics

• By: John Legend

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the soaring emotions behind John Legend's 'So High,' a soulful exploration of love's euphoric heights. With its blend of R&B and neo-soul, this song offers a vivid lesson in expressing transcendent feelings through music. Explore how lyrics and melody combine to convey the sensation of being 'so high' in love.

[English]

Mmm, ooo

Baby, since the day you came into my life

You made me realize that we were born to fly

You showed me everyday new possibilities

You proved my fantasies, what love could really be

Let's go to a place only lovers go

To a spot that we've never known

To the top of a cloud we're floating away

Ooh, this feels so crazy, how this love is blazing

Baby, we're so high, walking on cloud nine

(You got me up so high)

So high

(My shoes are scraping the sky)

So high

(You got me up so high)

Oh

(My shoes are scraping the sky)

Maybe later we could go up to the moon

Or sail among the stars before the night is through

And when morning comes we'll see the sun is not so far

And we can't get much closer to God than where we are

We'll go to a place only lovers go

To a spot that we've never known

To the top of the clouds we're floating way, yeah

Ooh, this feels so crazy, oh, this love is blazing

And baby, we're so high, walking on cloud nine

(You got me up so high)

So high

(My shoes are scraping the sky)

So high

(You got me up so high)

Oh, yeah

(My shoes are scraping the sky)

Ooh, yeah

Ooh ohh

Hey

Ooh, this feels so crazy, how this love is blazing

Baby, we're so high, walking on cloud nine

You got me up so high

You got me up so high

You got me up so high

My shoes are scraping the sky

You got me up so high

You got me up so high

You got me up so high

My shoes are scraping the sky

Ooh ooh, yeah

Mmm yeah, yeah

This is how love's supposed to be, yeah

This is how, this is how love's supposed to be, yeah

Let's go to the moon baby, ooh

Let's go to the moon baby, yeah

Let's go, go, let's go to the moon, baby

So high

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Key Grammar Structures

• Baby, since the day you came into my life

  ➔ Present Perfect with 'since'

  ➔ The phrase 'since the day' indicates a starting point in the past, and 'came' is in the Past Simple, showing an action completed in the past with ongoing relevance.

• You made me realize that we were born to fly

  ➔ Past Simple Passive

  ➔ 'Made me realize' is in the Past Simple Passive, emphasizing the action done to the subject ('me').

• Let's go to a place only lovers go

  ➔ Present Simple with 'only'

  ➔ The use of 'only' before 'lovers' restricts the subject, indicating exclusivity.

• To the top of a cloud we're floating away

  ➔ Present Continuous

  ➔ 'We're floating' is in the Present Continuous, showing an action happening now.

• Baby, we're so high, walking on cloud nine

  ➔ Present Continuous with 'be' + adjective

  ➔ 'We're so high' uses 'be' + adjective to describe a temporary state.

• Maybe later we could go up to the moon

  ➔ Modal Verb 'could' for possibility

  ➔ 'Could' is used to express a possible action in the future.

• And we can't get much closer to God than where we are

  ➔ Comparative with 'much'

  ➔ 'Much closer' is a comparative form indicating a higher degree of closeness.

• Ooh, this feels so crazy, how this love is blazing

  ➔ Present Simple with 'be' + adjective

  ➔ 'Is blazing' uses 'be' + adjective to describe a current state.