Soledad – English Lyrics

• By: Westlife

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotional depths of Westlife's 'Soledad,' a song that beautifully encapsulates the ache of missing someone. Through its heartfelt lyrics, learn to express feelings of love, loss, and longing in English. Discover how this iconic ballad uses the Spanish word for solitude to convey a universal experience of heartbreak.

[English]

If only you could see the tears

In the world you left behind

If only you could heal my heart

Just one more time

Even when I close my eyes

There's an image of your face

And once again I come to realize

You're a loss I can't replace

Soledad

It's a keeping for the lonely

Since the day that you were gone

Why did you leave me

Soledad

In my heart you were the only

And your memory lives on

Why did you leave me

Soledad

Walking down the streets of Nothingville

Where our love was young and free

Can't believe just what an empty place

It has come to be

I would give my life away

If it could only be the same

'Cause I can still the voice inside of me

That is calling out your name (Calling out your name)

Soledad (Soledad)

It's a keeping for the lonely

Since the day that you were gone

Why did you leave me

Soledad

In my heart you were the only

And your memory lives on

Why did you leave me

Soledad

Time will never change the things you've told me

After all we're meant to be

Love will bring us back to you and me

If only you could see

Soledad (Soledad)

It's a keeping for the lonely

Since the day that you were gone (You were gone)

Why did you leave me

Soledad (Soledad)

In my heart you were the only

And your memory lives on

Why did you leave me

Soledad

It's a keeping for the lonely

Since the day that you were gone

Why did you leave me

Soledad (In my heart you were the only)

And your memory lives on

Why did you leave me

Soledad (Soledad)

...

Why did you leave me Soledad

Key Grammar Structures

• If only you could see the tears

  ➔ If only + past simple (could) – used to express a wish about an unreal situation

  ➔ The word "could" is in the past form to show a wish that is not true now.

• Even when I close my eyes

  ➔ Even when + present simple – introduces a contrastive condition that is true in the present

  ➔ The verb "close" is in the present simple because the action happens each time the condition is met.

• I would give my life away

  ➔ Conditional type 2: would + infinitive – expresses an unreal or hypothetical situation

  ➔ The modal "would" signals that the speaker is talking about a situation that is not real.

• It has come to be

  ➔ Present perfect (has + past participle) – describes a state that started in the past and continues now

  ➔ The word "has" shows that the change "come to be" started earlier and its result is felt now.

• Time will never change the things you've told me

  ➔ Future simple (will + verb) – expresses a prediction or certainty about the future; Present perfect (you've told) – action completed before now with present relevance

  ➔ "will never change" uses the modal "will" to talk about a future certainty; "you've told" contracts "you have told" showing present relevance.

• Love will bring us back to you and me

  ➔ Future simple (will + verb) – predicts a future action

  ➔ The modal "will" indicates that the speaker believes love is certain to happen in the future.

• Since the day that you were gone

  ➔ Since + past simple – introduces a point in the past from which something continues up to now

  ➔ "were" is the past simple of "be" showing the state at that specific past moment.

• Why did you leave me

  ➔ Past simple interrogative – uses did + base verb to ask about a completed action in the past

  ➔ "did" is the auxiliary verb that places the question in the past; "leave" stays in its base form.

• Your memory lives on

  ➔ Simple present – describes a habitual or timeless fact

  ➔ "lives" is the third‑person singular present form of "live", showing a continuous state.