Stubborn Love – English Lyrics

• By: The Lumineers
• Album: The Lumineers

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the power of perseverance in love with The Lumineers' "Stubborn Love." This song offers a great opportunity to learn English through its heartfelt and straightforward lyrics. The recurring chorus provides a simple yet profound message of hope, making it an inspiring and memorable song to learn with.

[English]

She'll lie and steal and cheat

And beg you from her knees

Make you think she means it this time

She'll tear a hole in you, the one you can't repair

But I still love her, I don't really care

...

When we were young

Oh, oh, we did enough

When it got cold

Ooh, ooh, we bundled up

I can't be told

Ah, ah, it can't be done

It's better to feel pain, than nothing at all

The opposite of love's indifference

So pay attention now

I'm standing on your porch screaming out

And I won't leave until you come downstairs

So keep your head up, keep your love

Keep your head up, my love

Keep your head up, love

Keep your head up, keep your love

And I don't blame ya dear

For running like you did all these years

I would do the same, you best believe

The highway signs say we're close

But I don't read those things anymore

I never trusted in my own eyes

...

When we were young

Oh, oh, we did enough

When it got cold

Ooh, ooh, we bundled up

I can't be told

Ah, ah, it can't be done

So keep your head up, keep your love

Keep your head up, my love

Keep your head up, my love

Keep your head up, keep your love

Head up, love

Head up, love

Head up, love

Head up, love

...

Key Grammar Structures

• She'll lie and steal and cheat

  ➔ Future Simple with 'will'

  ➔ The use of 'will' indicates a prediction or a spontaneous decision about the future, as in 'She'll lie...'

• Make you think she means it this time

  ➔ Causative Verb ('make')

  ➔ The verb 'make' is used to express causing someone to do something, as in 'Make you think...'

• But I still love her, I don't really care

  ➔ Present Simple with 'do' for emphasis

  ➔ The use of 'do' in 'I don't really care' adds emphasis to the negation, making it stronger.

• When we were young

  ➔ Past Continuous ('were')

  ➔ The use of 'were' indicates a past continuous action or state, as in 'When we were young...'

• It's better to feel pain, than nothing at all

  ➔ Comparative Structure ('better than')

  ➔ The phrase 'better to feel pain, than nothing at all' uses a comparative structure to contrast two options.

• The opposite of love's indifference

  ➔ Possessive Form ('love's')

  ➔ The apostrophe in 'love's' indicates possession, showing that the indifference belongs to love.

• I'm standing on your porch screaming out

  ➔ Present Continuous ('am standing')

  ➔ The use of 'am standing' indicates an action happening now, as in 'I'm standing on your porch...'

• So keep your head up, keep your love

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The phrases 'keep your head up' and 'keep your love' are in the imperative mood, giving direct commands.