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(gentle music) 00:00
♪ Find myself at your door ♪ 00:11
♪ Just like all those times before ♪ 00:13
♪ I'm not sure how I got there ♪ 00:16
♪ All roads, they lead me here ♪ 00:19
♪ I imagine you are home ♪ 00:21
♪ In your room, all alone ♪ 00:23
♪ And you open your eyes into mine ♪ 00:25
♪ And everything feels better ♪ 00:28
♪ And right before your eyes ♪ 00:31
♪ I'm breaking ♪ 00:39
♪ No past, no reasons why ♪ 00:41
♪ Just you and me ♪ 00:49
♪ This is the last time I'm asking you this ♪ 00:58
♪ Put my name at the top of your list ♪ 01:04
♪ This is the last time I'm asking you why ♪ 01:08
♪ You break my heart in the blink of an eye, eye, eye ♪ 01:14
♪ You find yourself at my door ♪ 01:22
♪ Just like all those times before ♪ 01:25
♪ You wear your best apology ♪ 01:27
♪ But I was there to watch you leave ♪ 01:30
♪ And all the times I let you in ♪ 01:32
♪ Just for you to go again ♪ 01:35
♪ Disappear when you come back ♪ 01:37
♪ Everything is better ♪ 01:40
♪ And right before your eyes ♪ 01:42
♪ I'm aching ♪ 01:51
♪ Run fast, nowhere to hide ♪ 01:53
♪ Just you and me ♪ 02:00
♪ This is the last time I'm asking you this ♪ 02:10
♪ Put my name at the top of your list ♪ 02:15
♪ This is the last time I'm asking you why ♪ 02:20
♪ You break my heart in the blink of an eye, eye, eye ♪ 02:25
♪ This is the last time you tell me I've got it wrong ♪ 02:34
♪ This is the last time I say it's been you all along ♪ 02:39
♪ This is the last time I let you in my door ♪ 02:44
♪ This is the last time, I won't hurt you anymore ♪ 02:49
♪ Oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh ♪ 02:54
♪ Oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh ♪ 02:58
♪ This is the last time I'm asking you this ♪ 03:01
♪ Put my name at the top of your list ♪ 03:06
♪ This is the last time I'm asking you why ♪ 03:11
♪ You break my heart in the blink of an eye ♪ 03:16
♪ This is the last time I'm asking you this ♪ 03:21
♪ Time I'm asking you this, time I'm asking you this ♪ 03:26
♪ This is the last time I'm asking you this ♪ 03:32
♪ Time I'm asking you this ♪ 03:36
♪ Time I'm asking you this ♪ 03:38

The Last Time – English Lyrics

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Taylor Swift, Gary Lightbody
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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(gentle music)

♪ Find myself at your door ♪

♪ Just like all those times before ♪

♪ I'm not sure how I got there ♪

♪ All roads, they lead me here ♪

♪ I imagine you are home ♪

♪ In your room, all alone ♪

♪ And you open your eyes into mine ♪

♪ And everything feels better ♪

♪ And right before your eyes ♪

♪ I'm breaking ♪

♪ No past, no reasons why ♪

♪ Just you and me ♪

♪ This is the last time I'm asking you this ♪

♪ Put my name at the top of your list ♪

♪ This is the last time I'm asking you why ♪

♪ You break my heart in the blink of an eye, eye, eye ♪

♪ You find yourself at my door ♪

♪ Just like all those times before ♪

♪ You wear your best apology ♪

♪ But I was there to watch you leave ♪

♪ And all the times I let you in ♪

♪ Just for you to go again ♪

♪ Disappear when you come back ♪

♪ Everything is better ♪

♪ And right before your eyes ♪

♪ I'm aching ♪

♪ Run fast, nowhere to hide ♪

♪ Just you and me ♪

♪ This is the last time I'm asking you this ♪

♪ Put my name at the top of your list ♪

♪ This is the last time I'm asking you why ♪

♪ You break my heart in the blink of an eye, eye, eye ♪

♪ This is the last time you tell me I've got it wrong ♪

♪ This is the last time I say it's been you all along ♪

♪ This is the last time I let you in my door ♪

♪ This is the last time, I won't hurt you anymore ♪

♪ Oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ Oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ This is the last time I'm asking you this ♪

♪ Put my name at the top of your list ♪

♪ This is the last time I'm asking you why ♪

♪ You break my heart in the blink of an eye ♪

♪ This is the last time I'm asking you this ♪

♪ Time I'm asking you this, time I'm asking you this ♪

♪ This is the last time I'm asking you this ♪

♪ Time I'm asking you this ♪

♪ Time I'm asking you this ♪

Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

find

/faɪnd/

A2
  • verb
  • - to discover something or someone

break

/breɪk/

B1
  • verb
  • - to separate into pieces or to cause to separate

heart

/hɑːrt/

A2
  • noun
  • - the organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body

ask

/æsk/

A1
  • verb
  • - to say something in order to get information

time

/taɪm/

A1
  • noun
  • - a point of time as measured in hours and minutes

alone

/əˈloʊn/

B1
  • adjective
  • - without anyone else

better

/ˈbɛtər/

A2
  • adjective
  • - of a higher standard or quality

list

/lɪst/

A2
  • noun
  • - a series of names or items written or printed together

road

/roʊd/

A1
  • noun
  • - a wide way leading from one place to another

imagine

/ɪˈmædʒɪn/

B1
  • verb
  • - to form a picture in your mind of something that is not present

watch

/wɑːtʃ/

A2
  • verb
  • - to look at something for a period of time

come

/kʌm/

A1
  • verb
  • - to move towards or reach a place

disappear

/ˌdɪsəˈpɪr/

B2
  • verb
  • - to cease to be visible

ache

/eɪk/

B2
  • verb
  • - to feel a continuous dull pain

reason

/ˈriːzən/

B1
  • noun
  • - a cause or explanation for something

top

/tɑːp/

A2
  • noun
  • - the highest or uppermost point

Key Grammar Structures

  • I'm not sure how I got there.

    ➔ Indirect question

    ➔ This sentence uses an indirect question: "how I got there." Instead of a direct question like "How did I get there?", it's embedded within the statement "I'm not sure."

  • All roads, they lead me here.

    ➔ Use of a pronoun for emphasis/clarification (informal)

    ➔ The pronoun "they" after "All roads" is slightly redundant grammatically, but used for emphasis or poetic effect. In more formal writing, it would simply be "All roads lead me here."

  • I imagine you are home.

    ➔ That clause omitted

    ➔ The word "that" is omitted from the sentence. The full sentence could be written as "I imagine *that* you are home."

  • Just for you to go again.

    ➔ For + object pronoun + to-infinitive

    ➔ This construction indicates purpose or reason. It describes why the speaker let the other person in: *just* for them "to go again". The "for + object pronoun + to-infinitive" structure specifies the subject of the infinitive verb.

  • This is the last time I'm asking you this.

    ➔ Present continuous for future arrangement

    ➔ The present continuous tense ("I'm asking") is used to express a firm intention or pre-arranged future action. It suggests a decision has been made and the speaker is committed to it.

  • Put my name at the top of your list.

    ➔ Imperative mood

    ➔ This is a direct command or request. The subject ("you") is implied but not explicitly stated.

  • You break my heart in the blink of an eye.

    ➔ Idiomatic expression

    "In the blink of an eye" is an idiom meaning very quickly or instantaneously.

  • This is the last time you tell me I've got it wrong.

    ➔ Present perfect tense (I've got)

    "I've got" is a contraction of "I have got", which is equivalent to "I have". The present perfect tense emphasizes a connection between the past and the present. It suggests that the speaker's understanding is currently incorrect, but this has been ongoing.