The Show – English Lyrics

• By: Niall Horan

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

♪ LIFE IS LIKE A BOARD GAME SOME OF THE TIME ♪

♪ MISTAKES AND HEARTBREAKS ARE NO CRIME ♪

♪ BUT THERE'S A LOT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH UNDER BROKEN SKIES ♪

♪ YOU GOT PLANS? ♪

♪ BETTER HURRY, 'CAUSE TIME FLIES ♪

♪ HOLD TIGHT, GET READY FOR THE RIDE ♪

♪ IF EVERYTHING WAS EASY, NOTHING EVER BROKE ♪

♪ IF EVERYTHING WAS SIMPLE, HOW WOULD WE KNOW? ♪

♪ HOW TO FIX YOUR TEARS? ♪

♪ HOW TO FAKE A SHOW? ♪

♪ HOW TO PAINT A SMILE ? ♪

♪ YEAH, HOW WOULD WE KNOW? ♪

♪ HOW GOOD WE HAVE IT, THOUGH? ♪

♪ MHHHM ♪

♪ LIFE IS LIKE A DANCE FLOOR

SOME OF THE TIME (LIFE IS LIKE A DANCE FLOOR SOME OF THE TIME) ♪

♪ DANCING WITH THE STARS OH EVERY NIGHT ♪

♪ GRAVITY COMES AND WRAPS HER ARMS AROUND YOU AGAIN ♪

♪ IT'S ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL THE PARTY ENDS ♪

♪ HOLD TIGHT, GET READY FOR THE RIDE ♪

♪ IF EVERYTHING WAS EASY, NOTHING EVER BROKE ♪

♪ IF EVERYTHING WAS SIMPLE, HOW WOULD WE KNOW? ♪

♪ HOW TO FIX YOUR TEARS? ♪

♪ HOW TO FAKE A SHOW? ♪

♪ HOW TO PAINT A SMILE? ♪

♪ YEAH, HOW WOULD WE KNOW? ♪

♪ HOW GOOD WE HAVE IT, THOUGH? ♪

♪ LOOKING AT THE SUN OUR WHOLE LIFE ♪

♪ WE'RE BLINDED BY THE ♪

♪ LOOKING AT THE SUN OUR WHOLE LIVES WE'RE BLINDED BY THE LIGHTS ♪

♪ OOH, AND WE'RE STILL NOT READY FOR THE RIDE ♪

♪ IF EVERYTHING WAS EASY, NOTHING EVER BROKE ♪

♪ IF EVERYTHING WAS SIMPLE, HOW WOULD WE KNOW? ♪

♪ HOW TO FIX YOUR TEARS? ♪

♪ HOW TO FAKE A SHOW? ♪

♪ HOW TO PAINT A SMILE? ♪

♪ YEAH, HOW WOULD WE KNOW? ♪

♪ OH, IF EVERYTHING WAS EASY, NOTHING EVER BROKE ♪

♪ IF EVERYTHING WAS SIMPLE, HOW WOULD WE KNOW? ♪

♪ HOW TO FIX YOUR TEARS? ♪

♪ HOW TO FAKE A SHOW? ♪

♪ HOW TO PAINT A SMILE? ♪

♪ YEAH, HOW WOULD WE KNOW? ♪

♪ HOW GOOD WE HAVE IT, THOUGH? ♪

♪ HOW GOOD WE HAVE IT, THOUGH? ♪

♪ SO HOLD TIGHT, GET READY FOR THE RIDE ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• Life is like a board game some of the time

  ➔ Simile with "like"

  ➔ The word "like" introduces a simile comparing life to a board game.

• If everything was easy, nothing ever broke

  ➔ Second conditional (unreal past)

  ➔ The past simple "was" in the if‑clause shows an unreal or imagined situation; "nothing ever broke" continues the hypothetical result.

• How would we know?

  ➔ Modal verb "would" in interrogative (speculative question)

  ➔ The modal "would" expresses uncertainty or speculation; the word "How" asks about the manner or possibility.

• We're blinded by the lights

  ➔ Passive voice (present continuous)

  ➔ "We're" = "We are" + past participle "blinded" forms a passive construction meaning that the lights cause us to be blinded.

• Hold tight, get ready for the ride

  ➔ Imperative sentences (commands)

  ➔ "Hold" and "get" are base‑form verbs used without a subject, giving a direct command to the listener.

• Looking at the sun our whole life

  ➔ Present participle clause (non‑finite clause)

  ➔ "Looking" is a present participle that adds a descriptive background to the main idea, functioning like "while we are looking".

• You got plans?

  ➔ Informal present simple question with "got"

  ➔ "Got" functions as a colloquial auxiliary meaning "have"; the sentence asks whether the listener possesses any plans.

• Better hurry, 'cause time flies

  ➔ Comparative imperative "Better" + conjunction "'cause" (because)

  ➔ "Better" is used as a short form of "You had better", giving advice; "'cause" is a colloquial contraction of "because".

• How good we have it, though?

  ➔ Exclamatory "how" + adjective structure

  ➔ "How" intensifies the adjective "good", forming an exclamation that expresses surprise or admiration: "How good we have it!"