Un-thinkable (I'm Ready) – English Lyrics

• By: Alicia Keys
• Album: The Element of Freedom

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(Unthinkable by Alicia Keys)

(car engine rumbling)

(dogs barking)

♪ Uh, yeah ♪

♪ Moment of honesty ♪

♪ Someone's gotta take the lead tonight ♪

♪ Whose it gonna be? ♪

♪ I'm gonna sit right here ♪

♪ And tell you all that comes to me ♪

♪ If you have something to say ♪

♪ You should say it right now ♪

♪ (You should say it right now) ♪

♪ You ready? ♪

♪ You give me a feeling that I never felt before ♪

♪ And I deserve it, I think I deserve it ♪

♪ It's becoming something ♪

♪ That's impossible to ignore ♪

♪ And I can't take it ♪

♪ I was wondering maybe ♪

♪ Could I make you my baby ♪

♪ If we do the unthinkable ♪

♪ Would it make us look crazy ♪

♪ If you ask me I'm ready ♪

♪ (I'm ready, I'm ready) ♪

♪ If you ask me I'm ready ♪

♪ (I'm ready, I'm ready) ♪

♪ I know you once said to me ♪

♪ This is exactly how it should feel when it's meant to be" ♪

♪ Time is only wasting so ♪

♪ Why wait for eventually? ♪

♪ If we gon' do something 'bout it ♪

♪ We should do it right now ♪

♪ (We should do it right now) ♪

♪ Bay, uh ♪

♪ You give me a feeling ♪

♪ That I never felt before ♪

♪ And I deserve it, I know I deserve it ♪

♪ It's becoming something ♪

♪ That's impossible to ignore ♪

♪ It is what we make it ♪

♪ I was wondering maybe ♪

♪ Could I make you my baby ♪

♪ If we do the unthinkable ♪

♪ Would it make us look crazy ♪

♪ Or would it be so beautiful ♪

♪ Either way I'm saying ♪

♪ If you ask me I'm ready ♪

♪ (I'm ready, I'm ready) ♪

♪ If you ask me I'm ready ♪

♪ (I'm ready, I'm ready) ♪

♪ Why give up before we try? ♪

♪ Feel the lows before the highs ♪

♪ Clip our wings before we fly away ♪

♪ I can't say I came prepared ♪

♪ I'm suspended in the air ♪

♪ Won't you come be in the sky with me? ♪

- That's my sister!

What? I'm not good enough?

♪ I was wondering maybe ♪

♪ Could I make you my baby ♪

♪ If we do the unthinkable ♪

♪ Would it make us look crazy ♪

♪ Or would it be so beautiful ♪

♪ Either way I'm saying ♪

♪ If you ask me I'm ready ♪

♪ (I'm ready, I'm ready) ♪

♪ If you ask me I'm ready ♪

♪ (I'm ready, I'm ready) ♪

♪ If you ask me I'm ready ♪

♪ (I'm ready, I'm ready) ♪

♪ If you ask me I'm ready ♪

♪ (I'm ready, I'm ready) ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• Someone's gotta take the lead tonight

  ➔ Informal contraction for "have got to" (Modal Verb of Obligation)

  ➔ "gotta" is an informal contraction of "have got to," which expresses necessity or obligation, similar to "must" or "have to." It's common in spoken English.

• Could I make you my baby

  ➔ Modal verb "Could" for polite suggestion/request

  ➔ "Could" is used here to make a polite suggestion or ask a hypothetical question about a possibility, often softer than "Can."

• If we do the unthinkable, Would it make us look crazy

  ➔ First Conditional (Type 1) - Real/Likely Condition

  ➔ This is a Type 1 conditional sentence, used to talk about a real or very likely situation in the present or future ("If we do...") and its probable result ("Would it make...").

• You give me a feeling that I never felt before

  ➔ Relative clause with "that"

  ➔ "that I never felt before" is a relative clause modifying "a feeling." "That" introduces the clause and refers back to "a feeling," providing more information about it.

• It's becoming something That's impossible to ignore

  ➔ Adjective + Infinitive complement

  ➔ "impossible to ignore" is an adjective phrase describing "something." The infinitive "to ignore" complements the adjective "impossible," indicating what is impossible.

• Why wait for eventually?

  ➔ Rhetorical question using "Why + base form of verb"

  ➔ This structure is used to ask a question that implies the answer is obvious, often expressing a strong opinion or suggesting that an action is unnecessary or ill-advised.

• If we gon' do something 'bout it

  ➔ Informal contractions "gon' " and " 'bout"

  ➔ "gon'" is an informal contraction of "going to," used to express future intention. "'bout" is an informal contraction of "about." These are common in spoken English.

• Why give up before we try?

  ➔ Phrasal verb "give up"

  ➔ "give up" is a phrasal verb meaning to stop trying or to surrender. Phrasal verbs are common in English and often have meanings that cannot be guessed from the individual words.

• I'm suspended in the air

  ➔ Passive Voice (Present Simple Passive)

  ➔ "I'm suspended" is an example of the passive voice (be + past participle), indicating that the subject ("I") is receiving the action of being suspended, rather than performing it.