Under The Mistletoe – English Lyrics

• By: Kelly Clarkson, Brett Eldredge
• Album: When Christmas Comes Around...

Lyrics & Translation

Step into the festive spirit with Kelly Clarkson and Brett Eldredge's enchanting duet, "Under The Mistletoe." This modern Christmas classic, with its throwback melody and joyful harmonies, offers a perfect way to immerse yourself in English holiday expressions and romantic vocabulary. Discover the warmth and charm of a blossoming love story, making language learning a truly magical experience through its heartfelt lyrics and captivating performances.

[English]

Every time I look around this room

My eyes, they tend to fall on you

And I confess

Nothing but you makes sense

Memories fill my heart

And I can barely keep my tears from fallin'

Oh, I want your love

Do you ever think of us

Is it too late, too late

To open up

I'm dyin' to say

Oh, how I love you

You're walkin' towards me now

(What am I gonna say?)

Push my pride aside

When I close my eyes

It's just you and I

Here under the mistletoe

Magic fills the air

Standin' over there

Santa hear my prayer

Here under the mistletoe

All I want, hey, yeah

All I want, hey, hey, yeah

All I want, hey, yeah

Is under the mistletoe

Oh, everything I try

To keep you from gettin' inside

Works until I see your face

I linger, hopin' you might stay

Wrapped up in your arms

Is where I wanna spend my nights

So hard, how much I want you

Do you think of us?

How I want your love

Is it too late, too late

To let you know

I can't quite escape

How much I need you

You're walkin' towards me now

(What am I gonna say?)

Push my pride aside

When I close my eyes

It's just you and I

Here under the mistletoe

Magic fills the air

Standin' over there

Santa hear my prayer

Here under the mistletoe

All I want, hey, yeah (all I really, really ever want)

All I want, hey, hey, yeah (all I really, really ever want)

All I want, hey, yeah (all I really, really ever want)

Is under the mistletoe

You're walkin' towards me now

Won't you read my mind somehow

Meet me in the middle, underneath a little bit of mistletoe

No indecision, take a breath as I

Push my pride aside

When I close my eyes

It's just you and I

Here under the mistletoe

Magic fills the air

Standin' over there (standin' over there)

Santa hear my prayer

Here under the mistletoe

'Cause all I want, hey, yeah (all I really, really ever want)

All I want, hey, hey, yeah (all I really, really ever want)

All I want, hey, yeah (all I really, really ever want)

Is under the mistletoe (is under the mistletoe)

All I want, hey, yeah (all I really, really ever want)

All I want, hey, hey, yeah (all I really, really ever want)

All I want, hey, yeah (all I really, really ever want)

Is under the mistletoe

Push my pride aside, aside, aside

It's just you and I (it's just you and I)

All I want (I'm pushin' my pride aside, aside, aside)

All I want (baby, it's just you and I)

Is you (oh, it's only you)

Is you, oh

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
look /lʊk/ A1	verb - to turn one's eyes in a specified direction noun - an act of directing one's gaze
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - to drop or descend under the force of gravity. noun - the season after summer and before winter.
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection. verb - to feel deep affection for.
late /leɪt/ A1	adjective - after the expected or usual time.
say /seɪ/ A1	verb - to utter words
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - move at a regular and fairly slow pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn.
eyes /aɪz/ A2	noun - organs in the head of a human that they use to see
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - drops of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in the eye
magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ B1	noun - the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces. adjective - beautiful or delightful in such a way as to seem removed from everyday life.
prayer /preər/ B1	noun - a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or another deity.
pride /praɪd/ B1	noun - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.
arms /ɑːrmz/ B1	noun - each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand.
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B2	verb - to break free from confinement or control. noun - an act of breaking free from confinement or control.
linger /ˈlɪŋɡər/ B2	verb - stay in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to leave.
indecision /ˌɪndɪˈsɪʒən/ C1	noun - the inability to make a decision quickly.

Key Grammar Structures

• Every time I look around this room, My eyes, they tend to fall on you

  ➔ Inversion (subject-verb inversion for emphasis)

  ➔ The phrase "My eyes, they" uses a structure where the pronoun "they" unnecessarily repeats the subject "My eyes". While not strictly grammatical, it's common in informal speech and songs for emphasis.

• Nothing but you makes sense

  ➔ Negative + but + Noun/Pronoun + Verb (emphasizing the only thing that makes sense)

  ➔ "Nothing but" means "only". The structure emphasizes that "you" is the only thing that makes sense.

• Memories fill my heart, and I can barely keep my tears from fallin'

  ➔ Gerund after Preposition ("from fallin'")

  ➔ After a preposition like "from", we use the gerund form of the verb (verb + -ing). Here, "fallin'" (falling) is a gerund.

• Is it too late, too late, To open up

  ➔ Infinitive of Purpose ("To open up")

  ➔ The infinitive phrase "To open up" expresses the purpose or reason for asking if it's too late. It answers the question: Too late for what? Too late to open up.

• Wrapped up in your arms, Is where I wanna spend my nights

  ➔ Inversion for Emphasis (rearranging the sentence to place emphasis on "where I wanna spend my nights")

  ➔ Normally, the sentence would be "Where I wanna spend my nights is wrapped up in your arms". By inverting it, the speaker emphasizes the desire to spend nights wrapped in the other person's arms.

• So hard, how much I want you

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of words for brevity, implies "It's so hard, how much I want you")

  ➔ The full sentence is implied to be something like "It's so hard [to express] how much I want you."

• Won't you read my mind somehow

  ➔ Tag question with inverted auxiliary verb

  ➔ Here the speaker uses "Won't you" as a way to softly ask/request the other person to read their mind.