Unfinished – English Lyrics

• By: Noah Cyrus
• Album: The Hardest Part

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

You blew rings in your cigarette

I undressed on the king-sized bed, and

You said, "Baby, you can take your time

We've got nowhere else to go tonight"

19, I was still afraid

Afraid of love and afraid of change, but

I felt you touch me in a whole new way

Fell into you like a leap of faith

I, I still remember the way we kissed goodbye

I guess I met you at the wrong time

Now I've got you on my mind, and I'm wonderin' tonight

If we could've been more, but we were left unfinished

And that one night was beautiful

Streets were cold, but we were warm

And we could've been more, but we were left unfinished

(Oh, oh, oh-oh) ooh-ooh, yeah, we were left unfinished

(Oh, oh, oh-oh) oh-oh, we were left unfinished

I flew back to the life I knew

Left you asleep there in the hotel room

I told myself that it was for the best

You live east, and I live way out west

I've got a slideshow inside my head

Of "might've-dones" and our "could've-beens"

If it's a purely hypothetical love

Then tell me why I gotta miss it so much

I, I still remember the way we kissed goodbye

...

Guess I met you at the wrong time

Now I've got you on my mind, and I'm wonderin' tonight

If we could've been more, but we were left unfinished

And that one night was beautiful

Streets were cold, but we were warm

And we could've been more, but we were left unfinished

(Oh, oh, oh-oh) ooh-ooh, yeah, we were left unfinished

(Oh, oh, oh-oh) oh-oh

...

All I've got is a memory

It's a masterpiece, but it's incomplete

And I just fill in the empty space

With a dream (of what we'd be if I had stayed)

Now I've got you on my mind, and I'm wonderin' tonight

If we could've been more, but we were left unfinished

And that one night was beautiful

Streets were cold, but we were warm

And we could've been more, but we were left unfinished, love

(Oh, oh, oh-oh) oh-oh-oh, yeah, we were left unfinished, oh (oh)

(Oh, oh-oh) we were left, we were left, we were left

We were left unfinished

(Oh, oh, oh-oh) yeah, but we were left unfinished, oh-oh

(Oh) streets were cold, but we were warm

Yeah, we were left unfinished

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a deep affection or strong feeling of attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone
unfinished /ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt/ B2	adjective - not completed; left incomplete
memory /ˈmɛməri/ B1	noun - the ability to recall past experiences; a recollection
masterpiece /ˈmæstərˌpis/ C1	noun - an outstanding work of art or skill
incomplete /ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt/ B2	adjective - not finished; lacking some part
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - having a low temperature; not warm
warm /wɔːrm/ A1	adjective - having or giving off moderate heat; comfortable
streets /striːts/ A2	noun - public roads in a city or town, especially those with buildings on both sides
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to think, feel, and reason
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ B1	noun - the act or process of becoming different verb - to make or become different
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ B1	adjective - feeling fear or anxiety; frightened
leap /liːp/ B2	noun - a sudden jump or spring verb - to jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force
faith /feɪθ/ B2	noun - complete trust or confidence in someone or something
slideshow /ˈslaɪdˌʃoʊ/ C1	noun - a presentation of a series of pictures or slides shown on a screen
king-sized /ˈkɪŋˈsaɪzd/ C1	adjective - very large; the size of a king‑size bed
cigarette /sɪˈɡɛrət/ B1	noun - a thin roll of finely cut tobacco leaves that is smoked
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep; a cherished aspiration verb - to experience dreams while sleeping; to imagine or envisage something

Key Grammar Structures

• I was still afraid

  ➔ Simple Past (Past Simple) with adverb placement

  ➔ The verb "was" is in the simple past; the adverb "still" is placed between the verb and the adjective.

• I felt you touch me in a whole new way

  ➔ Perception verb + object + bare infinitive

  ➔ "felt" is a perception verb that takes the object "you" followed by the bare infinitive "touch".

• If we could've been more, but we were left unfinished

  ➔ Conditional perfect (modal perfect) + passive voice

  ➔ "could've been" is the conditional perfect (could + have + past participle). "were left" is the passive form of "leave".

• I flew back to the life I knew

  ➔ Relative clause (defining) after a noun

  ➔ "the life" is modified by the relative clause "I knew" (past simple).

• I've got a slideshow inside my head

  ➔ Present perfect of "have" used for possession

  ➔ "I've got" = "I have got" meaning "I possess"; the verb is in the present perfect.

• I told myself that it was for the best

  ➔ Reported speech with past reporting verb + that‑clause

  ➔ "told" is the past reporting verb; the content is introduced by the conjunction "that" and the verb inside the clause is in past simple "was".

• Now I've got you on my mind

  ➔ Present perfect of "have" + object pronoun

  ➔ "I've got" expresses possession; the object pronoun "you" follows the verb.

• All I've got is a memory

  ➔ Present perfect of "have" + linking verb "is" (copular construction)

  ➔ "I've got" (present perfect) is the subject; the copular verb "is" links it to the predicate noun "a memory".