VALENTINE – English Lyrics

• By: Måneskin
• Album: RUSH! (Are U Coming?)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotional depths of Måneskin's "Valentine," a rock ballad that masterfully blends heartfelt lyrics with powerful instrumentation. Explore themes of love, loss, and longing as you dissect the song's poignant message and unravel the story behind its creation. Perfect for intermediate learners looking to improve their vocabulary related to emotions and relationships, while discovering the cultural context of modern Italian rock.

[English]

Wasted in love, misunderstood

Baby, it's harder to breathe when you're gone

So I hold in my hands pictures of you

And dream of the day you were eatin' for two

...

All this love, I'm so choked up

I can feel you in my blood

All this lust for just one touch

I'm so scared to give you up

Valentine, my decline is so much better with you

Valentine, my decline, I'm always runnin' to you

Valentine

Valentine

Crazy in love, daisy in bloom

Black hearts for pupils, I'm pacing the room

And I cover myself in tattoos of us

And dream of the day we embrace and combust

...

All this love, I'm so choked up

I can feel you in my blood

All this lust for just one touch

I'm so scared to give you up

Valentine, my decline is so much better with you

Valentine, my decline, I'm always runnin' to you

Valentine

Valentine

All this love, all this love

All this love

All this love, all this love

All this love

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection or strong feeling of attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone
wasted /ˈweɪstɪd/ B2	verb - to use up or spend something uselessly adjective - exhausted or in a state of extreme fatigue
misunderstood /ˌmɪsʌndərˈstʊd/ B2	verb - to interpret something incorrectly adjective - not correctly understood
breathe /briːð/ A2	verb - to take air into the lungs and exhale
hold /hoʊld/ A1	verb - to grasp or keep something in one's hands
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to experience thoughts or images while sleeping
choke /tʃoʊk/ B1	verb - to have difficulty breathing because something blocks the throat
blood /blʌd/ A2	noun - the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other animals
lust /lʌst/ B2	noun - intense or unbridled sexual desire verb - to have strong sexual desire for someone
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	noun - the act of putting one's hand on or near something verb - to make physical contact with something
scared /skɛrd/ A2	adjective - fearful; feeling anxiety or terror
decline /dɪˈklaɪn/ B2	verb - to become less in amount, intensity, or quality noun - a gradual weakening or diminishing
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - extremely excited or enthusiastic; mentally unbalanced
daisy /ˈdeɪzi/ B1	noun - a small white flower with a yellow centre, common in fields
bloom /bluːm/ B2	noun - the state of a flower when it has opened fully verb - to produce flowers; to flourish
black /blæk/ A1	adjective - of the darkest color, lacking any hue
hearts /hɑːrts/ A2	noun - the muscular organ that pumps blood through the body; symbol of love or courage
tattoos /təˈtuːz/ B1	noun - permanent designs made on the skin by inserting pigment
embrace /ɪmˈbreɪs/ B2	verb - to hold someone closely in one's arms noun - an act of holding someone closely in one's arms
combust /kəmˈbʌst/ C1	verb - to catch fire or cause to catch fire; to explode with intense feeling

Key Grammar Structures

• Wasted in love, misunderstood

  ➔ Past participle adjective

  ➔ The word 'wasted' functions as a past participle adjective, describing the state of being emotionally drained or lost in love.

• So I hold in my hands pictures of you

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The verb 'hold' is in the present simple tense, indicating a habitual or ongoing action of holding pictures.

• And dream of the day you were eatin' for two

  ➔ Past continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase 'were eatin'’ is in the past continuous tense, describing an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past.

• All this love, I'm so choked up

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ The phrase 'I'm so choked up' uses the present perfect tense with 'have got' implied, expressing a current emotional state resulting from past experiences.

• I can feel you in my blood

  ➔ Present simple tense with modal verb 'can'

  ➔ The verb 'can feel' is in the present simple tense with the modal verb 'can', indicating ability or possibility in the present.

• Valentine, my decline is so much better with you

  ➔ Comparative adjective

  ➔ The phrase 'so much better' uses a comparative adjective to emphasize the improvement in the speaker's decline when with the addressee.

• I'm always runnin' to you

  ➔ Present continuous tense for habitual actions

  ➔ The phrase 'I'm always runnin' to you' uses the present continuous tense to indicate a habitual action of running to the addressee.