I Don’t Wanna Live Forever – English Lyrics

• By: ZAYN, Taylor Swift
• Album: Fifty Shades Darker

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” offers a great opportunity to explore the nuances of expressing deep emotion in English. The collaboration between global pop superstars ZAYN and Taylor Swift brings together two distinct vocal styles in a song that delves into themes of love, loss, and longing. The lyrics are both straightforward and poetic, making it accessible for learners to understand and emotionally connect with the song's story of heartbreak and hope.

[English]

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♪ BEEN SITTING EYES WIDE OPEN ♪

♪ BEHIND THESE FOUR WALLS, HOPING YOU'D CALL ♪

♪ IT'S JUST A CRUEL EXISTENCE ♪

♪ LIKE THERE'S NO POINT HOPING AT ALL ♪

♪ BABY, BABY, ♪

♪ I FEEL CRAZY ♪

♪ UP ALL NIGHT, ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT AND EVERY DAY ♪

♪ GIVE ME SOMETHING, ♪

♪ OH, BUT YOU SAY NOTHING ♪

♪ WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME? ♪

♪ I DON'T WANNA LIVE ♪

♪ FOREVER, ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I KNOW I'LL BE LIVING IN VAIN ♪

♪ AND I DON'T WANNA FIT ♪

♪ WHEREVER ♪

♪ I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME ♪

♪ UNTIL YOU COME BACK HOME ♪

♪ I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME ♪

♪ UNTIL YOU COME BACK HOME ♪

♪ I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME ♪

♪ UNTIL YOU COME BACK HOME ♪

♪ I'M SITTING EYES WIDE OPEN ♪

♪ AND I GOT ONE THING STUCK IN MY MIND ♪

♪ WONDERING IF I DODGED A BULLET ♪

♪ OR JUST LOST THE LOVE OF MY LIFE ♪

♪ BABY, BABY, ♪

♪ I FEEL CRAZY ♪

♪ UP ALL NIGHT, ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT AND EVERY DAY ♪

♪ I GAVE YOU SOMETHING, ♪

♪ BUT YOU GAVE ME NOTHING ♪

♪ WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME? ♪

♪ I DON'T WANNA LIVE ♪

♪ FOREVER, ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I KNOW I'LL BE LIVING IN VAIN ♪

♪ AND I DON'T WANNA FIT ♪

♪ WHEREVER ♪

♪ I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME ♪

♪ UNTIL YOU COME BACK HOME ♪

♪ I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME ♪

♪ UNTIL YOU COME BACK HOME ♪

♪ I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME ♪

♪ UNTIL YOU COME BACK HOME ♪

♪ I'VE BEEN LOOKING SAD ♪

♪ IN ALL THE NICEST PLACES ♪

♪ BABY, BABY, ♪

♪ I FEEL CRAZY ♪

♪ I SEE YOU AROUND ♪

♪ IN ALL THESE EMPTY FACES ♪

♪ UP ALL NIGHT, ALL NIGHT ♪

♪ AND EVERY DAY ♪

♪ I'VE BEEN LOOKING SAD ♪

♪ IN ALL THE NICEST PLACES ♪

♪ GIVE ME SOMETHING, ♪

♪ OH, BUT YOU SAY NOTHING ♪

♪ NOW I'M IN A CAB, ♪

♪ I TELL 'EM WHERE YOUR PLACE IS ♪

♪ WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME? ♪

♪ I DON'T WANNA LIVE ♪

♪ FOREVER, ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I KNOW I'LL BE LIVING IN VAIN ♪

♪ AND I DON'T WANNA FIT ♪

♪ WHEREVER ♪

♪ I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME ♪

♪ UNTIL YOU COME BACK HOME ♪

♪ I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME ♪

♪ UNTIL YOU COME BACK HOME ♪

♪ I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME ♪

♪ UNTIL YOU COME BACK HOME ♪

♪ I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME ♪

♪ UNTIL YOU COME BACK HOME ♪

♪ I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME ♪

♪ UNTIL YOU COME BACK HOME ♪

♪ I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME ♪

♪ UNTIL YOU COME BACK HOME ♪

♪ UNTIL YOU COME BACK HOME ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sitting /ˈsɪtɪŋ/ A1	verb - to rest with one's weight supported by one's buttocks
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs that detect light
open /ˈoʊpən/ A1	adjective - not closed or fastened verb - to become open
walls /wɔlz/ A1	noun - vertical constructions of a building
hoping /ˈhoʊpɪŋ/ A2	verb - to want something to happen or be true
call /kɔl/ A1	verb - to contact someone by telephone noun - a telephone conversation
cruel /ˈkruːəl/ B1	adjective - willfully causing pain or suffering to others
existence /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/ B2	noun - the state of being alive or real
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1	adjective - mentally deranged
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise
forever /fərˈevər/ A2	adverb - for all future time; eternally
vain /veɪn/ B2	adjective - producing no result; useless
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or words by which someone or something is known verb - give a name to
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives adverb - to or at one's home
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness verb - be annoyed or disturbed by

Key Grammar Structures

• BEEN SITTING EYES WIDE OPEN

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The use of "been sitting" indicates an action that started in the past and continues to the present. It emphasizes the duration of the sitting.

• HOPING YOU'D CALL

  ➔ Conditional Mood (Reduced)

  ➔ "You'd call" is a shortened form of "you would call," expressing a hypothetical situation or a wish.

• LIKE THERE'S NO POINT HOPING AT ALL

  ➔ Existential "There is/are" + Gerund

  ➔ The phrase "there's no point hoping" uses the existential "there is" to indicate that no benefit or purpose is found in hoping. "Hoping" is a gerund (verb acting as a noun).

• I DON'T WANNA LIVE FOREVER, 'CAUSE I KNOW I'LL BE LIVING IN VAIN

  ➔ Future Continuous in a Subordinate Clause of Reason

  ➔ The phrase "I'll be living in vain" uses the future continuous tense to describe an ongoing action in the future. The "'cause" introduces a clause explaining the reason for not wanting to live forever.

• I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME

  ➔ "Wanna" contraction + "Keep" + Gerund

  ➔ "Wanna" is a colloquial contraction of "want to". "Keep calling" uses "keep" followed by a gerund to express the continuation of an action.

• WONDERING IF I DODGED A BULLET

  ➔ Indirect Question

  ➔ The phrase "wondering if I dodged a bullet" uses "if" to introduce an indirect question. It expresses a state of uncertainty about whether a potential danger was avoided.

• I'VE BEEN LOOKING SAD IN ALL THE NICEST PLACES

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous + Superlative Adjective

  ➔ "I've been looking" uses the present perfect continuous tense, indicating an action that started in the past and continues to the present. "Nicest" is the superlative form of "nice", meaning the most nice.

• NOW I'M IN A CAB, I TELL 'EM WHERE YOUR PLACE IS

  ➔ Reported Speech (Informal)

  ➔ The phrase "I tell 'em where your place is" is an example of informal reported speech. "'Em" is a colloquial shortening of "them." The clause "where your place is" functions as the object of the verb "tell."