Waiting All Night – English Lyrics

• By: Rudimental, Ella Eyre
• Album: Home

Lyrics & Translation

"Waiting All Night" by Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre offers a great opportunity to learn English through its repetitive and powerful lyrics. The song's uplifting message of hope and perseverance, combined with its energetic drum and bass beat, makes for a memorable and engaging learning experience. The music video adds another layer of inspiration, telling the true story of a BMX champion overcoming a life-altering accident.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ A1	verb - staying where one is or delaying action until a particular time or event.
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours.
tell /tel/ A1	verb - communicate information to someone in spoken or written words.
want /wɒnt/ A1	verb - have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for. noun - a lack or deficiency of something.
need /niːd/ A1	verb - require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable. noun - a thing that is essential or very important.
right /raɪt/ A1	adjective - morally good, justified, or acceptable. adverb - immediately

Key Grammar Structures

• I've been waiting all night for you to tell me what you want

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The "present perfect continuous" (I've been waiting) emphasizes the duration of an action that started in the past and continues to the present. It focuses on the *process* of waiting.

• Tell me, tell me that you need me

  ➔ Imperative Mood + That-clause

  ➔ "Tell me" is an "imperative" (command). "That you need me" is a *that-clause* acting as the object of the verb "tell". The *that* can be omitted here, making it "Tell me you need me".

• I've been waiting all night for you to tell me what you want

  ➔ Indirect Question

  ➔ "What you want" is an "indirect question". It's a question embedded within a statement. The word order is subject-verb, not verb-subject (as in a direct question, *What do you want?*).

• Tell me that you want me, oh

  ➔ Use of "Oh" as an Interjection

  ➔ "Oh" is used as an "interjection" to express emotion, often longing or a plea. It doesn't have a grammatical function within the sentence structure itself.

• Tell me, tell me right now

  ➔ Adverb of Time

  ➔ Right now" is an "adverb of time", which indicates when the action of the verb "tell" should happen.