Waiting All Night – English Lyrics

• By: Rudimental, Ella Eyre
• Album: Home

Lyrics & Translation

Learning English with 'Waiting All Night' offers a great opportunity to pick up on expressive emotional language and popular slang. The song's clear, powerful vocals and repetitive chorus make it easy to follow and sing along, helping with pronunciation and vocabulary related to feelings and relationships. Its fusion of soulful English pop with energetic drum and bass makes it a unique and exciting way to immerse yourself in contemporary British music.

[English]

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

Tell me, tell me that you need me

I've been waiting all night for you to

Oh, oh, tell me what you want yeah

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

Tell me, tell me that you need me

I've been waiting all night for you to

Oh, oh, tell me what you want yeah

Want yeah, want yeah

Want yeah, want yeah

Want, want, want, want, want, want, want, want

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

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

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

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me, oh

...

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

Tell me, tell me that you need me

I've been waiting all night for you to

Oh, oh, tell me what you want yeah

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

Tell me, tell me that you need me

I've been waiting all night for you to

Oh, oh, tell me what you want yeah

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

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

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

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me, oh

...

Ooh-ooh, yeah, tell me right now

Tell me, tell me right now

Tell me, tell me right now

Tell me, tell me right now

Tell me, tell me right now

Tell me, tell me right now

Tell me, tell me right now

Tell me, tell me right now

Tell me, tell me right now

Tell me, tell me right now

Tell me, tell me right now

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me, oh

...

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me

Tell me that you need me

Tell me that you want me, oh

...

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.