What If – English Lyrics

• By: Ne-Yo

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

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♪ LAST NIGHT YOUR NAME CAME UP IN CONVERSATION ♪

♪ THEY WERE TELLING ME YOU ♪

♪ FOUND LOVE IN A NEW LOCATION ♪

♪ AND I SWEAR MY MIND WENT TO THE TIME WHEN YOU AND I GOT FADED ♪

♪ AND I PROMISED YOU WE'D MAKE IT ♪

♪ FAST FORWARD TWO YEARS AND WE WERE OVER ♪

♪ UBER TO THE AIRPORT WHEN I KNOW I SHOULD HAVE DROVE YA ♪

♪ LATER ON I TELL MYSELF THAT BREAKING UP WAS WORTH IT ♪

♪ BUT DEEP DOWN I'M STILL UNCERTAIN ♪

♪ WHAT IF ♪

♪ IF WE NEVER LET IT GO ♪

♪ WHAT IF ♪

♪ WE WERE WAY TO YOUNG TO KNOW ♪

♪ WHAT IT WAS ♪

♪ US JUST CHILLING LIKE BEFORE ♪

♪ TELL ME WASN'T THAT ENOUGH ♪

♪ WHAT IF ♪

♪ IF YOU NEVER LEFT THAT NIGHT ♪

♪ WHAT IF ♪

♪ I NEVER LET YOU GO THAT NIGHT ♪

♪ WHAT IF, YOU ♪

♪ IF YOU COULD ONLY READ MY MIND ♪

♪ MAYBE WE'D WOULD STILL BE IN LOVE ♪

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♪ LAST NIGHT YOUR NAME CAME UP IN CONVERSATION ♪

♪ EVERYBODY SINGING HIS PRAISES ♪

♪ THIS GREAT NEW DUDE YOU DATING ♪

♪ NOW I'M OVER YOU, BUT I'VE HAD A FEW ♪

♪ SO IT'S PROBABLY TRUE, I WAS FADED ♪

♪ BUT DAMNIT I COULD JUST NOT TAKE IT ♪

♪ I REMEMBER THINGS WERE SO GOOD ♪

♪ WHEN YOU WERE WITH ME ♪

♪ BUT THEN I WENT AND BROKE YOUR HEART SO BAD YOU MOVED UP OUT THE CITY ♪

♪ NO HATING I'M SO GLAD ♪

♪ THAT YOU'RE SO HAPPY NOW ♪

♪ BUT I WONDER DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT ♪

♪ WHAT IF ♪

♪ IF WE NEVER LET GO ♪

♪ WHAT IF ♪

♪ WE WERE WAY TO YOUNG TO KNOW ♪

♪ WHAT IT WAS ♪

♪ US JUST CHILLING LIKE BEFORE ♪

♪ TELL ME WASN'T THAT ENOUGH ♪

♪ WHAT IF ♪

♪ IF YOU NEVER LEFT THAT NIGHT ♪

♪ WHAT IF ♪

♪ I NEVER LET YOU GO THAT NIGHT ♪

♪ WHAT IF, YOU ♪

♪ IF YOU COULD ONLY READ MY MIND ♪

♪ MAYBE WE'D STILL BE IN LOVE ♪

♪♪♪

♪ WHAT IF ♪

♪ IF WE NEVER LET GO ♪

♪ WHAT IF ♪

♪ WE WERE JUST TO YOUNG TO KNOW ♪

♪ WHAT IT WAS ♪

♪ US JUST CHILLING LIKE BEFORE ♪

♪ WASN'T THAT ENOUGH ♪

♪ WHAT IF ♪

♪ IF YOU NEVER LEFT YOU GO THAT NIGHT ♪

♪ WHAT IF ♪

♪ I NEVER LEFT YOU GO THAT NIGHT ♪

♪ WHAT IF YOU ♪

♪ IF YOU COULD ONLY READ MY MIND ♪

♪ MAYBE WE'D WOULD STILL BE IN LOVE ♪

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Key Grammar Structures

• LAST NIGHT YOUR NAME CAME UP IN CONVERSATION

  ➔ Simple Past Tense

  ➔ The verb "CAME" shows the simple past, indicating a completed action in the past.

• I SWEAR MY MIND WENT TO THE TIME WHEN YOU AND I GOT FADED

  ➔ Past Simple with a Time Clause (when)

  ➔ "WENT" is the simple past verb, and the clause "when you and I got faded" specifies the time of the action.

• I PROMISED YOU WE'D MAKE IT

  ➔ Conditional Type 2 (would + base verb)

  ➔ "WE'D" is a contraction of "we would", showing a hypothetical future result.

• I KNOW I SHOULD HAVE DROVE YA

  ➔ Modal Perfect (should have + past participle)

  ➔ "SHOULD HAVE DROVE" expresses regret about an action that was not taken in the past.

• BUT DEEP DOWN I'M STILL UNCERTAIN

  ➔ Present Continuous (am/is/are + -ing)

  ➔ "I'M STILL" uses the contraction of "I am" with the adjective "still" to describe a current ongoing state.

• IF WE NEVER LET IT GO

  ➔ Zero Conditional (if + present simple, present simple)

  ➔ "NEVER LET" is in the present simple after "if", showing a general hypothetical situation.

• IF YOU COULD ONLY READ MY MIND

  ➔ Modal verb "could" for ability in a hypothetical context

  ➔ "COULD" shows a possible ability that is not real: "you could only read my mind".

• NOW I'M OVER YOU, BUT I'VE HAD A FEW

  ➔ Present Perfect (have/has + past participle)

  ➔ "I'VE HAD" contracts "I have had", using the present perfect to talk about experiences up to now.