Wherever You Are – English Lyrics

• By: Kodaline
• Album: Our Roots Run Deep

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the English language through Kodaline's heartfelt ballad, "Wherever You Are." This song offers a chance to learn expressive vocabulary related to love, distance, and commitment. Its clear and emotional lyrics make it a special and accessible song for language learners to connect with universal feelings of love and longing.

[English]

♪ ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME ♪

♪ YOU SAY YOU CARE ♪

♪ AND WHEN YOU'RE WITH ME ♪

♪ MY FUTURE'S THERE ♪

♪ WE GET CARRIED AWAY IN EMOTION ♪

♪ WE GET LOST IN EACH OTHER'S EYES ♪

♪ AND WE FORGET WHAT WE REGRET ♪

♪ AS WE CAST OUR FEARS ASIDE ♪

♪ WHEN THE WORLD'S GETTING HARD ♪

♪ I WILL GO TO WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ RUNNING BLIND IN THE DARK ♪

♪ I WILL GO TO WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ♪

♪ WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ FORGET THE VIOLENCE ♪

♪ FORGET THE WORLD ♪

♪ I SEE YOU SMILING ♪

♪ I'M LOST FOR WORDS ♪

♪ WE GET CARRIED AWAY IN EMOTION ♪

♪ WE GET LOST IN EACH OTHER'S EYES ♪

♪ AND WE FORGET WHAT WE REGRET ♪

♪ AS WE CAST OUR FEARS ASIDE ♪

♪ WHEN THE WORLD'S GETTING HARD ♪

♪ I WILL GO TO WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ RUNNING BLIND IN THE DARK ♪

♪ I WILL GO TO WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ♪

♪ WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ WHEN THE WORLD'S GETTING HARD ♪

♪ I WILL GO TO WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ RUNNING BLIND IN THE DARK ♪

♪ I WILL GO TO WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ♪

♪ WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ♪

HOW'S IT GOIN' DUBLIN?

HOW'S EVERYONE DOING?

YOU WANT TO GIVE IT A GO?

♪ WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ♪

LET ME HEAR YOU GUYS

♪ WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ♪

ONE MORE TIME AS LOUD AS YOU CAN

♪ WHEREVER YOU ARE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ♪

WHERE ARE WE?

WE'RE IN DUBLIN

BECAUSE WE LIVE HERE

♪ THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE ♪

(AUDIENCE CHEERS)

Key Grammar Structures

• YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME

  ➔ Present Simple in reported speech

  ➔ The verb 'say' is in the present simple tense, used to report speech without specifying a time.

• WE GET CARRIED AWAY IN EMOTION

  ➔ Passive voice with 'get'

  ➔ The phrase uses 'get' to form the passive voice, indicating an action happening to the subject.

• AND WE FORGET WHAT WE REGRET

  ➔ Present Simple with 'and'

  ➔ The conjunction 'and' connects two clauses, both in the present simple tense.

• WHEN THE WORLD'S GETTING HARD

  ➔ Present Continuous in a subordinate clause

  ➔ The present continuous tense 'is getting' is used in a subordinate clause to describe an ongoing action.

• I WILL GO TO WHEREVER YOU ARE

  ➔ Future Simple with 'will'

  ➔ The modal verb 'will' is used to express a future action or promise.

• THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE

  ➔ Future Contraction with 'will'

  ➔ The contraction 'I'll' is a shortened form of 'I will', commonly used in spoken and informal English.

• FORGET THE VIOLENCE

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The imperative mood is used to give commands or instructions, here 'forget' is a direct command.