Who You'd Be Today – English Lyrics

• By: Kenny Chesney
• Album: The Road And The Radio

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt lyrics of Kenny Chesney's "Who You'd Be Today," a powerful country ballad that beautifully captures universal themes of love and loss. Learning English through this song offers an opportunity to connect with deeply emotional storytelling and expand your vocabulary related to grief, hope, and reflection on life's what-ifs, making it a truly special and relatable listening experience.

[English]

Sunny days seem to hurt the most

I wear the pain like a heavy coat

I feel you everywhere I go

I see your smile, I see your face

I hear you laughin' in the rain

I still can't believe you're gone

It ain't fair you died too young

Like a story that had just begun

But death tore the pages all away

And God knows how I miss you

All the hell that I've been through

Just knowin', no one could take your place

Sometimes I wonder who you'd be today?

Would you see the world?

Would you chase your dreams?

Settle down with a family

I wonder what would you name your babies?

Some days, the sky's so blue

I feel like I can talk to you

And I know it might sound crazy

It ain't fair you died too young

Like a story that had just begun

But death tore the pages all away

God knows how I miss you

All the hell that I've been through

Just knowin', no one could take your place

But sometimes I wonder who you'd be today?

Today, today, today

Today, today, today

Sunny days seem to hurt the most

I wear the pain like a heavy coat

The only thing that gives me hope

Is I know, I'll see you again someday

Someday, someday

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Key Grammar Structures

• I wear the pain like a heavy coat

  ➔ Simile using "like" + noun

  ➔ The word "like" introduces a comparison: "the pain" is compared to "a heavy coat".

• I still can't believe you're gone

  ➔ Modal verb "can" in negative form + infinitive

  ➔ "can't" is the contracted negative of "can" followed by the infinitive "believe".

• It ain't fair you died too young

  ➔ Colloquial contraction "ain't" + past simple verb

  ➔ "ain't" is an informal negative form of "is not/are not" used before the past verb "died".

• Like a story that had just begun

  ➔ Past perfect tense "had begun"

  ➔ "had" + past participle "begun" forms the past perfect, indicating an action completed before another past moment.

• God knows how I miss you

  ➔ "how" + clause as an object complement

  ➔ "how" introduces a clause that explains the manner "I miss you"; it functions as the object of "knows".

• All the hell that I've been through

  ➔ Present perfect continuous "have been" + past participle

  ➔ "I've" = "I have"; "been" + past participle "through" forms the present perfect continuous, showing an experience that started in the past and continues to the present.

• Sometimes I wonder who you'd be today?

  ➔ Conditional modal "would" + base verb (hypothetical)

  ➔ "you'd" is the contraction of "you would"; it expresses a hypothetical situation about the future.

• Would you chase your dreams?

  ➔ Modal verb "would" in a polite question

  ➔ "Would" is used to make a tentative or polite request: "Would you chase your dreams?"

• I feel like I can talk to you

  ➔ "like" + clause expressing similarity; modal "can" + infinitive

  ➔ "like" introduces a comparison clause "I can talk to you"; "can" shows ability.

• The only thing that gives me hope is I know, I'll see you again someday

  ➔ Relative clause "that gives me hope"; future simple "I'll see"

  ➔ "that gives me hope" is a relative clause describing "the only thing"; "I'll see" = "I will see" expresses a future intention.