WILDFLOWER – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Things fall apart and time breaks your heart
I wasn't there, but I know
She was your girl, you showed her the world
You fell out of love and you both let go
She was cryin' on my shoulder, all I could do was hold her
Only made us closer until July
Now I know that you love me, you don't need to remind me
I should put it all behind me, shouldn't I?
But I see her in the back of my mind
All the time
Like a fever, like I'm burning alive
Like a sign
Did I cross the line?
Mm, hm
...
Well, good things don't last (good things don't last)
And life moves so fast (life moves so fast)
I'd never ask who was better (I'd never ask who was better)
'Cause she couldn't be (she couldn't be)
More different from me (more different)
Happy and free (happy and free) in leather
...
And I know that you love me (you love me)
You don't need to remind me (remind me)
Wanna put it all behind me, but baby
I see her in the back of my mind (back of my mind)
All the time (all the time)
Feels like a fever (like a fever)
Like I'm burning alive (burning alive)
Like a sign
Did I cross the line?
You say no one knows you so well (oh)
...
But every time you touch me, I just wonder how she felt
...
Valentine's Day, cryin' in the hotel
...
I know you didn't mean to hurt me, so I kept it to myself
...
And I wonder
Do you see her in the back of your mind?
...
In my eyes?
...
You say no one knows you so well
But every time you touch me, I just wonder how she felt
Valentine's Day, cryin' in the hotel
I know you didn't mean to hurt me, so I kept it to myself
...
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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fall /fɔːl/ A2 |
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break /breɪk/ B1 |
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heart /hɑːt/ A2 |
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show /ʃoʊ/ A2 |
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love /lʌv/ A2 |
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know /noʊ/ A2 |
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cry /kraɪ/ A2 |
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hidden /ˈhɪd.ən/ B2 |
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remind /rɪˈmaɪnd/ B2 |
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move /muːv/ A2 |
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fight /faɪt/ B1 |
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free /friː/ A2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Things fall apart and time breaks your heart
➔ Present simple tense used for general truths or facts
➔ The use of "fall" and "breaks" in the present tense shows these are ongoing or universal truths.
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She was cryin' on my shoulder, all I could do was hold her
➔ Past continuous tense to describe an ongoing action in the past
➔ "Was crying" shows an action that was happening at a specific moment in the past.
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Now I know that you love me, you don't need to remind me
➔ Present simple tense for facts or general truths
➔ The phrase "you love me" is in the present simple, indicating a current state or fact.
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But I see her in the back of my mind
➔ Simple present tense to describe visual perception or mental image
➔ The verb "see" in the present tense indicates current perception or mental visualization.
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Did I cross the line?
➔ Past simple interrogative form to ask about a completed action
➔ The auxiliary "Did" indicates that the sentence is in past tense, and it forms a question.
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You say no one knows you so well
➔ Present simple tense with a subordinating conjunction to express a statement
➔ The verb "knows" is in the present simple, indicating a general truth or perception.
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Valentine's Day, cryin' in the hotel
➔ Gerund form "cryin'" used as a present participle to describe an ongoing action
➔ "Cryin'" is a colloquial contraction of "crying," functioning as a present participle to indicate ongoing action.
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