5 Years Time – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Oh well in five years time we could be walking around the zoo
With the sun shining down over me and you
And there'll be love in the bodies of the elephants too
And I'll put my hands over your eyes, but you'll peep through
And there'll be sun sun sun all over our bodies
And sun sun sun all down our necks
And there'll be sun sun sun all over our faces
And sun sun sun, so what the heck!
Cos I'll be laughing at all your silly little jokes
And we'll be laughing about how we used to smoke
All those stupid little cigarettes and drink stupid wine
Cos it's what we needed to have a good time
But it was fun fun fun when we were drinking
It was fun fun fun when we were drunk
And it was fun fun fun when we were laughing
It was fun fun fun, oh it was fun
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Oh well I look at you and say
It's the happiest that I've ever been
And I'll say I no longer feel I have to be James Dean
And she'll say
"Yah well I feel all pretty happy too"
And I'm always pretty happy when I'm just kicking back with you
And it'll be love love love all through our bodies
And love love love all through our minds
And it be love love love all over her face
And love love love all over mine
Although maybe all these moments are just in my head
I'll be thinking 'bout them as I'm lying in bed
And all that I believe, it might not even come true
But in my mind I'm havin' a pretty good time with you
Oh, in five years time I might not know you
In five years time we might not speak
In five years time we might not get along
In five years time
You might just prove me wrong
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Oh there'll be love love love
Wherever you go there'll be love love love
Wherever you go there'll be love love love
Wherever you go there'll be love love love
Wherever you go there'll be love love love
Wherever you go there'll be love love love
Wherever you go there'll be love love love
Wherever you go there'll be love love love
Wherever you go there'll be love love love
...
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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time /taɪm/ A1 |
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walk /wɔːk/ A1 |
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sun /sʌn/ A1 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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eyes /aɪz/ A1 |
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laugh /læf/ A1 |
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good /ɡʊd/ A1 |
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fun /fʌn/ A2 |
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bodies /ˈbɒdiz/ A2 |
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face /feɪs/ A2 |
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feel /fiːl/ A2 |
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happy /ˈhæpi/ A2 |
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smoke /smoʊk/ B1 |
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drink /drɪŋk/ A1 |
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mind /maɪnd/ B1 |
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silly /ˈsɪli/ B1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Oh well in five years time we **could be walking** around the zoo
➔ Modal verb 'could' + be + present participle (walking) for future continuous in a hypothetical situation.
➔ The use of "could be walking" suggests a possibility or a hypothetical scenario in the future. It doesn't express certainty, but rather a potential activity.
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And I'll put my hands over your eyes, but you'll peep through
➔ Future Simple with "will" and contrasting conjunction "but".
➔ "I'll put" indicates a future action, while "but you'll peep through" introduces a contrasting future action, despite the first action trying to prevent it. The use of "peep through" implies a playful and intimate interaction.
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Cos I'll be laughing at all your silly little jokes
➔ Future continuous "I'll be laughing" to describe an ongoing action in the future.
➔ The future continuous emphasizes the duration and continuity of the action of laughing. It suggests a prolonged, continuous experience of laughing at the jokes.
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Cos it's what we **needed to have** a good time
➔ "Needed to have" - past tense modal verb, expressing necessity in the past to do something to achieve an outcome.
➔ This suggests that smoking and drinking wine were perceived as necessary components for them to enjoy themselves at that time. The phrase shows a past reliance on these things for amusement.
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It's the happiest that I've ever been
➔ Superlative adjective ("happiest") with Present Perfect ("I've ever been") to express an experience up to the present moment.
➔ This phrase emphasizes that the current state of happiness surpasses all previous experiences in terms of happiness. The present perfect highlights the ongoing relevance of the experience.
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I no longer feel I have **to be** James Dean
➔ Modal verb implying obligation removed: 'have to' in the negative 'no longer feel I have to'.
➔ This line implies the speaker previously felt pressured or compelled to adopt a certain persona (James Dean represents rebelliousness, coolness, etc.), but now they no longer feel that need.
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Although maybe all these moments are just in my head
➔ Modal adverb "maybe" expressing uncertainty, combined with "are" (present simple) to indicate a potential reality.
➔ The line introduces doubt about the reality of the previously described happy moments. It presents the possibility that these moments might only exist within the speaker's imagination.
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In five years time You might just prove me wrong
➔ Modal verb "might" expressing possibility in the future with the adverb "just" intensifying the action, and the idiom "prove me wrong".
➔ This conveys a sense of uncertainty but also a hint of hope. The speaker acknowledges that their pessimistic predictions might be incorrect, and the other person could surprise them by making the future better than expected.