10,000 Hours – English Lyrics

• By: Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber
• Album: Good Things

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a new language is like getting to know a new person, it takes time and dedication. '10,000 Hours' by Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber perfectly captures this sentiment. The song's simple yet profound lyrics about spending a lifetime learning about a loved one make it a great and heartwarming way to practice your English. Its conversational questions and declarations of love can help you learn everyday expressions in a sweet, musical context.

[English]

Do you love the rain, does it make you dance

When you're drunk with your friends at a party?

What's your favorite song, does it make you smile?

Do you think of me?

When you close your eyes

Tell me, what are you dreamin'?

Everything, I wanna know it all

I'd spend 10,000 hours and 10,000 more

Oh, if that's what it takes to learn that sweet heart of yours

And I might never get there, but I'm gonna try

If it's 10,000 hours or the rest of my life

I'm gonna love you (ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)

Do you miss the road that you grew up on?

Did you get your middle name from your grandma?

When you think about your forever now

Do you think of me?

When you close your eyes

Tell me, what are you dreamin'?

Everything, I wanna know it all

I'd spend 10,000 hours and 10,000 more

Oh, if that's what it takes to learn that sweet heart of yours

And I might never get there, but I'm gonna try

If it's 10,000 hours or the rest of my life

I'm gonna love you (ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)

I'm gonna love you, ooh (ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)

Ooh, want the good and the bad, everything in between

Ooh, gotta cure my curiosity

Oh yeah, I'd spend 10,000 hours and 10,000 more

Oh, if that's what it takes to learn that sweet heart of yours (sweet heart of yours)

And I might never get there, but I'm gonna try

If it's 10,000 hours or the rest of my life

I'm gonna love you (ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)

I'm gonna love you, ooh, yeah (ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh)

And I (do you love the rain, does it make you dance?)

I'm gonna love you (I'm gonna love you)

I, I'm gonna love you (ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection. verb - to feel deep affection for (someone).
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere. verb - to fall as rain.
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music. noun - a rhythmic movement of the body.
friends /frɛndz/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection.
party /ˈpɑːrti/ A1	noun - a social gathering.
favorite /ˈfeɪvərɪt/ A2	adjective - most liked or preferred. noun - a person or thing that is most liked or preferred.
song /sɔːŋ/ A1	noun - a short musical composition with words.
smile /smaɪl/ A1	verb - to form one's features into a pleased, kind, or amused expression. noun - a pleased, kind, or amused expression.
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs of vision in the head
dreaming /ˈdriːmɪŋ/ A2	verb - experiencing a dream; having a series of thoughts, images, or sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
road /roʊd/ A1	noun - a way or course taken in getting from one place to another.
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known, addressed, or referred to. verb - give (someone or something) a name.
forever /fərˈevər/ A2	noun - a seemingly long time.
good /ɡʊd/ A1	adjective - to be desired or approved of
bad /bæd/ A1	adjective - not good, of poor quality
cure /kjʊr/ B1	verb - relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition. noun - a substance or course of treatment that cures a disease or condition.
curiosity /ˌkjʊəriˈɒsɪti/ B2	noun - a strong desire to know or learn something.

Key Grammar Structures

• Do you love the rain, does it make you dance

  ➔ Interrogative sentences with auxiliary verbs 'do/does'

  ➔ This line uses simple present tense in interrogative form. 'Do' is used as an auxiliary verb to form the question, followed by the subject ('you') and the main verb ('love', 'make').

• When you're drunk with your friends at a party?

  ➔ Subordinate clause with 'when' and the adjective 'drunk'.

  ➔ This is a subordinate clause introduced by the conjunction "when", indicating time. 'Drunk' is an adjective describing the state of the subject 'you'. The construction 'you're drunk' is a shortened form of 'you are drunk'.

• What's your favorite song, does it make you smile?

  ➔ Question word 'what' followed by the verb 'to be' in the short form 's', and interrogative sentence with auxiliary verb 'does'.

  ➔ 'What's' is a contraction of 'what is'. The second part of the sentence, 'does it make you smile?', uses the auxiliary verb 'does' to form a question in the simple present tense.

• I'd spend 10,000 hours and 10,000 more

  ➔ Conditional sentences: Short form of 'would' ('d) in the conditional clause.

  ➔ 'I'd' is a contraction of 'I would'. While this sentence doesn't explicitly have an 'if' clause, it implies a condition. It suggests the speaker is willing to spend that amount of time *if* that's what is required.

• Oh, if that's what it takes to learn that sweet heart of yours

  ➔ Conditional sentence with 'if' and 'what it takes' structure.

  ➔ This is a conditional sentence where 'that's what it takes' functions as a noun clause. 'What it takes' means 'the necessary thing/effort'.

• And I might never get there, but I'm gonna try

  ➔ Use of modal verb 'might' expressing possibility and 'gonna' as an informal contraction of 'going to' for future intention. Conjunction 'but' contrasting two ideas.

  ➔ 'Might' indicates a lower degree of certainty compared to 'will' or 'shall'. 'Gonna' is a colloquial way of saying 'going to', indicating a planned future action. 'But' introduces a contrast, acknowledging the possibility of failure while asserting the intention to try.

• If it's 10,000 hours or the rest of my life

  ➔ Conditional Clause: Use of the verb 'to be' in conditional sentences.

  ➔ This is the 'if' clause of a conditional sentence. 'It's' is a contraction of 'it is'. The conditional clause introduces a hypothetical situation.

• Do you miss the road that you grew up on?

  ➔ Relative clause with 'that' defining the noun 'road'.

  ➔ The relative clause 'that you grew up on' modifies the noun 'road', providing more information about which road is being referred to. The relative pronoun 'that' could also be omitted here, making it 'Do you miss the road you grew up on?'