Forever Is A Feeling – English Lyrics

• By: Lucy Dacus
• Album: Forever Is A Feeling

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Lucy Dacus' "Forever Is A Feeling" to explore the nuanced, personal, and often complex language of enduring love. This song, rich with intimate detail, offers a beautiful entry point into the emotional vocabulary of contemporary folk-influenced indie, showing how the most profound feelings can often be conveyed with the quietest, most honest words.

[English]

I crossed a line

And you followed close behind

We were cherry red in your forest green

1993 Grand Cherokee

You knew the scenic route

I knew the shortcut and shut my mouth

Isn't that what love's about?

Doing whatever to draw it out?

This is bliss

This is Hell

Forever is a feeling

And I know it well

I'm no good at faces or names

Places or days

Zip codes and timezones

But I remember everywhere we've ever been and whеn

I remember thinking you wеre pretty when we met

I'm reading you like road signs

Tell me where to go

My wrists are in your ziptie

25 to life, why not?

Yeah, you're smart

But you're dumb at heart

And that's a good start

This is bliss

This is Hell

Forever is a feeling

And I know it well

Forever is a feeling (I know it well)

Forever is a feeling (I know it well)

Forever is a feeling

Forever is a feeling

Forever is a feeling (Forever)

Forever is a feeling (Forever)

Forever is a feeling

Forever is a feeling (Forever)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
crossed krɔst A2	verb - to go or extend from one side of something to the other
scenic ˈsiːnɪk B1	adjective - having beautiful natural surroundings
shortcut ˈʃɔːrtkʌt A2	noun - a quicker route than the ordinary or main one
bliss blɪs B1	noun - supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment
ziptie ˈzɪpˌtaɪ B2	noun - a strip of plastic with teeth on one side and a ratchet on the other, used to bind items together
wrists rɪsts A1	noun - the joint connecting the hand with the forearm
dumb dʌm A1	adjective - lacking intelligence or common sense
cherry ˈtʃɛri A1	noun - a small, round, soft fruit with a stone inside adjective - of a bright red color
forest ˈfɔːrɪst A1	noun - a large area covered primarily with trees and undergrowth
scenic ˈsiːnɪk B1	adjective - having beautiful natural surroundings
remember rɪˈmɛmbər A2	verb - to have or keep an image or idea in one's mind from past experience
pretty ˈprɪti A1	adjective - attractive in a delicate way without great extravagance
road signs roʊd saɪnz A1	noun - signs placed on the side of the road to give information to drivers
smart smɑrt A1	adjective - having or showing a quick-witted intelligence
start stɑrt A1	noun - the beginning of an event or process verb - to begin or cause to begin an activity or process

Key Grammar Structures

• I crossed a line / And you followed close behind

  ➔ Past simple tense

  ➔ The verbs "crossed" and "followed" are in the past simple tense, indicating completed actions in the past.

• Isn't that what love's about?

  ➔ Contraction + present simple

  ➔ The contraction "Isn't" (is not) and the present simple "love's" (love is) are used for informal questioning.

• This is bliss / This is Hell

  ➔ Present simple for emphasis

  ➔ The present simple "is" is used to emphasize the current state or feeling.

• I'm no good at faces or names

  ➔ Present continuous for fixed ability

  ➔ The present continuous "I'm no good" is used to describe a fixed or general ability.

• But I remember everywhere we've ever been and when

  ➔ Present perfect + ever

  ➔ The present perfect "we've ever been" with "ever" emphasizes experiences up to the present.

• Tell me where to go

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The imperative mood "Tell" is used to give a direct command or request.

• Forever is a feeling

  ➔ Present simple for timeless truth

  ➔ The present simple "is" is used to express a timeless or universal truth.