If I Follow – English Lyrics

• By: Elijah N, Julia Stone

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic world of 'If I Follow' to enhance your English listening skills. This song is perfect for learners looking to master emotive vocabulary, soft conversational phrasing, and the natural rhythm of romantic folk storytelling.

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a Man Overboard

we've been here before

a long story short

you walked out the door gotta get over

myself for drinks they don't help I've

got to at least

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and

If I Let Go will it leave me lame here

to drown

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gotta get over myself

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just another night

just another fight

will it be all right

it's not your eyes

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If I Let Go will it leave

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sinking down

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
overboard /ˈoʊvərˌbɔːrd/ B2	adjective - over the side of a boat or ship into the water
story /ˈstɔːri/ A1	noun - a description of events and people that the narrator imagines or has experienced
walked /wɔːkt/ A1	verb - to move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn
drinks /drɪŋks/ A1	noun - liquids for drinking, especially alcoholic beverages
drown /draʊn/ B2	verb - to die through submersion in water
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness in each twenty-four hours
fight /faɪt/ A2	noun - a violent struggle or argument
right /raɪt/ A1	adjective - satisfactory, acceptable, or correct
sinking /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/ B1	verb - going down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid
lame /leɪm/ B2	adjective - unable to walk without difficulty as the result of an injury or illness

Key Grammar Structures

• We've been here before

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ "We've been" is used to describe an experience that happened in the past and relates to the present situation.

• You walked out the door

  ➔ Past Simple

  ➔ "Walked" indicates a completed action at a specific time in the past.

• Gotta get over myself

  ➔ Modal idiom 'Gotta' (Have got to)

  ➔ "Gotta" is an informal contraction of "have got to," expressing obligation or necessity.

• If I Let Go, will it leave me?

  ➔ First Conditional

  ➔ The "If" clause uses the present tense to discuss a possible future condition and its result.

• Drinks they don't help

  ➔ Left Dislocation / Emphasis

  ➔ By placing "Drinks" at the start, the speaker emphasizes the subject before the pronoun "they" repeats it.