Last Birthday – English Lyrics

• By: Valley
• Album: Lost in Translation

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the conversational and emotive side of English with Valley’s 'Last Birthday.' This song is a perfect resource for learning how to express nuanced feelings of nostalgia, regret, and acceptance through simple yet evocative modern vocabulary.

[English]

[PROJECTOR BEEP]

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♪ I WANTED TO TALK YOU WANTED TO SLEEP ♪

♪ PUT YOUR HEADPHONES IN ♪

♪ AND RECLINED THE SEAT ♪

♪ COUNTING THE CARS WHILE YOU COUNTED THE SHEEP ♪

♪ I COUNT DOWN THE HOURS TILL WE GET TO SPEAK ♪

♪ ALL YOU NEEDED WAS SOMEONE THERE TO SIT NEXT TO ♪

♪ BUT ALL I NEEDED WAS YOU ♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU AT THE BAGGAGE CLAIM ♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU ON YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY ♪

♪ EVEN IF YOU WOULDN'T DO THE SAME ♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU (I'LL BE WITH YOU) ♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU AFTER SHITTY DATES ♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU ♪

♪ IF YOUR LAST NAME CHANGED ♪

♪ EVEN IF YOU DON'T RECIPROCATE ♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU (I'LL BE WITH YOU) ♪

♪ WHEN YOUR HAIR IS ON FIRE ♪

♪ AND YOU CAN'T FEEL YOUR FACE ♪

♪ WHEN YOUR LANDLORD CALLS AND YOU'VE GOT THIRTY DAYS ♪

♪ YOU CAN SLEEP ON MY COUCH AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW ♪

♪ WHEN IT'S ALL UNDERGROUND, AT LEAST FLOWERS WILL GROW ♪

♪ ALL YOU NEEDED WAS SOMEONE THERE TO SIT NEXT TO ♪

♪ BUT ALL I NEEDED WAS YOU ♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU ♪

♪ AT THE BAGGAGE CLAIM ♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU ON YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY ♪

♪ EVEN IF YOU WOULDN'T DO THE SAME ♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU (I'LL BE WITH YOU) ♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU AFTER SHITTY DATES ♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU IF YOUR LAST NAME CHANGED ♪

♪ EVEN IF YOU DON'T RECIPROCATE ♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU (I'LL BE WITH YOU) ♪

♪♪♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU ♪

♪♪♪

♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU ♪

♪ WHEN YOU WAKE UP EVERYDAY ♪

♪ AND YOU’RE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE ♪

♪ I HOPE I’M NOT A PERSON IN YOUR LIFE YOU WOULD ERASE ♪

♪ I UNDERSTAND THE DISTANCE AND THIS INCONSISTENT PACE WOULD ♪

♪ IT HURT IF YOU STAYED FOR AWHILE? ♪

♪ I’LL BE WITH YOU AT THE BAGGAGE CLAIM ♪

♪ I’LL BE WITH YOU ON YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY ♪

♪ EVEN IF YOU WOULDN’T DO THE SAME ♪

♪ I’LL BE WITH YOU ♪

♪ (I’LL BE WITH YOU) ♪

♪ I’LL BE WITH YOU AFTER SHITTY DATES ♪

♪ I’LL BE WITH YOU ♪

♪ IF YOUR LAST NAME CHANGED ♪

♪ EVEN IF YOU DON’T RECIPROCATE ♪

♪ I’LL BE WITH YOU (I’LL BE WITH YOU) ♪

♪ I’LL BE WITH YOU ♪

♪ I’LL BE WITH YOU ♪

♪ I’LL BE WITH YOU ♪

♪ I’LL BE WITH YOU ♪

♪ I’LL BE WITH YOU ♪

♪ I’LL BE WITH YOU ♪

♪♪♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
reclined /rɪˈklaɪnd/ B2	verb - to lean back in a relaxed position
baggage /ˈbæɡɪdʒ/ A2	noun - suitcases and bags to be carried on a journey
shitty /ˈʃɪti/ C1	adjective - of very poor quality; unpleasant
reciprocate /rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt/ C2	verb - to respond to a gesture or action by making a corresponding one
landlord /ˈlændlɔːrd/ B1	noun - a person who rents land or property to a tenant
couch /kaʊtʃ/ A2	noun - a sofa for sitting
underground /ˌʌndərˈɡraʊnd/ B1	adjective - beneath the surface of the ground
erase /ɪˈreɪs/ B1	verb - to remove or obliterate
distance /ˈdɪstəns/ A2	noun - the amount of space between two things
inconsistent /ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt/ C1	adjective - not staying the same throughout; erratic
pace /peɪs/ B1	noun - a single step; the speed at which something happens
awhile /əˈwaɪl/ B2	adverb - for a short time
birthday /ˈbɜːrθdeɪ/ A1	noun - the anniversary of the day on which a person was born

Key Grammar Structures

• I wanted to talk, you wanted to sleep

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ Used to describe completed actions or states in the past.

• All you needed was someone there to sit next to

  ➔ Relative Clause (omitted 'that/who')

  ➔ The relative pronoun is omitted after 'someone' to describe the person needed.

• Even if you wouldn't do the same

  ➔ Second Conditional (Hypothetical past habit/willingness)

  ➔ 'Would' is used here to express a hypothetical lack of willingness in the past or present.

• When your hair is on fire

  ➔ Adverbial Clause of Time

  ➔ Introduced by 'when' to specify the time of the action.

• You can sleep on my couch

  ➔ Modal Verb 'can' (Ability/Permission)

  ➔ Used to express that an option or permission is available to the listener.

• I hope I’m not a person in your life you would erase

  ➔ Zero/First Conditional structure (implied)

  ➔ Expresses a wish about a future possibility using 'would'.

• I understand the distance and this inconsistent pace

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ Used to express a current state or feeling.

• Would it hurt if you stayed for awhile?

  ➔ First/Second Conditional (Mixed style)

  ➔ A polite, hypothetical question using the past tense 'stayed' in a conditional structure.