My Heart Will Go On – English Lyrics

• By: Céline Dion
• Album: Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert

Lyrics & Translation

Experience the power of timeless love through 'My Heart Will Go On.' This song is a perfect tool for English learners to practice emotional expression, slow-paced lyrical phrasing, and the use of future tense to describe enduring feelings.

[English]

Every night in my dreams

I see you, I feel you

That is how I know you go on

Far across the distance and spaces between us

You have come to show you go on

Near, far, wherever you are

I believe that the heart does go on

Once more you open the door

And you're here in my heart

And my heart will go on and on

...

Love can touch us one time

And last for a lifetime

And never let go 'til we're gone

Love was when I loved you

One true time I hold to

In my life we'll always go on

Near, far, wherever you are

I believe that the heart does go on

Once more you open the door

And you're here in my heart

And my heart will go on and on

...

You're here, there's nothing I fear

And I know that my heart will go on

We'll stay forever this way

You are safe in my heart

And my heart will go on and on

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - A series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
distance /ˈdɪstəns/ A2	noun - The amount of space between two things or people.
spaces /ˈspeɪsɪz/ A2	noun - Continuous areas or expanses which are free, available, or unoccupied.
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - To accept that something is true; feel sure of the truth of.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - The organ in the chest that pumps blood; often associated with emotions.
lifetime /ˈlaɪftaɪm/ B1	noun - The duration of a person's life.
fear /fɪər/ A2	verb - To be afraid of someone or something as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening.
forever /fəˈrevər/ A2	adjective - For all future time; for always.
safe /seɪf/ A1	adjective - Protected from or not exposed to danger or risk.
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - To come into or be in contact with.

Key Grammar Structures

• Every night in my dreams / I see you, I feel you

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ Used to describe habits, recurring actions, or states that are true in the speaker's life.

• That is how I know you go on

  ➔ Relative Clause (Noun Clause)

  ➔ "How I know you go on" acts as the subject complement explaining the 'how'.

• You have come to show you go on

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ Describes an action that happened in the past with a result or connection to the present.

• And my heart will go on and on

  ➔ Future Simple Tense

  ➔ Expresses a prediction or a firm intention/promise about the future.

• Love can touch us one time

  ➔ Modal Verb (can)

  ➔ Used to express possibility or ability.

• And never let go 'til we're gone

  ➔ Time Clause (until)

  ➔ Connects two events indicating the duration until something ends.

• And I know that my heart will go on

  ➔ Conjunction (that)

  ➔ Used to introduce a subordinate clause, acting as the object of 'know'.

• You are safe in my heart

  ➔ Subject + Verb + Adjective (Complement)

  ➔ Structure using a linking verb to describe the state of the subject.