Time, You & Me – English Lyrics

• By: SIENNA SPIRO
• Album: Visitor

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotive world of Sienna Spiro with 'Time, You & Me.' This track is perfect for learners of English who want to explore romantic vocabulary and the use of poetic expressions related to time and intimacy in a modern pop context.

[English]

I stand on my own two feet

We could die on the same page next week

If you don't do what you want, say what you mean

Don't do it at all, don't do that to me

I think of the stain and know it is long

The way that someone is leaving this world

Can be so sentimental

Maybe I'm too sentimental

And as you lay here wishing for last week

You'll never get back what you spent on me

Time waits for no one (Time waits for no one)

Naturally (Naturally)

If we could be no one (We could be no one)

We could be free

Time, you and me

He'll waste the days till forty-five

Then say, "How lonely am I, how lonely am I"

And regrets the time as he waits to die

'Cause he never did what he thought he might

And everybody rides the carousel, that's what it cost

To get on again and off again, to lose the ones you love

But to have them for the hours and the minutes that there was

Hours that there was

And as you lay here wishing for last week

You'll never get back what you spent on me

Time waits for no one (Time waits for no one)

So naturally (Naturally)

If we could be no one (We could be no one)

We could be free

Time, you and me

Time, you and me, oh

Come now, let's walk down the long road ahead

You could be someone or someone instead

And as you lay here wishing for last week

You'll never get back what you spent on me

Time waits for no one (Time waits for no one)

Naturally, mm (Naturally)

If we could be no one (We could be no one)

We could be free

Time, you and me

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sentimental /ˌsɛntɪˈmɛnt(ə)l/ B2	adjective - prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia
naturally /ˈnatʃ(ə)rəli/ B1	adverb - as might be expected; by nature
lonely /ˈləʊnli/ A2	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company
regrets /rɪˈɡrɛts/ B1	verb - to feel sad or repentant about something
carousel /ˌkarəˈsɛl/ C1	noun - a merry-go-round; a revolving mechanism
stain /steɪn/ B1	noun - a colored patch or dirty mark
waste /weɪst/ A2	verb - to use or expend carelessly
ahead /əˈhɛd/ A2	adjective - further forward in space or time
minutes /ˈmɪnɪts/ A1	noun - units of time equal to sixty seconds
hours /ˈaʊəz/ A1	noun - periods of sixty minutes
stand /stand/ A1	verb - to have or maintain an upright position
wishing /ˈwɪʃɪŋ/ A2	verb - to feel or express a strong desire or hope for something
spent /spɛnt/ A2	verb - to have paid out money or used time
free /friː/ A1	adjective - not under the control of another; independent
road /rəʊd/ A1	noun - a wide way for travel between places

Key Grammar Structures

• We could die on the same page next week

  ➔ Modal verb for possibility

  ➔ "Could" is used here to express a hypothetical future possibility.

• If you don't do what you want, say what you mean

  ➔ Zero Conditional

  ➔ The structure "If + present simple, imperative" gives advice or instructions about general truths.

• Maybe I'm too sentimental

  ➔ Adverb + Adjective (Degree)

  ➔ "Too" is used as an adverb to modify the adjective "sentimental", indicating an excessive amount.

• You'll never get back what you spent on me

  ➔ Relative Clause with 'what'

  ➔ "What" acts as a noun phrase meaning "the thing(s) that".

• If we could be no one, we could be free

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ The structure "If + past simple, would/could + verb" expresses a hypothetical or imaginary situation.

• He'll waste the days till forty-five

  ➔ Future Simple

  ➔ Using "will" + verb to describe a predicted action in the future.

• And regrets the time as he waits to die

  ➔ Conjunction of time

  ➔ "As" is used as a conjunction meaning "while" or "at the same time that".

• Come now, let's walk down the long road ahead

  ➔ Imperative form

  ➔ The base form of the verb is used to give a direct suggestion or invitation.