After Hours – English Lyrics

• By: The Weeknd
• Album: After Hours

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the moody world of The Weeknd with 'After Hours'. This song is perfect for learners looking to master emotive English vocabulary and rhythmic phrasing, offering a unique way to study how tone and atmosphere are conveyed through modern pop lyrics.

[English]

Thought I almost died in my dream again (Baby, almost died)

Fightin' for my life, I couldn't breathe again

I'm fallin' into new (Oh, oh) Without you goin' smooth (Fallin' in)

'Cause my heart belongs to you I'll risk it all for you

I won't just leave This time, I'll never leave

I wanna share babies Protection, we won't need

Your body next to me Is just a memory

I'm fallin' in too deep, oh Without you, I'm asleep

It's on me, only me, oh Talk to me, without you, I can't breathe

My darkest hours Girl, I felt so alone inside of this crowded room

Different girls on the floor, distractin' my thoughts of you I turned into the man I used to be, to be

Put myself to sleep Just so I can get closer to you inside my dreams

Didn't wanna wake up 'less you were beside me I just wanted to call you and say, and say

Oh, baby Where are you now when I need you most?

I'd give it all just to hold you close Sorry that I broke your heart, your heart

Never comin' through I was running away from facin' reality

Wastin' all of my time on living my fantasies Spendin' money to compensate, compensate

'Cause I want you, baby I'll be livin' in Heaven when I'm inside of you

It was definitely a blessing, wakin' beside you I'll never let you down again, again

Oh, baby Where are you now when I need you most?

I'd give it all just to hold you close Sorry that I broke your heart, your heart

I said, baby I'll treat you better than I did before

I'll hold you down and not let you go This time, I won't break your heart, your heart, yeah

I know it's all my fault Made you put down your guard

I know I made you fall I said you were wrong for me

I lied to you, I lied to you, I lied to you (To you)

Can't hide the truth, I stayed with her in spite of you

You did some things that you regret, still right for you

'Cause this house is not a home

Without my baby Where are you now when I need you most?

I gave it all just to hold you close Sorry that I broke your heart, your heart

And I said, baby I'll treat you better than I did before

I'll hold you down and not let you go This time, I won't break your heart, your heart, no

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
breathe /briːð/ A2	verb - to take air into the lungs and then let it out
risk /rɪsk/ B1	verb - to expose oneself to danger or loss
memory /ˈmɛməri/ A2	noun - the faculty by which the mind stores information; a recollection
crowded /ˈkraʊdɪd/ B1	adjective - full of people
distract /dɪˈstrækt/ B2	verb - to prevent someone from giving full attention to something
reality /riˈælɪti/ B1	noun - the state of things as they actually exist
fantasy /ˈfæntəsi/ B2	noun - the faculty or activity of imagining things
compensate /ˈkɒmpənseɪt/ B2	verb - to make up for something
blessing /ˈblɛsɪŋ/ B2	noun - a prayer asking for divine favor; a beneficial thing
regret /rɪˈɡrɛt/ B1	verb - to feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over something noun - a feeling of sadness or repentance
guard /ɡɑːrd/ B1	noun - a person who keeps watch; a state of caution
truth /truːθ/ A2	noun - the quality or state of being true

Key Grammar Structures

• I turned into the man I used to be

  ➔ Used to + infinitive

  ➔ "Used to" indicates a state that existed in the past but is no longer true.

• Where are you now when I need you most?

  ➔ Wh- question with adverbial clause of time

  ➔ The clause "when I need you most" functions as an adverbial modifying the timing of the question.

• I'd give it all just to hold you close

  ➔ Second Conditional (Hypothetical result)

  ➔ "I'd" (I would) expresses a hypothetical willingness to act under specific conditions.

• I was running away from facin' reality

  ➔ Past Continuous Tense

  ➔ "Was running" describes an ongoing action that was happening in the past.

• I'll be livin' in Heaven when I'm inside of you

  ➔ Future Continuous + Time Clause

  ➔ "Will be livin'" shows an action that will be in progress at a future point in time.

• Can't hide the truth, I stayed with her in spite of you

  ➔ Prepositional phrase 'in spite of'

  ➔ "In spite of" is used to show a contrast between two actions or situations.

• You did some things that you regret

  ➔ Relative clause with 'that'

  ➔ The clause "that you regret" modifies the noun "things".

• I'll treat you better than I did before

  ➔ Comparative structure + past simple

  ➔ "Than I did before" uses the auxiliary 'did' to avoid repeating the main verb 'treat'.