True to Your Heart – English Lyrics

• By: Descendants Wicked Wonderland - Cast
• Album: Descendants: Wicked Wonderland

Lyrics & Translation

This upbeat track is an excellent resource for learning contemporary American English, specifically colloquialisms related to self-identity and confidence. The repetitive, rhythmic nature of the chorus makes it perfect for practicing pronunciation and emotional emphasis in speech.

[English]

♪ Deep in my soul I know that I'm your destiny ♪

♪ Oh, though you're unsure ♪

♪ Why fight the tide ♪

♪ Don't think so much ♪

♪ Let your heart decide ♪

♪ True to your heart ♪

♪ You must be true to your heart ♪

♪ That's when the heavens will part ♪

♪ And baby, shower you with my love ♪

♪ Open your eyes ♪ ♪ Open your eyes ♪

♪ Your heart can tell you no lies ♪

♪ And when you're true to your heart ♪

♪ I know it's gonna lead you straight to me ♪

♪ To your heart ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Sing the closing, boys ♪

♪ When things are getting crazy ♪

♪ You don't know where to start ♪

♪ You don't ♪ ♪ Keep on believin', baby ♪

♪ Just be true to your heart ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ When all the world around you ♪

♪ It seems to fall apart ♪

♪ Keep on believin', baby ♪

♪ Just be true to your heart ♪

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being
destiny /ˈdɛstɪni/ B2	noun - the events that will necessarily happen to a particular person
unsure /ʌnˈʃʊr/ B1	adjective - not confident or certain
fight /faɪt/ A2	verb - to take part in a violent struggle or resist something
tide /taɪd/ B2	noun - the alternate rising and falling of the sea
decide /dɪˈsaɪd/ A2	verb - to make a choice from a number of alternatives
heavens /ˈhɛvənz/ B2	noun - the sky as viewed from the earth; celestial home of God
shower /ˈʃaʊər/ A2	verb - to give something in large quantities
lies /laɪz/ A2	noun - false statements made with deliberate intent to deceive
lead /liːd/ A2	verb - to guide or show the way
straight /streɪt/ A2	adjective - extending or moving uniformly in one direction
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - mentally deranged or extremely chaotic
believin /bɪˈliːvɪn/ A1	verb - to have faith or confidence in the truth or existence of something
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth or all humanity
apart /əˈpɑːrt/ A2	adjective - separated by distance or into pieces

Key Grammar Structures

• Deep in my soul I know that I'm your destiny

  ➔ Subordinate Clause (Noun Clause)

  ➔ "That I'm your destiny" functions as the direct object of the verb "know."

• Why fight the tide

  ➔ Infinitive without 'to' (after Wh- questions)

  ➔ In some rhetorical structures, "Why" can be followed by the base form of the verb "fight".

• You must be true to your heart

  ➔ Modal Verb of Obligation

  ➔ "Must" is used here to express a strong necessity or moral obligation to "be true".

• That's when the heavens will part

  ➔ Relative Adverb (Time clause)

  ➔ "When" introduces a relative clause describing the moment indicated by "that".

• I know it's gonna lead you straight to me

  ➔ Future intention (Gonna)

  ➔ "Gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to", used to express future action.

• When things are getting crazy

  ➔ Present Continuous (Progressive change)

  ➔ The continuous form "are getting" describes a process of change currently happening.

• You don't know where to start

  ➔ Wh- word + Infinitive

  ➔ The structure "where to start" functions as the object of the verb "know".

• When all the world around you seems to fall apart

  ➔ Stative Verb (Seem)

  ➔ "Seem" is a stative verb used here to describe an impression or appearance of reality.