Alone – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Do you ever feel like running away
Leaving your life behind and starting again?
Do you ever feel like running away
And if you left the first light, where would you go?
Would you follow the sun and head for the coast?
If you left the first light, where would you go?
'Cause some days I wake up full of all this fear
Wishing that I was anywhere but here
I'm craving for the freezing cold of an ocean
To be somewhere lost in the moment
Out there on my own
In the darkness
That only starlight reaches
A world away, I'm dreaming
In the place that no one knows
'Cause I feel like being alone
Alone, alone
Alone, alone
Are you scared you started living too late?
That you should've been making better mistakes
Are you scared you started living too late?
'Cause some days I wake up full of all this fear
Wishing that I was anywhere but here
I'm craving for the freezing cold of an ocean
To be somewhere lost in a moment
Out there on my own
In a darkness
That only starlight reaches
A world away, I'm dreaming
In a place that no one knows
'Cause I feel like being alone
Alone, alone
Alone, alone
Alone, alone
Alone, alone
Do you ever feel like running away
Leaving your life behind and starting again
Do you ever feel like running, running, running, running away
Alone, alone
...
Alone, alone
...
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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feel /fiːl/ A2 |
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run /rʌn/ A1 |
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leave /liːv/ A2 |
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life /laɪf/ A1 |
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alone /əˈloʊn/ A2 |
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darkness /ˈdɑːrk.nəs/ B1 |
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dream /driːm/ B1 |
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scared /skɛrd/ B1 |
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crave /kreɪv/ B2 |
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moment /ˈmoʊ.mənt/ B1 |
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fear /fɪr/ A2 |
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ocean /ˈoʊ.ʃən/ A2 |
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place /pleɪs/ A1 |
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world /wɜːrld/ A1 |
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sun /sʌn/ A1 |
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coast /koʊst/ B1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Do you ever feel like running away
➔ Present Simple Tense with 'ever' and 'like' + gerund
➔ Uses the present simple with "ever" to inquire about a repeated or habitual feeling. "Like running away" uses "like" to express enjoyment or inclination, followed by the gerund "running away".
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Leaving your life behind and starting again?
➔ Present Participle (gerund-participle) as reduced relative clause and conjunction 'and'
➔ "Leaving" and "starting" are present participles functioning as reduced relative clauses modifying 'running away' from previous line. Equivalent to saying 'running away, which leaves your life behind and starts again'. 'And' conjoins the two actions.
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If you left the first light, where would you go?
➔ Second Conditional
➔ This uses the second conditional to talk about hypothetical or unlikely situations in the present or future. "If you left..." (past simple) sets the condition, and "where would you go?" (would + base verb) expresses the result.
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Wishing that I was anywhere but here
➔ Wishing Clause (Subjunctive Mood)
➔ This expresses a wish about a present situation that is contrary to reality. The use of "was" instead of "were" is common in informal English, though "were" is grammatically more correct in the subjunctive mood.
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I'm craving for the freezing cold of an ocean
➔ Present Continuous for desire and preposition 'for'
➔ "I'm craving" uses the present continuous to emphasize the intensity and current state of longing. The preposition "for" indicates what is being craved.
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To be somewhere lost in the moment
➔ Infinitive of purpose and passive participle
➔ "To be somewhere" is an infinitive phrase expressing purpose or intention. "Lost" is a past participle acting as an adjective, describing the state of being (somewhere being 'lost' in the moment).
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That only starlight reaches
➔ Relative Clause with 'that'
➔ "That only starlight reaches" is a relative clause modifying the noun "darkness" in the previous line. "That" acts as the relative pronoun connecting the clause to the noun it describes. It specifies which darkness the speaker is referring to.
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Are you scared you started living too late?
➔ Past Simple in a Noun Clause after 'scared'
➔ "You started living too late" is a noun clause acting as the object of the adjective "scared". The past simple "started" refers to an action beginning in the past, and the noun clause expresses the *content* of the fear.