The Last Song – English Lyrics

• By: The All-American Rejects

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[RADIO STATIC]

♪ THIS MAY BE THE LAST THING THAT I WRITE FOR LONG ♪

♪ CAN YOU HEAR ME SMILING WHEN I SING THIS SONG ♪

♪ FOR YOU ♪

♪ AND ONLY YOU ♪

♪ AS I LEAVE, WILL YOU BE SOMEONE TO SAY GOODBYE? ♪

♪ AS I LEAVE, WILL YOU BE SOMEONE TO WIPE YOUR EYE? ♪

♪ MY FOOT IS OUT THE DOOR ♪

♪ AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME NOW ♪

♪ YOU WANTED THE BEST, IT WASN'T ME ♪

♪ WILL YOU GIVE IT BACK? AND I'LL TAKE THE LEAD ♪

♪ WHEN THERE'S NO MORE ROOM TO MAKE IT GROW ♪

♪ I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN, YOU'LL PRETEND YOU'RE NAÏVE ♪

♪ IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? IS THIS WHAT YOU NEED? ♪

♪ HOW DO YOU END UP? LET ME KNOW ♪

♪ AS I GO ♪

♪ REMEMBER ALL THE SIMPLE THINGS YOU KNOW ♪

♪ MY MIND IS JUST A CRUTCH AND I STILL HOPE ♪

♪ THAT YOU WILL MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE ♪

♪ THIS IS THE LAST SONG ♪

♪ SOMEHOW I KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE THIS WAY ♪

♪ SOMEHOW I KNEW THAT IT WOULD SLOWLY FADE ♪

♪ NOW I AM GONE ♪

♪ JUST TRY AND STOP ME NOW ♪

♪ YOU WANTED THE BEST, BUT IT WASN'T ME ♪

♪ WILL YOU GIVE IT BACK? NOW I'LL TAKE THE LEAD ♪

♪ WHEN THERE'S NO MORE ROOM TO MAKE IT GROW ♪

♪ I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN, YOU'LL PRETEND YOU'RE NAÏVE ♪

♪ IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? IS THIS WHAT YOU NEED? ♪

♪ HOW DO YOU END UP? LET ME KNOW ♪

♪ AS I GO ♪

♪ REMEMBER ALL THE SIMPLE THINGS YOU KNOW ♪

♪ MY MIND IS JUST A CRUTCH AND I STILL HOPE ♪

♪ THAT YOU WILL MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE ♪

♪ THIS IS THE LAST SONG ♪

♪♪♪

♪ WILL YOU NEED ME NOW? ♪

♪ YOU'LL FIND A WAY SOMEHOW ♪

♪ YOU WANT IT TOO ♪

♪ I WANT IT TOO ♪

♪♪♪

♪ AS I GO ♪

♪ REMEMBER ALL THE SIMPLE THINGS YOU KNOW ♪

♪ MY MIND IS JUST A CRUTCH AND I STILL HOPE ♪

♪ THAT YOU WILL MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE ♪

♪ THE LAST SONG ♪

♪ AS I GO ♪

♪ REMEMBER ALL THE SIMPLE THINGS YOU KNOW ♪

♪ MY MIND IS JUST A CRUTCH AND I STILL HOPE ♪

♪ THAT YOU WILL MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE ♪

♪ THIS IS THE LAST SONG ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• Will you be someone to say goodbye?

  ➔ Future simple with modal verb *will* + infinitive phrase as complement

  ➔ The modal verb "will" forms a future‑time question, and the infinitive phrase "to say goodbye" functions as a complement of the noun "someone".

• Will you be someone to wipe your eye?

  ➔ Future simple with modal *will* + infinitive phrase as complement (same pattern as previous line)

  ➔ Here "will" creates a future‑time question, and "to wipe your eye" is the infinitive phrase that complements "someone".

• I will take the lead.

  ➔ Simple future with modal *will* + base verb

  ➔ "will" marks the future, and the base verb "take" shows the action that will happen.

• When there's no more room to make it grow.

  ➔ Temporal clause with *when* + present simple referring to a future condition

  ➔ "When" introduces a temporal clause; the present simple "there's" is used because the clause refers to a future situation.

• I still hope that you will miss me when I'm gone.

  ➔ Verb *hope* + that‑clause; future in the past (*will* in subordinate clause)

  ➔ The main verb "hope" is followed by a *that*‑clause; inside the clause, "will" expresses a future event relative to the time of hoping.

• Somehow I knew that it would be this way.

  ➔ Past simple *knew* + that‑clause with *would* (future in the past)

  ➔ "knew" is in the simple past; the *that*‑clause contains "would be", which is a past‑tense form used to refer to a future situation imagined at that past time.

• You wanted the best, but it wasn't me.

  ➔ Past simple contrast with coordinating conjunction *but* + negative past simple *wasn't*

  ➔ "wanted" and "wasn't" are both in the simple past; the conjunction "but" links two contrasting ideas.

• Remember all the simple things you know.

  ➔ Imperative verb *remember* + object + relative clause *you know*

  ➔ "Remember" is an imperative giving a command; "you know" is a relative clause that modifies "things".

• Will you need me now?

  ➔ Future simple question with modal *will* + verb *need*

  ➔ "Will" forms the future, and the verb "need" follows it to ask about a future requirement.

• My mind is just a crutch.

  ➔ Simple present copular sentence with *is* + predicate nominative

  ➔ "is" links the subject "my mind" to the noun phrase "just a crutch", which describes the subject.