Love Like You – English Lyrics

• By: Rebecca Sugar

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[Calm, gentle piano intro]

[Piano]

[Piano plays melody of chorus to Love Like You]

[Piano, joined by guitar and quiet percussion, plays accompaniment to chorus melody]

♪ If I could begin to be half of what you think of me, ♪

♪ I could do about anything, ♪

♪ I could even learn how to love... ♪

♪ When I see the way you act, ♪

♪ Wondering when I'm coming back, ♪

♪ I could do about anything, ♪

♪ I could even learn how to love like you. ♪

[Piano, accompanied by glockenspiel, plays melody to the chorus of Love Like You]

[Same instruments repeat melody, this time joined by guitar and percussion]

♪ If I could begin to be half of what you think of me, ♪

♪ I could do about anything, ♪

♪ I could even learn how to love ♪

♪ Like you... ♪

[otherworldly guitar, piano]

[Tinny] ♪ Like you... ♪

[Guitar, piano continue]

[Tinny, breaking up] ♪ Love like you... ♪

[Guitar, piano continue]

[Instruments build]

♪ I always thought I might be bad, ♪

♪ Now I'm sure that it's true, ♪

♪ 'Cause I think you're so good ♪

♪ And I'm nothing like you! ♪

♪ Look at you go! I just adore you. ♪

♪ I wish that I knew ♪

♪ What makes you think I'm so special... ♪

[Upbeat piano and percussion evoking the feeling of Love Like You]

[Electric guitar evoking Love Like You]

[Guitar grows slightly distorted]

[Muffled chord]

[Piano from intro of soundtrack version of Love Like You]

♪ If I could begin to do ♪

♪ Something that does right by you... ♪

♪ I would do about anything... ♪

♪ I would even learn how to love... ♪

[Hopeful guitar and piano]

♪ When I see the way you look, ♪

♪ Shaken by how long it took, ♪

♪ I could do about anything, ♪

♪ I could even learn how to love ♪

♪ Like you! ♪

[piano, percussion]

♪ Love like you... ♪

[The same instruments continue]

♪ Love me like you ♪

[Piano, guitar, and percussion outro to soundtrack version of Love Like You]

[Cymbal, fade out on ethereal noise]

[ominous noises fade in]

[Diamond motif fades in]

[Four quiet, terse piano notes play]

[Frantic piano prominent over Diamond motif]

[Diamond motif grows more prominent than piano]

[Diamond motif grows in volume]

[Diamond motif grows louder, piano builds]

[piano regains prominence over Diamond motif]

[Diamond motif disappears, piano becomes upbeat, upbeat guitar joins, birds are heard in the background]

[dolphin noise]

[piano, guitar continue, birds are gone, percussion joins]

[percussion grows in prominence, piano drops in prominence, guitar continues]

[instruments rise in pitch]

[instruments build to crescendo]

[piano and string swell leads into vocals]

♪ I always thought I might be bad! ♪

♪ Now I'm sure that it's true! ♪

♪ 'Cause I think you're so good! ♪

♪ And I'm nothing like you! ♪

♪ Look at you go! ♪

♪ I just adore you! ♪

♪ I wish that I knew what makes you think I'm so ♪

[Two voices harmonise] ♪ special? ♪

♪ If I could begin to do ♪ [prominent guitar, string, and percussion backing]

♪ something that does right by you, ♪ [string backing prominent]

♪ I would do about anything, ♪

♪ I would even learn how to love... ♪

♪ When I see the way you look, ♪ [guitar backing with piano accents, string continues]

♪ Shaken by how long it took, ♪

♪ I could do about anything, ♪

♪ I could even learn how to love... ♪

[instruments fade away completely]

[A cappella chorus] ♪ You... ♪

♪ You... ♪

♪ You... ♪

[voices vary more greatly in pitch] ♪ You! ♪

[ocean noises: waves lapping shore]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel affection for
learn /lɜːrn/ A1	verb - to gain knowledge or skill
anything /ˈɛniˌθɪŋ/ A1	pronoun - any object, event, or matter
bad /bæd/ A1	adjective - of poor quality or undesirable
good /gʊd/ A1	adjective - of high quality or satisfactory
think /θɪŋk/ A1	verb - to have a thought or opinion
special /ˈspɛʃəl/ A2	adjective - better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual
begin /bɪˈɡɪn/ A1	verb - to start
do /duː/ A1	verb - to perform or carry out
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to be aware of
nothing /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ A2	pronoun - no thing; not anything
true /truː/ A2	adjective - in accordance with reality or fact
right /raɪt/ A1	adjective - morally good or acceptable
adore /əˈdɔːr/ B1	verb - to love and respect someone deeply
coming /ˈkʌmɪŋ/ A1	verb - arriving or appearing
act /ækt/ A2	verb - to perform actions noun - a thing done
way /weɪ/ A1	noun - a manner or method
look /lʊk/ A1	verb - to direct one's gaze noun - the action or manner of looking
long /lɔŋ/ A1	adjective - having great length

Key Grammar Structures

• If I could begin to be half of what you think of me,

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ The phrase uses 'If' + past simple ('could begin') to express an unreal or hypothetical situation in the present.

• I could do about anything,

  ➔ Modal Verb (Could)

  ➔ 'Could' is used to express ability or possibility in a hypothetical situation.

• I could even learn how to love...

  ➔ Adverb Placement (Even)

  ➔ The adverb 'even' is placed before the verb 'learn' to emphasize the action as unexpected or extraordinary.

• When I see the way you act,

  ➔ Adverbial Clause of Time

  ➔ The clause 'When I see...' indicates the time at which the action of the main clause occurs.

• I always thought I might be bad,

  ➔ Past Simple with 'Always'

  ➔ 'Always' is used with the past simple to describe a habitual action in the past.

• Now I'm sure that it's true,

  ➔ Present Simple with 'Now'

  ➔ 'Now' is used to contrast with a previous statement, indicating a change in belief or situation.

• Look at you go! I just adore you.

  ➔ Exclamatory Sentences

  ➔ These sentences express strong emotion using an exclamatory tone and punctuation.

• I wish that I knew what makes you think I'm so special...

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood with 'Wish'

  ➔ The subjunctive mood with 'wish' expresses a desire for a situation that is unreal or unlikely.