This Time of Year – English Lyrics

• By: Kylie Minogue
• Album: Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the wistful yet warm language of holiday affection with Kylie Minogue's "This Time of Year." As a beautifully composed ballad, it offers an excellent opportunity to learn English vocabulary related to love, nostalgia, and sentimental expressions, set against the cozy backdrop of the festive season. The song's unique emotional balance—being both 'emotional' and 'hugging' at the same time, according to Kylie—makes it a special piece for understanding tender and hopeful expressions of love in modern English music.

[English]

[Music]

This time of year it gets me feeling.

Oh, tell me that it's never leaving. No

way I'm going to stop believing now.

I feel it when the snow is falling.

Choir singing and the angels gone.

Please tell me is it Christmas morning

now.

Oh,

if I could give a present to you,

I'd want it to be something for you to

know just all the joy you bring.

You're in everything,

every song we sing. And the bells

ring

this time of year.

This time of year.

So come on, put your arms around me. We

ain't never coming back this time of

year.

This time of year

will never be aart. You're that feeling

in my heart. You're always here

this time of year.

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[Music]

Oh, old records that we keep on playing.

These memories are never fading. I'm

dreaming that you're not so far away.

Oh, I've been waiting all year long. We

going to play our favorite song. It will

be hard to someone. Yeah.

If I could give a present to you,

I wanted to be something for you to

notice all the joy you bring.

You're in everything,

every song we sing. And the bells

ring

this time of year. Heat. Heat. Heat.

[Music]

Now this time of year. This time of

year. This time of year. This time of

year. Oh never.

You're that feeling in my heart. You're

always here

this time of year.

[Music]

This time of

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A1	noun - an emotional state or reaction
believing /bɪˈliːvɪŋ/ A1	verb - to accept something as true
falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ A1	verb - to come down by gravity
singing /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ A1	verb - to produce musical sounds with the voice
Christmas /ˈkrɪsməs/ A1	noun - a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus
present /ˈprezənt/ A1	noun - a gift
joy /dʒɔɪ/ A1	noun - a feeling of great happiness
bring /brɪŋ/ A1	verb - to carry or take something to someone or somewhere
everything /ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ/ A1	pronoun - all things
song /sɒŋ/ A1	noun - a musical composition with vocals
ring /rɪŋ/ A1	verb - to produce a clear, resonant sound
arms /ɑːrmz/ A1	noun - the part of the body from the shoulder to the hand
memories /ˈmɛməriz/ A2	noun - something remembered from the past
fading /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/ A2	verb - to gradually disappear or become less
dreaming /ˈdriːmɪŋ/ A1	verb - to experience visions during sleep
waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ A1	verb - to stay in one place until something happens
notice /ˈnoʊtɪs/ A2	verb - to become aware of something
heat /hiːt/ A1	noun - the quality of being hot

Key Grammar Structures

• This time of year it gets me feeling.

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The phrase "gets me feeling" uses the present continuous to describe an action happening now or around now, emphasizing the ongoing emotion.

• No way I'm going to stop believing now.

  ➔ Emphatic Structure with 'No way'

  ➔ The phrase "No way" is used for strong emphasis, expressing absolute certainty or refusal.

• I feel it when the snow is falling.

  ➔ Present Continuous with 'when'

  ➔ The present continuous with "when" describes an action happening at the same time as another action.

• If I could give a present to you, I'd want it to be something for you to know...

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ The second conditional is used to talk about hypothetical situations and their results.

• You're in everything, every song we sing.

  ➔ Present Simple with 'be' for location

  ➔ The present simple with "be" is used to describe location or state, as in "You're in everything."

• We ain't never coming back this time of year.

  ➔ Double Negative (Informal)

  ➔ The double negative "ain't never" is informal and emphasizes the negation, though it is not standard in formal English.

• You're that feeling in my heart.

  ➔ Metaphorical Use of 'be'

  ➔ The verb "be" is used metaphorically to equate the person with a feeling, creating a poetic effect.