Drag Me Down – English Lyrics

• By: One Direction

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(subtitle clicking)

(mysterious sound)

♪ I've got fire for a heart ♪

♪ I'm not scared of the dark ♪

♪ You've never seen it look so easy ♪

♪ I got a river for a soul ♪

♪ And baby, you're a boat ♪

♪ Baby, you're my only reason ♪

♪ If I didn't have you, there would be nothing left ♪

♪ The shell of a man that could never be his best ♪

♪ If I didn't have you, I'd never see the sun ♪

♪ You taught me how to be someone, yeah ♪

♪ All my life, you stood by me ♪

♪ When no one else was ever behind me ♪

♪ All these lights, they can't blind me ♪

♪ With your love, nobody can drag me down ♪

♪ All my life, you stood by me ♪

♪ When no one else was ever behind me ♪

♪ All these lights, they can't blind me ♪

♪ With your love, nobody can drag me down ♪

(upbeat rock music)

♪ Nobody, nobody ♪

♪ Nobody can drag me down ♪

♪ Nobody, nobody ♪

♪ Nobody can drag me down ♪

♪ I got fire for a heart ♪

♪ I'm not scared of the dark ♪

♪ You've never seen it look so easy ♪

♪ I got a river for a soul ♪

♪ And baby, you're a boat ♪

♪ Baby, you're my only reason ♪

♪ If I didn't have you there would be nothing left ♪

♪ Nothing left ♪

♪ The shell of a man who could never be his best ♪

♪ Be his best ♪

♪ If I didn't have you, I'd never see the sun ♪

♪ See the sun ♪

♪ You taught me how to be someone, yeah ♪

♪ All my life, you stood by me ♪

♪ When no one else was ever behind me ♪

♪ All these lights, they can't blind me ♪

♪ With your love, nobody can drag me down ♪

(upbeat rock music)

♪ Nobody, nobody ♪

♪ Nobody can drag me down ♪

♪ Nobody, nobody ♪

♪ Nobody can drag me ♪

♪ All my life, you stood by me ♪

♪ When no one else was ever behind me ♪

♪ All these lights, they can't blind me ♪

♪ With your love, nobody can drag me down ♪

♪ All my life, you stood by me ♪

♪ When no one else was ever behind me ♪

♪ All these lights, they can't blind me ♪

♪ With your love, nobody can drag me down ♪

(upbeat rock music)

♪ Nobody, nobody ♪

♪ Nobody can drag me down ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Nobody, nobody ♪

♪ Nobody can drag me down ♪

♪ Nobody, nobody ♪

♪ Nobody can drag me down ♪

♪ Nobody, nobody ♪

♪ Nobody can drag me down ♪

(rocket engine roaring)

(radio speaking)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
fire /faɪər/ A2	noun - combustion that produces heat and light
heart /hɑːt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood; the centre of emotions
dark /dɑːk/ A2	adjective - having little or no light; not bright
river /ˈrɪvər/ A2	noun - a large natural stream of water flowing toward a sea, lake, or another river
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being, often regarded as immortal
boat /boʊt/ A2	noun - a small vessel for traveling on water
reason /ˈriːzən/ B1	noun - a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event
shell /ʃɛl/ B1	noun - the hard outer covering of an animal such as a mollusk or a nut
man /mæn/ A1	noun - an adult male human
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star at the centre of the Solar System that gives Earth light and heat
lights /laɪts/ A2	noun - sources of illumination; lamps, bulbs, etc.
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a deep feeling of affection and care
drag /dræɡ/ B1	verb - to pull something or someone behind you while moving
blind /blaɪnd/ B1	verb - to prevent someone from seeing; to dazzle adjective - unable to see
taught /tɔːt/ B1	verb - past tense of teach; gave instruction or knowledge
stood /stʊd/ B1	verb - past tense of stand; was in an upright position
scared /skɛrd/ B1	adjective - feeling fear; frightened
best /bɛst/ A2	adjective - of the highest quality, excellence, or standing
nobody /ˈnoʊbɑːdi/ B1	pronoun - no person; no one

Key Grammar Structures

• I've got fire for a heart

  ➔ Present Perfect Simple

  ➔ The phrase uses 'have got' to describe a current state or possession, emphasizing the speaker's passionate nature.

• If I didn't have you, there would be nothing left

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ The sentence uses the second conditional to express a hypothetical situation and its result, emphasizing the importance of the relationship.

• You taught me how to be someone, yeah

  ➔ Past Simple with 'taught'

  ➔ The verb 'taught' is in the past simple tense, indicating a completed action in the past that had a significant impact.

• All my life, you stood by me

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The phrase uses the present perfect continuous to emphasize the ongoing nature of the support throughout the speaker's life.

• With your love, nobody can drag me down

  ➔ Present Simple in a Conditional Context

  ➔ The present simple is used here to express a general truth or fact in a conditional context, highlighting the strength of the relationship.