Imagine Dragons
I Wish lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 3:28
I never called you and now it's too late
To say all the words that I've wanted to say
The doctor said, "Oh, there's a fight up ahead"
I should've been there by your hospital bed
So, it rains every day
Oh, it rains every day
No, I haven't got the words to say
Oh, how I wish I was a better friend
Before it was too late
I wish that I would've been there in the end
I wish I was a better friend
I wasn't there when you said your goodbye, and I
Replay it in my mind 'bout a thousand times
I wasn't there for those rivers you cried
Oh, I was always too busy, no, I didn't make the time
So, it rains every day
Oh, it rains every day
No, I haven't got the words to say
Oh, how I wish I was a better friend
Before it was too late
I wish that I would've been there in the end
I wish I was a better friend
And every day I wish you were here
Oh, every day I wish
Oh, every minute of every year
I swear I feel you near
Near me
How I wish I was (how I wish) a better friend (a better friend)
Before it was too late
I wish that I would've been there in the end
I wish I was a better friend
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Key vocabulary
- how
- in what wayA1
- it's
- it isA1
- times
- repeated occasionsA1
- words
- spoken or written termsA1
- when
- at what timeB1
- bed
- place to sleepA1
- before
- earlier thanA1
- better
- more good; improvedA1
- cried
- said in tearsA2
- day
- 24 hoursA1
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About this song
Imagine Dragons are an American band from Las Vegas that plays indie rock and synth-pop. They are known for their stadium-sized breakout singles “It’s Time” and “Radioactive” and their string of major-label albums including Night Visions, Smoke + Mirrors, Evolve, and Origins.