Leona Lewis
Yesterday lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2007
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:54
I just can't believe you're gone
Still waitin' for morning to come
Wanna see if the sun will rise
Even without you by my side, ooh
When we had so much in store
Tell me, what is it I'm reaching for?
When we're through building memories
I'll hold yesterday in my heart, in my heart
They can take tomorrow and the plans we made (plans we made)
They can take the music that we never played
All the broken dreams, take everything
Just take it away, but they can never have yesterday
They can take the future that we'll never know (never know)
They can take the places that we said we would go
All the broken dreams, take everything
Just take it away (ooh), but they can never have yesterday
You always used to say
I should be thankful for every day
Heaven knows what the future holds
Or, at least, so the story goes (but I never believed until now), ooh
I know I'll see you again, I'm sure
No, it's not selfish to ask for more
One more night, one more day
One more smile on your face
But they can't take yesterday
They can take tomorrow and the plans we made (no)
They can take the music that we'll never play
All the broken dreams (all the broken dreams), take everything (take everything)
Just take it away (oh), but they can never have yesterday (oh)
They can take the future that we'll never know (never know)
They can take the places that we said we would go (oh)
All the broken dreams (all the broken dreams), take everything (take everything)
Just take it away, but they can never have yesterday
I thought our days would last forever (but it wasn't our destiny)
'Cause in my mind we had so much time
But I was so wrong
No, I can believe that
I can still find the strength in the moments we made
I'm lookin' back on yesterday
They can take tomorrow and the plans we made (plans we made)
They can take the music that we never played
All the broken dreams, take everything
Just take it away, but they can never have yesterday (yesterday)
They can take the future that we'll never know (never know)
They can take the places that we said we would go
All the broken dreams (all the broken dreams), take everything
Just take it away (take everything), but they can never have yesterday
All the broken dreams, take everything
But they can never have yesterday
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Key vocabulary
- believe
- think is trueA1
- broken
- not working; damagedA2
- dreams
- sleep visionsA2
- we'll
- we willA1
- always
- every time; continuouslyA1
- thankful
- showing gratitude
- heaven
- place of GodB2
- used
- worn or previously employedA2
- when
- at what timeB1
- come
- arriveA1
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About this song
Leona Lewis is a British soul-pop singer from London, born in 1985, known for her powerful soprano and chart-topping singles. She gained prominence after appearing on The X Factor and is especially associated with “Bleeding Love.”