IN THIS TOGETHER - Ellie Goulding

IN THIS TOGETHER	JUNTOS NESSA
Is it really over?	É sério que acabou?
The echoes just seem to get longer	Os ecos apenas parecem ficar mais longos
How did we get here?	Como chegamos aqui?
There was so much love in us	Havia tanto amor em nós
And all I have left is my faith	E tudo o que me resta é minha fé
That I can change	Que eu posso mudar
I can't watch this burn	Não posso ver isto queimar
I can't watch this burn to the ground	Não posso ver isto queimar até o chão
You'd have (would have) thought we'd learned	Você(s) teria(m) imaginado que nós aprendemos
You'd have thought (would have) we'd learned by now	Você(s) teria(m) imaginado que nós já aprendemos
I can hear the whole world singing together	Posso ouvir o mundo inteiro cantando junto
I can hear the whole world sing, "It's now or never"	Posso ouvir o mundo inteiro cantar, "É agora ou nunca"
'Cause (Because) it's not too late if we change our ways	Porque não é tarde demais se nós mudarmos os nossos caminhos
And connect the dots to our problems	E conectar os pontos aos nossos problemas
I can hear the whole world sing, "We're in this together"	Posso ouvir o mundo inteiro cantar, "Estamos juntos nessa"
"We're in this together"	"Estamos juntos nessa"
Picking up the pieces	Juntando os pedaços
I listen out for beating hearts	Eu escuto corações batendo
And now it's time for healing	E agora é hora de curar
The sun will rise, but this time it's so bright	O sol irá nascer, mas desta vez é tão brilhante
And all I have left is my faith that we could change	E tudo o que me resta é minha fé de que poderíamos mudar
'Cause (Because) I can't watch us lose	Porque eu não posso nos ver perder
Like I watch us lose what we found	Como eu nos vejo perder o que encontramos
You'd have (would have) thought we'd learned	Você(s) teria(m) pensado que nós tínhamos aprendido
You'd have (would have) thought we'd learned by now	Você(s) teria(m) pensado que nós já tínhamos aprendido
I can hear the whole world singing together	Eu posso ouvir o mundo inteiro cantar unido
I can hear the whole world sing, "It's now or never"	Posso ouvir o mundo inteiro cantar, "É agora ou nunca"
'Cause (Because) it's not too late if we change our ways	Porque não é tarde demais para mudarmos as nossas maneiras
And connect the dots to our problems	E conectar os pontos aos nossos problemas
I can hear the whole world sing, "We're in this together"	Eu posso ouvir o mundo inteiro cantar, "Estamos juntos nessa"
"We're in this together"	"Estamos juntos nessa"
Oh, oh	Oh, oh
Oh! I can hear the whole world singing together	Oh! Posso ouvir o mundo inteiro cantar junto
And I can hear the whole world sing, "It's now or never"	E posso ouvir o mundo inteiro cantar, "É agora ou nunca"
'Cause (Because) it's not too late if we change our ways	Porque é tarde demais para mudarmos os nossos caminhos
And connect the dots to our problems	E conectar os pontos aos nossos problemas
I can hear the whole world sing, "We're in this together"	Posso ouvir o mundo inteiro cantar, "Estamos juntos nessa"
"We're in this together"	"Estamos juntos nessa"
Ah-ooh, ooh!	Ah-ooh, ooh!
Ooh, ooh!	Ooh, ooh!

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NOTES:

(1) Ellie Jane Goulding was born on December 30, 1986 in Hereford, England. She is a singer and songwriter. She won a singing competition while in college, and went on to win the 'Brit Awards' with her signature brand of "folktronica" music following the release of her debut EP 'An Introduction to Ellie Goulding'. She immediately made an impact with her unique soprano voice.

In 2009, she signed a contract with Polydor Records. Her first single was Under the Sheets, released by the independent label Neon Gold Record – a way to avoid pressure early in her career. The song reached the radio and became one of the most played. In 2010, the artist released her first studio album, entitled Lights. At that time, Goulding was already being considered by critics as a promising name in the music world.

The pop star's debut album revealed the single Starry Eyed, which quickly took the top positions in the UK charts. At the end of 2010, the singer re-released her first material, this time called Bright Lights. The work opened with a re-recording of Elton John's hit Your Song. The album also featured the re-release of the title track of its predecessor, Lights, which also had a music video. The song reached second place on the US singles chart.

In 2011, it was the artist's turn to release her second album, called Halcyon. The material was promoted by songs such as Hanging On, I Know You Care and Beating Heart, but the real hit was Love Me Like You Do. The track, which reached the top of the charts in several countries, was part of the soundtrack for the film Fifty Shades of Grey. In the second half of 2015, Ellie Goulding released her third album, called Delirium. The project's flagship single, Only My Mind was played on radio stations around the world.

In 2019, Goulding has released a new track, In This Together, a companion to the new Netflix original documentary series Our Planet. The music video for the inspiring number features wildlife footage from the series, including shots of young painted wolves, elephants bathing and penguins gathered on a beach. The official soundtrack to Our Planet is out now via Decca Records/Universal and features a score by Academy-award winning composer Steven Price (Gravity, Wonder Park) and Goulding’s song, which was co-written by her and Price. The score was performed by the London Philharmonia Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.

(2) Steven Price was born on April 22, 1977 in Nottingham, England. He is a composer best known for scoring Gravity, which won him the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Gravity is a 2013 science fiction thriller film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who also co-wrote, co-edited, and produced the film. It stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as American astronauts who attempt to return to Earth after the destruction of their Space Shuttle in orbit.

Price began his career in 1996. His instruments of work are the piano, keyboards and guitar. He contributed to productions such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Batman Begins, before making his scoring debut in 2011 with Joe Cornish’s inner-city horror comedy, Attack the Block. Recent years have seen him compose distinctive scores for Michael Grandage’s My Policeman, David Ayer’s Suicide Squad and the Oscar nominated Netflix Animation Over the Moon.

His work in the Natural History realm, working alongside Sir David Attenborough on The Hunt (for which Price won a Bafta in 2016), the Netflix Original Our Planet (nominated for two score Emmys), and the autobiographical documentary, David Attenborough - A Life on our Planet (for which Price won a Primetime Emmy in 2021), continues in 2023 with new performances of his arena spectacular, Our Planet live in Concert, a show which has toured both Europe and the US since its debut in October 2022.

(3) Some grammar points:

POINT A: To listen out for something is a phrasal verb and means to make an effort to hear a noise that you are expecting.
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POINT B: An interjection is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses a spontaneous feeling or reaction. By using Oh! and Ah-ooh, ooh!, Ellie Goulding express her surprise at the way humans are dealing with nature nowadays.

Cf.: Onomatopeias e interjeições.
Cf.: A List of Exclamations and Interjections in English.
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POINT C: Would have + past participle is a past modal verb, which can be contracted into 'd have + past participle.

WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE [Contraction]	WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE [Brazilian Portuguese Language]
We'd have thought = We would have thought	Nós teríamos imaginado / pensado = Nós imaginaríamos / pensaríamos
We'd have won = We would have won	Nós teríamos ganhado = Nós ganharíamos
We'd have told = We would have told	Nós teríamos contado / revelado / dito = Nós contaríamos / revelaríamos / diríamos

Could have + past participle and Should have + past participle are also past modal verbs.

The past modal verbs are used hypothetically, to talk about things that didn't really happen in the past.

There are two important topics regarding the grammar construction Would have + past participle:

1st topic: Would have + past participle is part of the third conditional.

WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE [Third Conditional]	TERIA + PARTICÍPIO PASSADO [Terceira Condicional / Situação Hipotética]
If I had had enough money, I would have bought a car	Se eu tivesse dinheiro o bastante, eu teria comprado um carro
If she was really my friend, she wouldn't have lied to me	Se ela fosse mesmo minha amiga, ela não teria mentido para mim
If you really wanted to help the environment, you would have figured out a way to put a plan in motion by now	Se você quisesse mesmo ajudar o meio ambiente, você já teria imaginado um jeito de colocar um plano em ação

2nd topic: Because 'would' (and will) can also be used to show if you want to do something or not (volition), we can also use would have + past participle to talk about something you wanted to do but didn't. This is very similar to the third conditional, but we don't need an 'if clause'.

Examples:

I would have gone to the party, but I was really busy.
(= I wanted to go to the party, but I didn't because I was busy. If I hadn't been so busy, I would have gone to the party).

I would have lent you money, but I didn't know you needed it so much.
(= I wanted to lend you money, but I didn't because I had no idea you were in need. If I had known you were in need, I would have lent you money).

If I had told you we won the lottery, you would have thought we had learned to be less stingy.
(= I wanted to tell you about our prize, but I didn't because I wasn't so sure if you had learned to be less stingy).

Cf.: Past Modal Verbs.
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REFERENCES:

(1) GOULDING, Ellie. Official website. Date of access: 02-17-2025.
(2) ZEMLER, Emily. Ellie Goulding Sings for Wildlife in ‘In This Together’ Video. Rolling Stone. Date of publication: 04-05-2019.
(3) ANTENA 1. Ellie Goulding. Artistas. Date de access: 02-17-2025.
(4) PRICE, Steven. Official website. Date of access: 02-17-2025.
(5) Cambridge Online Dictionary. To listen out for something Date of access: 02-17-2025.
(6) CRYSTAL, David. A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. 5th ed. Malden, Blackwell Pub. ISBN: 9780631226642. OCLC: 49824714.