I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
by Aerosmith
How to study this song
The card for “I Don't Want to Miss a Thing” is built from 57 study entries at A1+: 13 English words, 9 adjectives and 35 verb forms. Begin with moment and eyes: get those and most of the lines stop being guesswork. This one leans on its verbs: 35 distinct forms against 9 adjectives, so conjugation is where the effort goes. At this level the goal is recognition: hear a word, place it, keep going.
The words of this song, in several languages
Every word below is taken from this song and translated by us. Nothing here is the lyric itself — these are the individual words you need in order to follow it.
Vocabulary
| EN | ES | IT | FR | PT | NL | DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| moment | momento | momento | moment | momento | moment | Moment |
Adjectives
| EN | ES | IT | FR | PT | NL | DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| awake | despierto | sveglio | éveillé | acordado | wakker | wach |
Verb forms
| EN | ES | IT | FR | PT | NL | DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| could | podría | potrei | je pourrais | poderia | ik zou kunnen | ich könnte |
What this song teaches you
Level · A1+
- Vocabulary words
- 13
- Adjectives
- 9
- Word combos
- 4
- Expressions
- 10
- Verb forms
- 35
- Quiz questions
- 35
Background
About the song
Diane Warren wrote «I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing» and Aerosmith recorded it for the 1998 film «Armageddon», in which the drummer’s daughter, Liv Tyler, appears. It is a watching song: the singer stays awake rather than sleep through the time he could spend looking at someone. For a band whose reputation was built on hard rock, a Warren power ballad was a departure — and it became the biggest chart success of their career.
Did you know?
Almost every -ing form in the song is sung with the final g dropped, which is why the written lyric is full of apostrophes: it is a transcript of how the vocal actually sounds.
Charts & streaming
Released 29 July 1998 from the «Armageddon» soundtrack. It was the band’s only single to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.