Shadowing Practice: I Choose You (Again & Again) New Love Song 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I wake up in the middle of the night I take a guitar,
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a pen, a sheet of paper And I write all the dreams hidden in my heart My thoughts,
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my desire, I wanna share The house is quiet, the city sleeps But you are wide awake in me
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Every word I write finds your name Every melody leads back
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to me You came into my life at the right moment
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When I was tired but still alive You breathed hope back into my chest Taught me again how to trust,
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how to try You didn't save me with loud words You didn't promise the sky
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or the sea You just stayed And somehow life came back to me
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And I know you feel me near Even when I'm not there In the way I care, in the way I protect,
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in the way I'm always aware I choose you again and again,
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not for a moment For a lifetime I can,
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in every doubt and every day my heart already knows the way I don't need another sign or view,
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I choose you I dream of rose petals on the kitchen floor, leading your bare feet to morning light.
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A fresh coffee waiting on the stove and your sleepy smile, my favorite sight.
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I dream of your hands touching mine while the day is still brand new.
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Every morning starts the same way.
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With you I see us later in the garden at night When I come home tired but whole Your warm dinner,
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your quiet care The way you read my soul Your arms around me,
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soft and sure A kiss before we fall asleep This simple life, this gentle love is all I need to keep.
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For me, there's no one else, no maybe, no someday.
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Everything I am has already chosen this way.
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I choose you again and again in the light, in the dark, in the now,
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and then every touch every view every life i'd still find you
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if love asked who i belong to i would say it's
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you i always choose you i don't dream of another road i don't look back or aside
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you are my peace my home my place to arrive
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I'll take care of you in a thousand ways
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You don't even have to see But you will always feel That I'm here

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “I Choose You (Again & Again) New Love Song 2026”. This video has 28 sentences and 396 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:31. The speaker talks at a steady 113 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
guitar noun/ɡɪˈtɑɹ/A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
sheet noun/ʃit/A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
lifetime noun/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/The duration of the life of someone or something.
arrive verb/əˈɹaɪv/To reach; to get to a certain place.
belong verb/bɪˈlɒŋ/To have its proper place.
asleep adjective/əˈsliːp/In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
breathe verb/bɹiːð/To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
gentle adjective/ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
awake verb/əˈweɪk/To become conscious after having slept.
someday adverbSometime; at some unspecified time in the future.
melody noun/ˈmɛl.ə.di/A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.
stove noun/stoʊv/A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
sleepy adjective/ˈsliːpi/Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
petal noun/ˈpɛtl̩/One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
look back verbTo think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight).

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionI'll take · will always feel
Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessaryneed to keep · have to see

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 12 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like guitar, sheet, lifetime.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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