What is the actual meaning of these lines and what time (Past/Present/Future) it indicates?

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These lines have been taken from Shakira's Whenever, Wherever song lyric,

"Never could imagine there were only Ten million ways to love somebody".

Thanks in Advance.

Bella Swan · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-18 04:50:56Z

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The singer says that she could never imagine that there were only ten million ways to love someone.

"Could" shows that the sentence is in past tense (past of "can")

answered Jul 18, 2019 at 4:50

Bella Swan

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Thanks Bella.., You are awesome..!
– Prasanth
Commented Jul 18, 2019 at 5:09
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Actually, could, on its own, isn't past tense. (I could never do that to you is future hypothetical.) It's never could (in that specific order—and with an assumed could never [have imagined]) that is past tense. However, the essential answer here is correct.
– Jason Bassford
Commented Jul 18, 2019 at 21:40
@JasonBassford I know, could can have multiple meanings, but here it shows past tense specifically
– Bella Swan
Commented Jul 19, 2019 at 4:20

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