1979
Lyrics:
[English]
("1979" by The Smashing Pumpkins)
♪ Shakedown 1979 ♪
♪ Cool kids never have the time ♪
♪ On a live wire right up off the street ♪
♪ You and I should meet ♪
♪ Junebug skipping like a stone ♪
♪ With the headlights pointed at the dawn ♪
♪ We were sure we'd never see an end to it all ♪
♪ And I don't even care ♪
♪ To shake these zipper blues ♪
♪ And we don't know just where our bones will rest ♪
♪ To dust I guess ♪
♪ Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below ♪
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♪ Double-cross the vacant and the bored ♪
♪ They're not sure just what we have in store ♪
♪ Morphine city slipping dues down to see ♪
♪ That we don't even care ♪
♪ As restless as we are ♪
♪ We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts ♪
♪ And poured cement, lamented and assured ♪
♪ To the lights and towns below ♪
♪ Faster than the speed of sound ♪
♪ Faster than we thought we'd go ♪
♪ Beneath the sound of hope ♪
♪ Justine never knew the rules ♪
♪ Hung down with the freaks and ghouls ♪
♪ No apologies ever need be made ♪
♪ I know you better than you fake it to see ♪
♪ That we don't even care ♪
♪ To shake these zipper blues ♪
♪ And we don't know just where our bones will rest ♪
♪ To dust I guess ♪
♪ Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below ♪
♪ The street heats the urgency of now ♪
♪ As you see there's no one around ♪
♪♪♪
Vocabulary in this song:
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shakedown /ˈʃeɪkdaʊn/ B2 |
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kids /kɪdz/ A2 |
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wire /waɪər/ B1 |
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headlights /ˈhɛdˌlaɪts/ B2 |
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dawn /dɔn/ B1 |
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bones /boʊnz/ B2 |
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dust /dʌst/ A2 |
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earth /ɜrθ/ A2 |
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city /ˈsɪti/ A2 |
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sound /saʊnd/ A2 |
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hope /hoʊp/ B2 |
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rule /ruːl/ B2 |
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freaks /friːks/ B2 |
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guilt /ɡɪlt/ B2 |
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cement /sɪˈmɛnt/ C1 |
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Grammar:
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We were sure we'd never see an end to it all
➔ Conditional sentence with 'would' to express a hypothetical situation.
➔ 'would' is used here in a conditional sense to describe a situation that was believed to be possible in the past.
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And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues
➔ Infinitive phrase 'to shake' following 'care' indicating purpose or intention.
➔ The infinitive 'to shake' explains what the subject 'I' is reluctant or willing to do.
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And we don't know just where our bones will rest
➔ Future simple tense with 'will' expressing uncertainty about the future.
➔ 'Will' indicates a prediction about the future that is uncertain.
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And poured cement, lamented and assured
➔ Past tense verbs 'poured', 'lamented', and 'assured' describe completed actions in the past.
➔ These verbs are in the simple past tense, indicating actions completed at a specific time in the past.
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Faster than the speed of sound
➔ Comparison using 'faster than' to compare speed.
➔ The phrase uses the comparative 'faster than' to indicate a higher speed relative to the speed of sound.
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No apologies ever need be made
➔ Passive voice with 'need be made' indicating necessity or obligation.
➔ This phrase emphasizes that apologies are not required, using the passive construction indicating that the action is not necessary.
