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♪♪ 00:16
♪ Do you know what's worth fighting for ♪ 00:30
♪ When it's not worth dying for? ♪ 00:36
♪ Does it take your breath away ♪ 00:41
♪ And you feel yourself suffocating? ♪ 00:46
♪ Does the pain weigh out the pride? ♪ 00:53
♪ And you look for a place to hide? ♪ 00:59
♪ Did someone break your heart inside? ♪ 01:05
♪ You're in ruins ♪ 01:10
♪ One, twenty one guns ♪ 01:16
♪ Lay down your arms ♪ 01:20
♪ Give up the fight ♪ 01:24
♪ One, twenty one guns ♪ 01:28
♪ Throw up your arms into the sky ♪ 01:33
♪ You and I ♪ 01:39
♪ When you're at the end of the road ♪ 01:47
♪ And you lost all sense of control ♪ 01:53
♪ And your thoughts have taken their toll ♪ 01:59
♪ When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul ♪ 02:03
♪ Your faith walks on broken glass ♪ 02:10
♪ And the hangover doesn't pass ♪ 02:16
♪ Nothing's ever built to last ♪ 02:22
♪ You're in ruins (you're in ruins) (you're in ruins) ♪ 02:27
♪ One, twenty one guns ♪ 02:33
♪ Lay down your arms ♪ 02:38
♪ Give up the fight ♪ 02:41
♪ One (one), twenty one guns ♪ 02:45
♪ Throw up your arms into the sky ♪ 02:50
♪ You and I ♪ 02:56
♪ (Did you) Did you try to live on your own ♪ 03:03
♪ (When you) When you burned down the house and home? ♪ 03:09
♪ (Did you) Did you stand too close to the fire? ♪ 03:15
♪ Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone ♪ 03:20
♪ When it's time to live and let die ♪ 03:30
♪ And you can't get another try ♪ 03:36
♪ Something inside this heart has died ♪ 03:42
♪ You're in ruins (you're in ruins) ♪ 03:46
♪ One, twenty one guns ♪ 03:52
♪ Lay down your arms ♪ 03:56
♪ Give up the fight ♪ 03:59
♪ One, twenty one guns ♪ 04:03
♪ Throw up your arms into the sky ♪ 04:08
♪ One, twenty one guns ♪ 04:15
♪ Lay down your arms ♪ 04:20
♪ Give up the fight ♪ 04:23
♪ One, twenty one guns ♪ 04:27
♪ Throw up your arms into the sky ♪ 04:31
♪ You and I ♪ 04:38
Beautiful, beautiful 04:55
Yep, do it again 04:56
Hahahaha 04:58

21 Guns

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Green Day
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Lyrics:

[English]

♪♪

♪ Do you know what's worth fighting for ♪

♪ When it's not worth dying for? ♪

♪ Does it take your breath away ♪

♪ And you feel yourself suffocating? ♪

♪ Does the pain weigh out the pride? ♪

♪ And you look for a place to hide? ♪

♪ Did someone break your heart inside? ♪

♪ You're in ruins ♪

♪ One, twenty one guns ♪

♪ Lay down your arms ♪

♪ Give up the fight ♪

♪ One, twenty one guns ♪

♪ Throw up your arms into the sky ♪

♪ You and I ♪

♪ When you're at the end of the road ♪

♪ And you lost all sense of control ♪

♪ And your thoughts have taken their toll ♪

♪ When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul ♪

♪ Your faith walks on broken glass ♪

♪ And the hangover doesn't pass ♪

♪ Nothing's ever built to last ♪

♪ You're in ruins (you're in ruins) (you're in ruins) ♪

♪ One, twenty one guns ♪

♪ Lay down your arms ♪

♪ Give up the fight ♪

♪ One (one), twenty one guns ♪

♪ Throw up your arms into the sky ♪

♪ You and I ♪

♪ (Did you) Did you try to live on your own ♪

♪ (When you) When you burned down the house and home? ♪

♪ (Did you) Did you stand too close to the fire? ♪

♪ Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone ♪

♪ When it's time to live and let die ♪

♪ And you can't get another try ♪

♪ Something inside this heart has died ♪

♪ You're in ruins (you're in ruins) ♪

♪ One, twenty one guns ♪

♪ Lay down your arms ♪

♪ Give up the fight ♪

♪ One, twenty one guns ♪

♪ Throw up your arms into the sky ♪

♪ One, twenty one guns ♪

♪ Lay down your arms ♪

♪ Give up the fight ♪

♪ One, twenty one guns ♪

♪ Throw up your arms into the sky ♪

♪ You and I ♪

Beautiful, beautiful

Yep, do it again

Hahahaha

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary Meanings

fight

/faɪt/

B2
  • verb
  • - to take part in a violent struggle or combat
  • noun
  • - an act of fighting

arms

/ɑːrmz/

B1
  • noun
  • - weapons used in fighting

guns

/ɡʌnz/

B2
  • noun
  • - weapons that fire bullets

soul

/soʊl/

B2
  • noun
  • - the spiritual or immaterial part of a person

pride

/praɪd/

B1
  • noun
  • - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction from one's achievements

control

/kənˈtroʊl/

B2
  • noun
  • - the power to govern or direct

spirit

/ˈspɪrɪt/

B2
  • noun
  • - the non-physical part of a person regarded as their true self

faith

/feɪθ/

B2
  • noun
  • - belief in something without proof

glass

/ɡlæs/

B2
  • noun
  • - a hard, brittle material used to make windows and containers

broken

/ˈbroʊkən/

B2
  • adjective
  • - damaged or not functioning

life

/laɪf/

A2
  • noun
  • - the condition that distinguishes living from non-living

ruins

/ˈruːɪnz/

B2
  • noun
  • - the remains of a building or city destroyed or decayed

pass

/pæs/

B1
  • verb
  • - to move past or succeed in reaching a point

time

/taɪm/

A1
  • noun
  • - a measured or passing period

Grammar:

  • Does it take your breath away

    ➔ Do/Does + subject + base verb

    ➔ The phrase uses the auxiliary verb **'does'** to form a question in the present tense for third person singular.

  • Lay down your arms

    ➔ Imperative mood / Verb + object

    ➔ The phrase is in the **imperative** form, giving a direct command or instruction.

  • When you're at the end of the road

    ➔ Adverbial clause of time (When + subject + present tense)

    ➔ The **adverbial clause** provides a time context, indicating when an event occurs.

  • And the hangover doesn't pass

    ➔ Simple present tense for habitual or timeless actions

    ➔ The verb **'doesn't pass'** is in the present simple, indicating a repeated or ongoing condition.

  • You're in ruins

    ➔ contractions of 'you are' in the present continuous tense

    ➔ The phrase uses the **contraction** 'You're' for 'you are', indicating a state of being.

  • And you feel yourself suffocating?

    ➔ Reflexive pronoun + verb + -ing form (present participle)

    ➔ The structure **'yourself suffocating'** combines a reflexive pronoun with a present participle to describe the action.