Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
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commitment /kəˈmɪtmənt/ B2 |
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breakthrough /ˈbreɪkθruː/ B2 |
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clarity /ˈklærəti/ B2 |
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boundaries /ˈbaʊndriz/ B2 |
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instincts /ˈɪnstɪŋkts/ B2 |
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intuition /ˌɪntjuˈɪʃn/ C1 |
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diminished /dɪˈmɪnɪʃt/ C1 |
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transit /ˈtrænsɪt/ B2 |
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grieve /ɡriːv/ C1 |
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transition /trænˈzɪʃn/ B2 |
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productive /prəˈdʌktɪv/ B1 |
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limbo /ˈlɪmbəʊ/ C2 |
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dramatically /drəˈmætɪkli/ B2 |
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gamble /ˈɡæmbl/ B2 |
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rigged /rɪɡd/ C1 |
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visualized /ˈvɪʒuəlaɪzd/ C1 |
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malicious /məˈlɪʃəs/ C1 |
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dormant /ˈdɔːrmənt/ C2 |
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insightful /ˈɪnsaɪtfl/ C1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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You've been holding onto for so long it stopped feeling like a choice.
➔ Present Perfect Continuous & Causative Verb
➔ "You've been holding" indicates an action started in the past and continuing to the present. "Stopped feeling" uses a linking verb to describe a change in state.
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You're about to receive a piece of information that makes everything fall into place.
➔ Future intention (be about to) & Relative Clause
➔ "Be about to" implies an action will happen very soon. The relative clause "that makes..." modifies "information".
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You'll wonder how you ever saw it any other way.
➔ Future Simple & Indirect Question
➔ "Will wonder" predicts a future reaction. "How you ever saw it" is an indirect question acting as the object of "wonder".
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Somebody near you has been testing the waters.
➔ Present Perfect Continuous
➔ "Has been testing" emphasizes the ongoing nature of the repeated actions up to now.
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You keep second-guessing the thing your intuition already flagged.
➔ Verb + Gerund & Relative Clause (omitted 'that')
➔ "Keep second-guessing" uses a gerund after 'keep'. "The thing [that] your intuition..." has an omitted relative pronoun.
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You've left the shore but you haven't reached the other side yet.
➔ Present Perfect
➔ "Have left" and "haven't reached" describe actions with present relevance or recent completion.
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There’s a sadness that you might be feeling about this.
➔ Existential 'There is' & Modal Verb (might)
➔ "There's" introduces the existence of sadness. "Might be feeling" indicates a possibility in the present.
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Once you stop, they have to pick a side.
➔ Conjunction (Once) & Obligation (have to)
➔ "Once" acts as a time conjunction meaning 'as soon as'. "Have to" expresses external necessity.
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