– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[Music]

once upon a time there were two trolls

one was named poppy the other was named

branch what's that

together they saved the world poppy

became queen branch found his true

colors and the two of them became best

friends boom and that was that pretty

cute right not to me I'm the type of

cloud that goes for this sort of thing

Eenie

who what poppy and branch didn't know is

that their world was a lot bigger than

they knew like a lot lot lot lot bigger

one more time

what's up tech no true

we're gonna

tonight is about family love and music

[Applause]

[Music]

and get ready for the trap ready little

buddy

let's do this wait for come on wait for

it wait for it

wait

don't worry everybody will get back to

the party in a bit

let me just take care of this real quick

hey man

there is king trolex of the techno

trolls right that's right who's asking

Queen barb of the hard rock trolls and

I'm here to take your string bro

no way if we lose our string we lose our

music you mean your bleeps and bloops oh

yeah that's not music do you want to

hear some real music

rock ours

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

[Applause]

okay okay enough stop you're harshing

the vibe we work very hard to build to

we're all gonna be one nation of trolls

on the rock

if we're gonna save the world we need to

unite all the trolls like reggaeton well

we're doomed

trolls will to Luigi

[Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
troll /troʊl/ B1	noun - a mythical creature; a person who posts inflammatory content online
queen /kwiːn/ A1	noun - a female ruler of a kingdom
colors /ˈkʌlərz/ A1	noun - the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects light
family /ˈfæməli/ A1	noun - a group of one or more parents and their children living together
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion
techno /ˈtɛknoʊ/ B1	noun - a style of electronic dance music
string /strɪŋ/ A2	noun - a thin length of cord or fiber; in this context, musical strings
harsh /hɑːrʃ/ B2	adjective - unpleasantly rough or jarring; severe
vibe /vaɪb/ B1	noun - the atmosphere of a place, situation, or person
nation /ˈneɪʃən/ B1	noun - a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory
unite /juːˈnaɪt/ B1	verb - to come or bring together for a common purpose or action
doomed /duːmd/ C1	adjective - likely to have an unfortunate or inescapable outcome; fated to fail
buddy /ˈbʌdi/ A2	noun - a close friend
rock /rɑːk/ A1	noun - a genre of popular music; a solid mineral material verb - to move gently to and fro or from side to side

Key Grammar Structures

• Once upon a time there were two trolls

  ➔ Existential 'there were' (past tense plural)

  ➔ We use "there were" to introduce the existence of multiple subjects in a narrative past context.

• Poppy and branch didn't know is that their world was a lot bigger than they knew

  ➔ Comparative adjective with intensifier ('a lot')

  ➔ The phrase "a lot" is used as an intensifier before the comparative adjective "bigger" to emphasize the degree of difference.

• Tonight is about family, love, and music

  ➔ Prepositional phrase acting as a predicate

  ➔ Here, "about family, love, and music" functions as the predicate, defining the theme or subject matter of the event.

• I'm the type of cloud that goes for this sort of thing

  ➔ Defining relative clause ('that goes for...')

  ➔ The clause "that goes for this sort of thing" modifies "the type of cloud" to specify exactly which kind is being described.

• What poppy and branch didn't know is that their world was a lot bigger

  ➔ Noun clause as subject ('What... know')

  ➔ The phrase starting with "What" functions as the entire subject of the sentence, acting as a noun.

• I'm here to take your string

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose ('to take')

  ➔ The infinitive "to take" is used here to explain the reason or goal for the speaker being in that location.

• If we lose our string we lose our music

  ➔ First conditional sentence (If + present simple, present simple)

  ➔ This structure expresses a real-world consequence: if a specific action (losing the string) happens, a specific result (losing music) will follow.

• We work very hard to build to we're all gonna be one nation

  ➔ Future intention with 'gonna' (informal)

  ➔ "Gonna" is a contraction of "going to," commonly used in spoken English to express a future plan or intention.