– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[door swings open]

Ahhh!

[lamp crashes]

What the hell?

You scared me.

You scared me.

Everyone scared me.

Dad's in the hospital. We gotta go.

Is he okay?

I don't know.

Come on.

Mrs. Cooper. Your husband's going to be okay.

Oh.

Praise the Lord.

It was mild angina pectoris.

We're going to keep him for observation.

But he's awake.

And you could see him now.

Thank you, Doctor.

Um.

Yeah. I'm going to get out of here.

You go see George.

What? No. You might have saved his life.

He's going to want to thank you.

Y'know that's nice, but I think it's best

Brenda. I insist.

Okay. Okay.

Come on.

[beeping]

Hi.

Hey.

Look who I have with me.

Hey, George.

Brenda.

Are you. Okay? Do you need a doctor?

Oh, no.

I'm just excited to see you.

[beeping faster]

[hospital monitor sounds]

Hey. Good news.

Your dad's doing okay and should be home in a couple of days.

Thank God.

Thank modern medicine.

All right, you two, try and get some sleep, okay?

Meemaw?

Do you think I gave dad a heart attack?

What?

No.

This isn't your fault.

I was really mean to him.

I was mean to him as well.

What I did was so much worse.

That is true. When we're receiving our punishment,

they should really let you have it.

Okay, y'all go to sleep.

But I was just an accomplice.

It wouldn't be fair if we got equal punishment.

Sleep.

[door closes]

My meemaw didn't understand.

When I was feeling anxious, it was rules and structure that I found soothing.

Not to mention the relaxing melody of

the Star Trek theme song.

Hmm'hmm. Mhm mhm.

Hmm'hmm.

Mhm mhm.

Hmm'hmm. Mhm mhm.

Stop that.

As soon as I'm soothed.

Hmm'hmm. Mhm mhm.

Hmm'hmm.

Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm.

Bad enough they rolled me out in a wheelchair

I didn't need. You could have let me drive .

You got winded getting in the car.

You heard that, huh?

Should we talk about what happened the other night?

What happened the other night?

Us having that huge fight.

Oh, that. Yeah.

Forget it.

How can I?

It was a bad night.

I say best thing is to put it in the rear view mirror.

Oh, I would love that.

Done.

The other night never happened.

Thank you.

And up. Next we've got a two-fer of Lynyrd Skynyrd coming ya.

[music]

[click off]

Could use a little peace and quiet.

With my father home from the hospital,

my mother had instructed us to let him relax.

And what could be more relaxing than

a spirited discussion of societal rules and morality?

Dad.

What's up?

I'm struggling with an ethical crisis.

Be a kid. Quit struggling.

Missy and I broke a lot of rules the other night,

and we received no punishment.

But it's been a rough week.

We're just glad you're both safe.

But in the absence of a divine being,

society's rules are what keeps a person's morality in check.

Well, there you go.

No, you're not following me.

If actions have no repercussions, society breaks down.

Everything devolves into chaos.

You might be overthinking this.

I thought so too.

Then I thought about it, and I'm not.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
scared /skɛrd/ A1	adjective - frightened or anxious
angina /ænˈdʒaɪnə/ B2	noun - a condition marked by severe pain in the chest, often due to lack of oxygen to the heart muscle
observation /ɒbzərˈveɪʃən/ B1	noun - the action or process of observing something or someone carefully
excited /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ A2	adjective - very enthusiastic or eager
soothing /ˈsuːðɪŋ/ A2	adjective - having a gently calming effect
anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ A2	adjective - experiencing worry or nervousness
ethical /ˈeθɪkəl/ B1	adjective - relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with right and wrong
repercussions /ˌriːpərˈkʌʃənz/ B2	noun - an unintended consequence of an event or action
devolves /dɪˈvɒlvz/ C1	verb - to deteriorate or descend to a lower, less complex, or worse state
spirited /ˈspɪrɪtɪd/ B1	adjective - full of energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness
morality /məˈrælɪti/ B2	noun - principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior
accomplice /əˈkɒmplɪs/ B1	noun - a person who helps someone commit a crime
chaos /ˈkeɪɒs/ B1	noun - complete disorder and confusion
overthinking /ˌoʊvərˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ B1	verb - to think about something too much or for too long
punishment /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/ A2	noun - a penalty imposed for wrongdoing

Key Grammar Structures

• Dad's in the hospital. We gotta go.

  ➔ Contraction (gotta)

  ➔ 'Gotta' is a contraction of 'have got to,' used informally to express necessity.

• It was mild angina pectoris.

  ➔ Past tense (was)

  ➔ The verb 'was' is used to describe an action that occurred in the past.

• We're going to keep him for observation.

  ➔ Future tense with 'going to'

  ➔ 'Going to' is used to express a future action that is planned or certain.

• You might have saved his life.

  ➔ Past modal (might have)

  ➔ 'Might have' is used to express a past possibility or uncertainty.

• If actions have no repercussions, society breaks down.

  ➔ Conditional sentence (if clause)

  ➔ The 'if' clause introduces a condition, followed by the result in the main clause.

• I thought so too.

  ➔ Emphatic structure (so too)

  ➔ 'So too' is used to emphasize agreement with a previous statement.

• Then I thought about it, and I'm not.

  ➔ Present tense with 'am' (contraction I'm)

  ➔ 'I'm' is a contraction of 'I am,' used to describe a current state or condition.