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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

did you show up in Vienna that

December uh did you no I couldn't but

did you I need to know it's important to

me why if you

didn't well did

you oh thank God you didn't well thank

God thank God you didn't I mean thank

God I didn't and you didn't I mean one

of us had showed up there alone then

that would have sucked I know I know I

know I was so concerned with that I I

always felt horrible about not being

there but I couldn't you know my grandma

died a few days before and she was

buried that day December 16th she died

the one in Budapest yes you remember

that yeah I remember everything of

course it was in your book but anyway I

was about I was about to fly to Vietnam

you know and and I and we heard the news

about her and of course I had to go to

the funeral with my parids yeah I'm

sorry to hear that I know you weren't

there

anyway wait why weren't you there I

would have been there if I could have I

made plans and

wait you better have a good

reason

what oh no no you were there weren't you

oh no oh that's terrible oh no I'm

laughing but I don't mean it did you

hate me you must have hated me have you

been hating me all this time you have no

yes you have no oh but you can't hate me

now right I know I I don't hate you all

right come on it's no big deal all right

I flew all the way over there you blew

the thing off and my life's been a big

nose dive since then but I mean it's not

a problem no you can't K say that oh I

can't believe it I you must have been so

angry with me I'm so sorry I really

wanted to be there more than anything in

the world I swear I mean you call me

angry night my grandmother I mean I know

I know I honestly thought that something

like that might have happened I was

definitely bummed but mostly I was just

mad we hadn't exchanged any phone

numbers or any information I know that

was so stupid no way to get in touch I

didn't go on I know I know I mean we

were both afraid that if we started

writing and calling that it would slowly

you know Fade Out yeah it definitely

wasn't a slow fade no it sure wasn't I

know we wanted to pick it up where we

left off which would have been fun if it

worked good idea

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
showed /ʃoʊd/ B1	verb - past tense of show; to allow to be seen
important /ɪmˈpɔːrtənt/ B1	adjective - of great significance or value
remember /rɪˈmembər/ A2	verb - to bring back to mind
funeral /ˈfjuːnərəl/ B1	noun - a ceremony for honoring a dead person
reason /ˈriːzn/ A2	noun - a cause or explanation
terrible /ˈterəbl/ B1	adjective - extremely bad or unpleasant
hate /heɪt/ A2	verb - to feel intense dislike
angry /ˈæŋɡri/ A2	adjective - feeling or showing strong annoyance
sorry /ˈsɔːri/ A1	adjective - feeling regret or sadness
grandmother /ˈɡrænmʌðər/ A2	noun - the mother of one's parent
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ A2	adjective - feeling fear or anxiety
exchanged /ɪkˈsʧeɪndʒd/ B1	verb - past tense of exchange; to give something and receive something else
information /ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən/ B1	noun - facts provided or learned about something or someone
slowly /ˈsloʊli/ A2	adverb - in a gradual manner
fade /feɪd/ B1	verb - to gradually become less visible or audible
concerned /kənˈsɜːrnd/ B1	adjective - worried or anxious

Key Grammar Structures

• I couldn't ... would have sucked.

  ➔ Modal verb + negative (couldn't) and conditional perfect (would have + past participle)

  ➔ The speaker says "couldn't" to express inability in the past, and "would have sucked" to describe a hypothetical result that did not happen.

• My grandma died a few days before and she was buried that day.

  ➔ Simple past tense + passive voice (was buried)

  ➔ "died" is in the simple past to state a completed event, while "was buried" uses the passive to focus on the action done to the subject.

• I was about to fly to Vietnam when we heard the news.

  ➔ Future-in-the-past construction (was about to + infinitive)

  ➔ "was about to" expresses an intention or plan that was on the verge of happening in the past.

• My life's been a big nosedive since then.

  ➔ Present perfect continuous (has/have been + -ing)

  ➔ "has been" shows an action that started in the past and continues up to the present; "since then" marks the starting point.

• You must have hated me all this time.

  ➔ Modal verb of deduction (must have + past participle)

  ➔ "must have" expresses a strong assumption about a past situation; the speaker believes the listener "hated" them.

• We hadn't exchanged any phone numbers or any information.

  ➔ Past perfect negative (hadn't + past participle)

  ➔ "hadn't exchanged" indicates that before a certain past moment, the action of exchanging had not taken place.

• We were both afraid that if we started writing and calling, it would fade out.

  ➔ Future in the past with conditional (would + base verb) after 'if' clause

  ➔ "would fade out" is the predicted result in the past conditional situation introduced by "if we started...".

• It would have been fun if it worked.

  ➔ Third conditional (would have + past participle) plus simple past in 'if' clause

  ➔ "would have been" refers to an imagined past result that did not happen; the "if" clause uses simple past "worked" to set the unreal condition.