America – English Lyrics

• By: M83

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

John

Christine is still with us Christine is dead,

Laura, of course, of course, I know but, you know the two ladies in the restaurant?

Well, they were watching us while we were eating.

They kept staring at us, they told me this because they could see sitting between us they could see

Christine sitting between us, this is two people who we don't even know

Listen, listen now. There's one who's blind, she's the one that can see, she's the one who had the second sight, and she, she's blind and she described to me Christine's red plastic mac Laura

John

Laura Listen, I'm perfectly all right.

In fact I haven't felt as good as this in months and months,

I feel really fine.

I don't need pills, I'm not going crazy,

I feel really great, when did the doctor say you can leave?

Any time, I only fainted

Key Grammar Structures

• Christine is still with us Christine is dead,

  ➔ Present Simple

  ➔ The verb "is" is in the present simple, showing a current state.

• Well, they were watching us while we were eating.

  ➔ Past Continuous

  ➔ "were watching" and "were eating" are past continuous, showing actions in progress at a specific past time.

• They kept staring at us, they told me this because they could see.

  ➔ Past Simple

  ➔ "kept" and "told" are simple past verbs describing completed actions in the past.

• They could see.

  ➔ Modal verb "could"

  ➔ "could" expresses ability or possibility in the past.

• There's one who's blind, she's the one that can see, she's the one who had the second sight.

  ➔ Relative clause

  ➔ "who's blind", "that can see" and "who had the second sight" are relative clauses that give extra information about "one".

• I haven't felt as good as this in months and months,

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ "haven't felt" is present perfect negative, indicating an experience that started in the past and continues up to now.

• I don't need pills, I'm not going crazy,

  ➔ Negation with "don't"

  ➔ "don't need" uses the negative auxiliary "don't" to show that something is not required.

• when did the doctor say you can leave?

  ➔ Past Simple interrogative with "did"

  ➔ "did say" forms a past‑simple question; "did" is the auxiliary used for past interrogatives.

• Any time, I only fainted

  ➔ Past Simple

  ➔ "fainted" is a simple past verb indicating a completed action in the past.