Automatic Sun

• By: The Warning
• Album: Keep Me Fed

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
freedom /ˈfriːdəm/ B1	noun - the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance
silence /ˈsaɪləns/ B1	noun - complete absence of sound
nails /neɪlz/ A1	noun - a small metal spike with a broadened head, driven typically into wood with a hammer to join things together or to serve as a peg or support
weight /weɪt/ A2	noun - a body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing
headache /ˈhedeɪk/ B1	noun - a continuous pain in the head
burn /bɜːrn/ A2	verb - to be damaged or destroyed by fire or heat
automatic /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/ B1	adjective - working by itself with little or no direct human control
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star that provides light and heat to Earth
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection
mirror /ˈmɪrər/ A2	noun - a reflective surface, now typically of glass coated with a metallic substance, that reflects a clear image verb - to be similar to or reflect
reach /riːtʃ/ B1	noun - the extent or distance to which someone or something can reach or extend verb - to extend as far as
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - cause pain or injury to noun - emotional or physical pain
addiction /əˈdɪkʃən/ B2	noun - the state of being compulsively committed to something
psychosomatic /ˌsaɪkəsəˈmætɪk/ C1	adjective - relating to or involving both mind and body
crawl /krɔːl/ B1	verb - move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground

Grammar:

• I'm high on the freedom But somehow you still got me trapped

  ➔ Past Simple (got) implying ongoing effect; use of "somehow" as an adverb of manner.

  ➔ "Got" here means "captured" or "ensnared". The use of "somehow" indicates a feeling of confusion or lack of understanding about how the speaker ended up trapped. Past simple expresses the completion of the action of trapping but has current relevant.

• The silence at midnight just feels like your nails down my back

  ➔ Use of "like" to make a comparison; sensory verb "feels" linking to an adjective phrase. Prepositional phrase "at midnight".

  ➔ This line uses a simile (using "like") to compare the feeling of silence to the sensation of fingernails scratching down one's back. The word "feels" connects the noun phrase "the silence" with the descriptive phrase "like your nails down my back."

• The way the weight of everything's just An unavoidable headache But you got me begging instead

  ➔ The phrase "The way...is/feels" to describe a sensation; the use of "just" as an adverb to minimize the weight; contrasting conjunction "But".

  ➔ "The way the weight of everything's just an unavoidable headache" describes how the speaker experiences emotional burden. "Just" makes the headache seem less intense than it actually is. "But" shifts the focus to the speaker's reaction to that weight - begging.

• Burn in your automatic sun!

  ➔ Imperative mood; "automatic" as an adjective modifying "sun."

  ➔ This is a strong command or curse. "Automatic sun" is metaphorical, likely referring to a source of intense, artificial heat or light (emotional or psychological), potentially something inescapable or constant. The structure itself is quite simple and direct, which adds to the intensity.

• Give me your psychosomatic love!

  ➔ Imperative mood; adjective "psychosomatic" modifying noun "love."

  ➔ This is another command, demanding a specific type of affection. "Psychosomatic love" implies that the love is more mental or emotional than physical, and might even be associated with physical symptoms (like anxiety or stress) caused by emotional factors.

• And if you crawl to me Will you be my mirror, reflect what I need?

  ➔ Conditional sentence type 1 (If + Present Simple, Will + Infinitive); question formation using "Will"; embedded question using "what".

  ➔ This is a hypothetical question about the nature of the relationship. The condition is "if you crawl to me." The speaker wants to know if, under this condition, the other person will be able to provide self-reflection (being a mirror) and provide what the speaker needs.

• Oh, you're so out of reach, yeah

  ➔ Use of "so" as an intensifier; prepositional phrase "out of reach".

  ➔ "So" intensifies the meaning of "out of reach," indicating a high degree of unattainability. "Out of reach" suggests that the person is unavailable, either physically, emotionally, or both.

• This addiction's hard to give up

  ➔ Possessive apostrophe ('s); "hard to + verb" structure indicating difficulty.

  ➔ The use of the possessive apostrophe shows that the addiction belongs to or is affecting the speaker. The phrase "hard to give up" demonstrates the challenge or near impossibility of stopping the addiction.