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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(cloth crumples)

(pulley squeaks)

(students chatting) (wind unravels cloth)

I couldn't stand up in front

of a crowd. (yells signal)

Like, everything was just intimidating

to me. (yells signal)

You know, I was a fish

out of water. (shutter clicks)

They're gonna think I'm the crazy girl with a camera

asking them can you pose for me,

'cause it's for the yearbook?

Oh, you should join the band,

I'm like (expressing indecisiveness)

I don't know, you know.

I mean, I've always been short, so I'm just

like thinking about the others watching me.

I can't even count how nervous I was.

Like, the year before I was I'm like this, man,

I feel free. And then, make it creative.

I didn't like

anybody. (echoes of lead cracking)

There is no reason to go

if you're not gonna give it your all.

(sharpener grinds)

(page crinkling)

(engine humming)

(students chatting) (school announcements echoing)

It's really hard studying for the SAT because,

especially as a Senior, because you have

so many things to do.

(whistle blows repeatedly) (coach yells)

Whether you wanna do it or you don't, it all starts now.

Stand up, you got it!

I will feel confident enough, I'll practice more.

Some people come in talented, but that's not enough.

Practice that intermission, please!

You have to set goals that you have to hit.

I will put 110% 'cause this is what I wanna do.

This is my goal

and I wanna accomplish it. (girls chatting)

Look at me now, I'm number one, I'm in charge.

To the rear!

(yells signal) (electronic alarm bloops)

If it's State Championship or tests like the SAT,

it all comes from your practice,

what you've been doin' before.

(cheering) (slowed electronic music)

And, you shouldn't be as scared to do it the second time

because you already know what to expect.

The point of doing that is so your brain has

that muscle memory, that like a second nature

kind of thing. (students chatting)

(students laughing) (snare drum music)

Stand up, you got it! You got it, you remember

that fight.

The game goes silent. (whooshing)

(slow dramatic hip hop music) (audience cheering)

(slow dramatic hip hop music)

In the moment, you don't really realize

that shift of confidence.

You've trained so hard to know what to expect

and then once you see it it's like, wow.

(slow dramatic hip hop music)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
intimidating /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪŋ/ B2	adjective - causing fear or apprehension
nervous /ˈnɜːrvəs/ A2	adjective - anxious or apprehensive
creative /kriˈeɪtɪv/ B1	adjective - relating to or involving the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something
reason /ˈriːzn/ A2	noun - a cause, explanation, or justification for something
confident /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ B1	adjective - feeling or showing self-assurance
practice /ˈpræktɪs/ A2	noun - the regular performance or repetition of an act or skill verb - to perform or carry out an action repeatedly in order to improve or maintain skill
talented /ˈtæləntɪd/ B1	adjective - having a natural aptitude or skill for something
goals /ɡoʊlz/ A2	noun - the object of one's ambitions or efforts
accomplish /əˈkɒmplɪʃ/ B2	verb - to achieve or complete successfully
charge /tʃɑːrdʒ/ B1	noun - control of something
expect /ɪkˈspekt/ B1	verb - to regard something as likely to happen
memory /ˈmeməri/ A2	noun - the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information
shift /ʃɪft/ B1	noun - a change or transformation
trained /treɪnd/ B1	adjective - having been taught a particular skill or type of behavior through practice and instruction
realize /ˈriːəlaɪz/ B1	verb - become fully aware of (something) as a fact

Key Grammar Structures

• I couldn't stand up in front of a crowd.

  ➔ Past modal for ability (couldn't)

  ➔ 'Couldn't' is used to express inability in the past.

• You know, I was a fish out of water.

  ➔ Simile (as...as)

  ➔ 'Fish out of water' is a simile to describe feeling out of place.

• I mean, I've always been short, so I'm just like thinking about the others watching me.

  ➔ Present perfect for ongoing state (have been)

  ➔ 'Have been' is used to describe a state that started in the past and continues to the present.

• I will feel confident enough, I'll practice more.

  ➔ Future simple for prediction (will)

  ➔ 'Will' is used here to predict future actions or states.

• This is my goal and I wanna accomplish it.

  ➔ Contraction (wanna)

  ➔ 'Wanna' is a contraction of 'want to', used in informal speech.

• If it's State Championship or tests like the SAT, it all comes from your practice.

  ➔ Conditional sentence (if...)

  ➔ 'If' introduces a conditional sentence, describing a hypothetical situation.

• The point of doing that is so your brain has that muscle memory.

  ➔ Purpose clause (so that)

  ➔ 'So that' is used to express the purpose of an action.

• You got it, you remember that fight.

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of words)

  ➔ The sentence uses ellipsis, omitting 'you remember' for brevity.