bury a friend

• By: Billie Eilish
• Album: WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
care /keər/ A2	verb - to feel concern or interest
follow /ˈfɒləʊ/ A2	verb - to go or come after
spit /spɪt/ B1	verb - to eject saliva forcibly from the mouth
clean /kliːn/ A2	verb - to remove dirt
satisfactory /ˌsætɪsˈfæktəri/ B2	adjective - good enough to meet a need or desire
deadly /ˈdedli/ B2	adjective - causing or likely to cause death
drink /drɪŋk/ A1	verb - to swallow liquid
job /dʒɒb/ A2	noun - a task or piece of work
dance /dɑːns/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
glass /ɡlɑːs/ A2	noun - a hard, transparent substance
staple /ˈsteɪpl/ B2	verb - to fasten with staples
tongue /tʌŋ/ B1	noun - the fleshy organ in the mouth used for tasting
bury /ˈberi/ B1	verb - to put or hide underground
friend /frend/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
wake /weɪk/ A2	verb - to stop sleeping
dark /dɑːrk/ A2	noun - absence of light adjective - with little or no light
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky that is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - move downward, typically rapidly and freely without control

Grammar:

• I'm just me why do you care for me when we all follow this thing where do we go

  ➔ Indirect Question (embedded question)

  ➔ The phrase "where do we go" is an indirect question embedded within the larger sentence. The word "where" introduces a question, but the question doesn't stand alone as a direct question.

• try to wake up

  ➔ Infinitive of Purpose (to + base verb)

  ➔ "to wake up" functions as an infinitive of purpose, expressing the reason or intention behind an action (even though the action itself is missing here).

• keep you in the dark

  ➔ Idiomatic Expression/Phrasal Verb

  ➔ "keep someone in the dark" is an idiomatic expression meaning to not tell someone something; to keep something secret from someone.

• without you expected me to make my heart like it was star

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (hypothetical/unreal situation)

  ➔ The phrase "like it was star" is grammatically incorrect, but it implies a subjunctive mood. The implied correct grammar might be 'as if it *were* a star'. It expresses something contrary to fact or a hypothetical situation. Here, it describes Billie wishing that her heart were more like a cold, distant star (strong and isolated)

• why don't you run for me

  ➔ Imperative in the form of a question (suggestion/request)

  ➔ While technically a question, "why don't you run for me" functions as a softer, more suggestive imperative. It's a way of asking someone to do something without directly ordering them.

• I want a job like I wanna dance

  ➔ Ellipsis

  ➔ The phrase "I want a job like I wanna dance" contains an ellipsis. It implies "I want a job like the way I want to dance", where the phrase "the way" is omitted