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...

  ➔ Use of "why" for questioning reason.

  ➔ This line uses the question word "why" to inquire about the reason for someone's care or concern.

• we all follow this thing where do we go

  ➔ Use of "where" as an interrogative adverb.

  ➔ The word "where" is used to ask about a location or destination: "where" do we go?

• come here spit it out what is it exactly

  ➔ Imperative verb "come" and pronoun "it"

  ➔ "Come" is an imperative verb, a command to move towards the speaker. "It" refers to something unspecific, requiring clarification.

• try to wake up there your friend

  ➔ Imperative verb "try" followed by infinitive "to wake"

  ➔ The sentence uses "try" in the imperative mood, urging someone to make an effort. It is followed by "to wake", the infinitive form of the verb.

• I want to end

  ➔ Use of "want to" + infinitive

  ➔ This construction expresses a desire or intention. "Want to end" means the speaker desires the cessation of something.

• listen keep you in the dark without you

  ➔ Imperative verb "listen" and preposition "without"

  ➔ "Listen" is an imperative, a command to pay attention. "Without" indicates a condition or state of lacking something.

• expected me to make my heart like it was

  ➔ Past participle "expected" with "to" infinitive

  ➔ The use of "expected me to make" shows someone was supposed to do something. "Expected" indicates an anticipation of an action.

• get you connected me too

  ➔ Passive voice implication with "get" + past participle.

  ➔ The phrase "get you connected" implies that someone else or something else is doing the connecting; it's similar to saying "you are connected". "Get + past participle" sometimes functions as an alternative to the auxiliary verb "to be" in the passive voice.