Can't Repeat

• By: The Offspring
• Album: Greatest Hits

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
woke /woʊk/ B1	verb - past tense of 'wake', meaning to cease sleeping or become alert
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ B1	noun - the act or instance of making or becoming different verb - to make or become different
wish /wɪʃ/ A2	verb - to want something to happen
hold /hoʊld/ B1	verb - to grasp, carry, or support with the hands
forget /fərˈɡɛt/ B2	verb - to fail to remember
reach /riːtʃ/ B2	verb - to arrive at a place or goal
think /θɪŋk/ B1	verb - to have ideas or opinions
rolls /roʊlz/ B2	verb - to move or cause to move in a such a way that turns over and over
laughs /læfs/ A2	verb - to express happiness or amusement with a sound
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to produce tears especially as an expression of emotion
past /pæst/ A2	noun - a period of time that has already happened adjective - gone by in time
time /taɪm/ B1	noun - a measure of duration or a point in the sequence of events

Grammar:

• I CAN'T hold on to what's been done

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' + not (can't) + base verb to express inability or prohibition.

  ➔ The phrase shows inability to continue or 'hold on' to something.

• TIME ROLLS ON

  ➔ Verb + s (third person singular in present simple), idiomatic expression about the passage of time.

  ➔ It signifies the ongoing passage of time without stopping.

• YESTERDAY LAUGHS

  ➔ Subject + present tense verb, personification as 'yesterday' is depicted as capable of 'laughing'.

  ➔ An imaginative way to say that 'yesterday' is capable of laughing, emphasizing the passage of time.

• THE PAST IS LAUGHING

  ➔ Subject + is + verb ending in -ing (present continuous), personification as 'the past' doing an action.

  ➔ Personifying 'the past' as 'laughing' gives it active qualities, emphasizing its presence and influence.

• NOW WE MUST MOVE AHEAD DESPITE OUR FEAR AND DREAD

  ➔ Modal verb 'must' + infinitive, expressing obligation or necessity; 'despite' + noun phrase indicating contrast.

  ➔ Indicates strong obligation to proceed regardless of fear and dread.

• WE'RE ALL JUST WISHING WE COULD STOP

  ➔ Contraction of 'we are' + adverb 'just' + present participle 'wishing' + 'that' clause with 'could' + base verb.

  ➔ Shows the ongoing desire or hope to stop doing something, expressed with a modal 'could'.