Chandelier

• By: Sia

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause physical or emotional pain or injury to someone
learn /lɜːrn/ A1	verb - to gain knowledge or skill by studying, being taught, or experiencing something
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection
drink /drɪŋk/ A1	verb - to swallow (liquid)
chandelier /ˌʃændəˈlɪər/ B2	noun - a decorative light fixture hanging from a ceiling, usually with branches for several light bulbs or candles.
live /lɪv/ A1	verb - to remain alive
tomorrow /təˈmɒroʊ/ A1	noun - the day after today
fly /flaɪ/ A2	verb - to move through the air using wings
bird /bɜːrd/ A1	noun - a warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by having feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - drops of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in the eye
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter, including capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - each of a pair of globular organs in the head through which people and vertebrate animals see
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A1	noun - the period of time between sunrise and noon
mess /mes/ B1	noun - a state of disorder or untidiness
shame /ʃeɪm/ B2	noun - a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior.

Grammar:

• Party girls don't get hurt

  ➔ Present Simple Negative (do not/don't)

  ➔ Uses the present simple negative to express a general truth or habitual action. "Don't get hurt" indicates that party girls generally avoid being hurt.

• Can't feel anything, when will I learn?

  ➔ Modal verb "can't" (negative ability) and Future Simple with "will"

  ➔ "Can't" expresses the inability to feel. "When will I learn?" is a question about a future action.

• I'm the one for a "good time call"

  ➔ Use of the definite article "the" to specify a particular person.

  ➔ "The one" identifies the speaker as being the specific person who provides a "good time call".

• Like it doesn't exist

  ➔ Subjunctive mood implied (as if/as though)

  ➔ The phrase implies 'like tomorrow does not exist,' but the verb is in the present tense to express a hypothetical situation.

• Feel my tears as they dry

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction "as" indicating simultaneous action.

  ➔ "As they dry" describes the action of the tears drying happening at the same time as the speaker is feeling them.

• Won't look down, won't open my eyes

  ➔ Future Simple Negative with "won't"

  ➔ "Won't" is a contraction of "will not," indicating a future intention not to perform the stated actions.

• Keep my glass full until morning light

  ➔ Imperative mood ("Keep") followed by adverbial clause of time ("until morning light").

  ➔ "Keep" is an instruction or command. "Until morning light" specifies the duration of the action.

• Gotta get out now, gotta run from this

  ➔ Informal contraction "gotta" (got to), expressing obligation or necessity.

  ➔ "Gotta" emphasizes the urgency of needing to "get out" and "run".