City Of Stars
Lyrics:
[English]
City of stars
Are you shining just for me?
City of stars
There's so much that I can't see
Who knows?
I felt it from the first embrace I shared with you
That now our dreams
They've finally come true
...
City of stars
Just one thing everybody wants
There in the bars
And through the smokescreen of the crowded restaurants
It's love
Yes, all we're looking for is love from someone else
A rush
A glance
A touch
A dance
A look in somebody's eyes
To light up the skies
To open the world and send it reeling
A voice that says, I'll be here
And you'll be alright
...
I don't care if I know
Just where I will go
'Cause all that I need is this crazy feeling
A rat-tat-tat on my heart
...
City of stars
...
Just one thing everybody wants
There in the bars
And through the smokescreen of the crowded restaurants
It's love
Yes, all we're looking for is love from someone else
A glance
A dance
A look in somebody's eyes
To light up the skies
To open the world and send it reeling
A voice that says, I'll be here
And you'll be alright
I don't care if I know
Just where I will go
'Cause all that I need is this crazy feeling
A rat-tat-tat on my heart
City of stars
Are you shining just for me?
City of stars
You've never shined so brightly
...
Vocabulary in this song:
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stars /stɑːrz/ A1 |
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shining /ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/ A2 |
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dreams /driːmz/ A2 |
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true /truː/ A1 |
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wants /wɒnts/ A2 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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rush /rʌʃ/ B1 |
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glance /ɡlɑːns/ B2 |
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dance /dæns/ A1 |
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light /laɪt/ A1 |
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skies /skaɪz/ A1 |
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world /wɜːrld/ A1 |
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reeling /ˈriːlɪŋ/ B2 |
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voice /vɔɪs/ A2 |
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crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1 |
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feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A2 |
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brightly /ˈbraɪtli/ B2 |
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Grammar:
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Are you shining just for me?
➔ Present Continuous (Interrogative)
➔ Uses the auxiliary verb "are" followed by the subject "you" and the main verb "shining" in its -ing form to ask if the city is currently shining for the speaker.
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There's so much that I can't see
➔ Relative Clause with "that", Modal Verb "can't"
➔ "that I can't see" is a relative clause modifying "so much". "can't" is a modal verb expressing inability to see something.
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I felt it from the first embrace I shared with you
➔ Past Simple, Relative Clause (implied "that" or "which")
➔ "I felt it" is in the past simple tense. "embrace I shared with you" acts as a relative clause modifying "the first embrace", with the relative pronoun omitted (i.e., "the first embrace *that/which* I shared with you").
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They've finally come true
➔ Present Perfect
➔ "They've" is a contraction of "They have". The present perfect "have come" indicates that the dreams have reached completion at the present time.
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Just one thing everybody wants
➔ Simple Present Tense
➔ "wants" is the third-person singular form of the verb "want" in the simple present tense. It expresses a general truth or a fact.
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If I know just where I will go
➔ Conditional Clause (Type 1 - possible situation)
➔ This is the 'if' clause of a conditional sentence. Although the sentence continues afterwards, it can be interpreted as a type 1 conditional since it is a condition that might happen and it is set into the future. The verb "know" is in the simple present, and "will go" is in the simple future (although in this line the clause continues, the sentence structure is what matters for this context)
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'Cause all that I need is this crazy feeling
➔ Noun Clause as Subject Complement
➔ "all that I need" is a noun clause acting as the subject of the sentence. "this crazy feeling" is the subject complement, describing what the subject is.
