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Lights go out and I can’t be saved Tides that I tried to swim against 00:35

Have brought me down upon my knees Oh I beg, I beg and plead, singing 00:42

Come out of things unsaid Shoot an apple off my head and a 00:50

Trouble that can’t be named A tiger’s waiting to be tamed, singing 00:57

You are 01:05

You are, you are 01:12

Confusion never stops Closing walls and ticking clocks gonna 01:33

Come back and take you home I could not stop that you now know, singing 01:41

Come out upon my seas Cursed missed opportunities 01:49

Am I a part of the cure? Or am I part of the disease? Singing 01:56

You are, you are, you are You are, you are 02:04

And nothing else compares Oh nothing else compares, And nothing else compares 02:33

Home, home, where I wanted to go 03:31

Home, home, where I wanted to go 03:38

Home, home where I wanted to go Home, home where I wanted to go 03:46

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Lights go out and I can’t be saved Tides that I tried to swim against

Have brought me down upon my knees Oh I beg, I beg and plead, singing

Come out of things unsaid Shoot an apple off my head and a

Trouble that can’t be named A tiger’s waiting to be tamed, singing

You are

You are, you are

Confusion never stops Closing walls and ticking clocks gonna

Come back and take you home I could not stop that you now know, singing

Come out upon my seas Cursed missed opportunities

Am I a part of the cure? Or am I part of the disease? Singing

You are, you are, you are You are, you are

And nothing else compares Oh nothing else compares, And nothing else compares

Home, home, where I wanted to go

Home, home where I wanted to go Home, home where I wanted to go

Vocabulary	Meanings
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
tide /taɪd/ B1	noun - the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the gravitational forces of the Moon and Sun
trouble /ˈtrʌb.əl/ B1	noun - problems or difficulties
confusion /kənˈfjuː.ʒən/ B2	noun - a state of being bewildered or unclear in one’s mind about something
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household
apple /ˈæp.əl/ A1	noun - a round fruit with red or green skin and a whitish interior
clock /klɒk/ A2	noun - a device for measuring and indicating time
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - to make musical sounds with the voice
beg /bɛɡ/ B1	verb - to ask someone earnestly or humbly for something
part /pɑːrt/ A1	noun - a piece or segment of something
cure /kjʊr/ B2	noun - a means of healing or restoring health
disease /dɪˈziːz/ B2	noun - a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant
opportunity /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.ti/ B2	noun - a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something
wait /weɪt/ A1	verb - to stay in a place until an expected event happens
close /kloʊz/ A2	verb - to move something so that it is no longer open

Lights go out and I can’t be saved

➔ Modal verb 'can't' + be + past participle for inability in the present

➔ 'Can't' expresses inability or impossibility in the present.
Tides that I tried to swim against

➔ Relative clause 'that I tried to swim against' using past tense 'tried' + infinitive 'to swim'

➔ The relative clause provides additional information about 'tides', with 'that' as the relative pronoun.
Closing walls and ticking clocks gonna Come back and take you home

➔ Use of the future informal 'gonna' + base verb 'come back' and 'take' to express a future intention

➔ 'Gonna' is an informal contraction of 'going to', indicating a planned future action.
Confusion never stops

➔ Adverb 'never' + verb 'stops' in present simple to express something that does not cease

➔ 'Never' is an adverb of frequency that emphasizes the action 'stops' does not happen.
And nothing else compares

➔ Present tense 'compares' used with 'nothing else' as the subject to express comparison

➔ 'Compared' is in the present tense, used to show a comparison between 'nothing else' and other things.
Home, where I wanted to go

➔ Past tense 'wanted' + infinitive 'to go' to express a desire in the past

➔ 'Wanted' is past tense indicating a desire that existed earlier.