Dear Daughter – English Lyrics

• By: Halestorm

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Halestorm's powerful ballad "Dear Daughter," a song rich with inspiring messages of self-worth and parental support. Learning the lyrics offers a chance to explore themes of empowerment and overcoming adversity, and its emotional depth provides a rewarding experience for those interested in the nuances of English song lyrics.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
daughter /ˈdɔːtər/ A1	noun - a female child
head /hed/ A1	noun - the part of the body above the neck
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, people, and natural features
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection.
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
fear /fɪr/ A2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the perception of danger, real or imagined
girls /ɡɜːrlz/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
man /mæn/ A1	noun - an adult male human being.
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
year /jɪr/ A1	noun - the time it takes the earth to travel around the sun
lose /luːz/ A1	verb - be deprived of
scared /skerd/ A2	adjective - afraid; frightened.
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1	verb - to make or become different

Key Grammar Structures

• Hold your head up high

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ This is a direct command or instruction. The imperative mood omits the subject (you is implied) and uses the base form of the verb: "Hold" your head up high.

• You're like nobody else

  ➔ Simple present tense, Comparative structure (using 'like')

  ➔ This sentence uses the simple present tense to state a fact. The word "like" functions as a preposition to create a comparison, meaning you are similar to nobody else, implying you are unique.

• Life throws you in To the unknown

  ➔ Simple Present tense, prepositional phrase

  ➔ The simple present "throws" describes a general truth about life. The phrase "to the unknown" is a prepositional phrase acting as an adverbial of place, indicating where life throws you.

• If they try to bring you down It's cause they're scared and insecure

  ➔ Conditional sentence (Type 1), Contraction ('It's' for 'It is'), adjective predicate

  ➔ This is a Type 1 conditional sentence expressing a possible condition and its likely result. The 'if' clause uses the simple present ('try'), and the main clause uses 'will' (implied in 'It's cause...'). 'It's' is a contraction of 'It is', and 'scared and insecure' are adjectives forming the predicate of the main clause.

• Even if he promises the stars And takes you by the hand

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction ('even if'), simple present tense, coordinating conjunction ('and')

  ➔ "Even if" introduces a concession, indicating that the following condition does not affect the main clause (which is not present in this excerpt). The verbs "promises" and "takes" are in the simple present, describing hypothetical actions. "And" joins two parallel actions performed by 'he'.

• You're gonna make it through

  ➔ Future with "gonna", informal contraction

  ➔ "Gonna" is an informal contraction of "going to," used to express a future intention or prediction. "Make it through" is an idiom meaning to survive or overcome a difficult situation.

• Stand or fall, I will be right here

  ➔ Ellipsis (implied 'whether you'), Future Simple

  ➔ This sentence uses ellipsis, omitting "whether you" at the beginning, which is implied. 'Will be' expresses a promise in the future.