Disturbia

• By: Rihanna
• Album: ANTI

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
wrong /rɔːŋ/ A1	adjective - not correct or true; incorrect
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1	adjective - mentally deranged; demented; insane
heard /hɜːrd/ A2	verb - past tense of hear; to perceive with the ear
said /sɛd/ A1	verb - past tense of say; to utter words
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter, including capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
head /hɛd/ A1	noun - the part of the body above the neck where the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth are
insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ B2	adjective - in a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill.
thief /θiːf/ B1	noun - a person who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
grab /ɡræb/ B1	verb - to seize suddenly and roughly.
creep /kriːp/ B2	verb - to move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed.
disease /dɪˈziːz/ B2	noun - a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought.
comfort /ˈkʌmfərt/ B1	noun - a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint.
city /ˈsɪti/ A1	noun - a large town or conurbation, usually regarded as a significant economic, political, and cultural centre.
wonder /ˈwʌndər/ B1	noun - a feeling of amazement and admiration, caused by something beautiful, remarkable, or unfamiliar.
darkness /ˈdɑːrknəs/ B1	noun - the state of being dark; absence of light.
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
scaring /ˈskɛərɪŋ/ B1	verb - to cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten.
faded /ˈfeɪdɪd/ B1	adjective - having lost freshness or intensity of color or appearance.
pictures /ˈpɪktʃərz/ A1	noun - a painting, drawing, or photograph.
monster /ˈmɒnstər/ B1	noun - a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature.
curse /kɜːrs/ B2	noun - a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something.
struggling /ˈstrʌɡəlɪŋ/ B2	verb - to make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or restriction.
altered /ˈɔːltərd/ B2	verb - to change or cause to change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

Grammar:

• Why do I feel like this?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence structure with auxiliary verb "do".

  ➔ The sentence uses "do" to form a question about the speaker's feelings. "Why" initiates the question, followed by the auxiliary "do", then the subject "I", and finally the main verb "feel".

• Feels like I'm going insane, yeah

  ➔ Use of "like" as a preposition indicating similarity, followed by a subject and present continuous tense.

  ➔ "Feels like" expresses a sensation similar to something else. Here, it's the sensation of "going insane". The present continuous tense "I'm going" describes an ongoing action or state.

• It's a thief in the night to come and grab you

  ➔ Use of "to" + verb (infinitive) to express purpose. "to come and grab you" clarifies the purpose of the "thief in the night."

  ➔ The infinitive phrase "to come and grab you" explains why 'it' (the subject implicitly mentioned) is referred to as a "thief in the night" - its purpose is to come and grab the listener.

• Watch out, you might just go under

  ➔ Use of "might" expressing possibility and "go under" as an idiom.

  ➔ "Might" suggests a possibility, but not certainty. "Go under" in this context means to be overwhelmed, defeated, or to succumb to something negative. The "just" emphasizes the ease with which this could happen.

• Your train of thought will be altered

  ➔ Passive voice using "will be" + past participle (altered).

  ➔ The sentence uses the passive voice to emphasize the action of being altered rather than who or what is doing the altering. "Will be" indicates a future event.

• So if you must falter, be wise

  ➔ Conditional sentence structure with "if" and an imperative mood.

  ➔ The "if" clause sets a condition (faltering), and the main clause gives a command (be wise) as a consequence of that condition. "Be wise" is in the imperative mood, giving a direct instruction.

• Am I scaring you tonight?

  ➔ Present continuous tense in an interrogative form.

  ➔ Uses the auxiliary verb "am" before the subject "I" to form the question, followed by the present participle "scaring". This form questions an action happening at the moment of speaking.

• Release me from this curse I'm in

  ➔ Imperative mood ("Release me") and relative clause ("I'm in") with an implied relative pronoun.

  ➔ "Release me" is a command or request. "This curse I'm in" is a shortened relative clause; the full form would be "the curse that I'm in" or "the curse which I'm in."

• Trying to maintain, but I'm struggling

  ➔ Use of a gerund phrase "Trying to maintain" acting as the subject. Coordinating conjunction "but" connects two independent clauses.

  ➔ The gerund phrase "Trying to maintain" acts as the subject, describing the action. "But" contrasts the effort of trying to maintain with the speaker's current struggle, highlighting a conflict.