Dynasty – English Lyrics

• By: MIIA

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on an emotional journey with MIIA's "Dynasty," a hauntingly beautiful pop song that tells a universal story of love, loss, and resilience. Its evocative lyrics and MIIA's powerful vocal delivery make it an ideal track for language learners to connect with English through its raw and relatable narrative of heartbreak and the fragility of human connections. The poignant metaphors and repetitive refrains offer accessible entry points into understanding poetic English expression.

[English]

Some days

It's hard to see

If I was a fool

Or you a thief

Made it through the maze

To found my one in a million

And now you're just a page torn from the story I'm living

And all I gave you is gone

Tumbled like it was stone

Thought we built a dynasty that Heaven couldn't shake

Thought we built a dynasty like nothing ever made

Thought we built a dynasty forever couldn't break up

The scar, I can't reverse

And the more it heals, the worse it hurts

Gave you every piece of me

No wonder it's missing

Don't know how to be so close to someone so distant

And all I gave you is gone

Tumbled like it was stone

Thought we built a dynasty that Heaven couldn't shake

Thought we built a dynasty like nothing ever made

Thought we built a dynasty forever couldn't break up

It all fell down, it all fell down

It all fell, it all fell down, it all fell down

It all fell, it all fell down, it all fell down, eh

It all fell down, it all fell down, it all fell down

And all I gave you is gone

Tumbled like it was stone

Thought we built a dynasty that Heaven couldn't shake

Thought we built a dynasty like nothing ever made

Thought we built a dynasty forever couldn't break up

It all fell, it all fell down, it all fell down, eh

It all fell down, it all fell down, it all fell down

(And all I gave you is gone) it all fell down, it all fell down, it all fell down

Thought we built a dynasty forever couldn't break up

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dynasty /ˈdaɪ.nə.sti/ C1	noun - a line of hereditary rulers of a country
heaven /ˈhev.ən/ A2	noun - the sky or a place regarded as the home of God
stone /stoʊn/ A1	noun - a hard piece of rock
scar /skɑːr/ B1	noun - a mark left on skin after a wound heals verb - to mark with a scar
reverse /rɪˈvɜːrs/ B2	verb - to turn the opposite direction
heal /hiːl/ B1	verb - to become healthy again
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause pain or injury
missing /ˈmɪs.ɪŋ/ B1	adjective - not present or not found
distant /ˈdɪs.tənt/ B2	adjective - far away in space or time
built /bɪlt/ B1	verb - constructed; made something
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - to separate into pieces
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - to drop down or descend
maze /meɪz/ B2	noun - a complex network of passages; a labyrinth
thief /θiːf/ B1	noun - a person who steals
fool /fuːl/ B1	noun - a person who lacks sense or judgment
page /peɪdʒ/ A2	noun - a single side of a sheet of paper in a book or document
story /ˈstɔːr.i/ A1	noun - a narrative of events, either true or fictional
million /ˈmɪl.jən/ B1	noun - the number 1,000,000
hard /hɑːrd/ A1	adjective - difficult; requiring great effort

Key Grammar Structures

• If I was a fool

  ➔ Second conditional (past simple in 'if' clause, typically 'were' used for subjunctive mood)

  ➔ In the phrase "If I was a fool," the speaker uses the past simple to express a hypothetical situation, though grammatically, "If I were" is often preferred to indicate unreal conditions.

• Made it through the maze

  ➔ Past simple tense with omitted subject (elliptical sentence)

  ➔ "Made it through the maze" omits the subject "I" for stylistic brevity; this elliptical sentence still implies the past action completed.

• And now you're just a page torn from the story I'm living

  ➔ Present simple passive participle phrase

  ➔ The phrase "a page torn from the story" uses the past participle "torn" to describe "page" in a passive sense, modifying the noun within the present simple context.

• Thought we built a dynasty that Heaven couldn't shake

  ➔ Past simple tense with relative clause and modal verb in negative past ability

  ➔ "Couldn't shake" is a modal verb phrase expressing inability in the past, modifying "dynasty" via the relative clause "that Heaven couldn't shake."

• The scar, I can't reverse

  ➔ Present simple tense with modal verb expressing inability

  ➔ "Can't reverse" uses the modal verb "can" in negative form to express present inability regarding "the scar."

• And all I gave you is gone

  ➔ Past simple in main verb with present simple in linking verb structure

  ➔ In "I gave you is gone," "gave" is past tense indicating completed action; "is gone" uses present simple to describe the current state of what was given.

• Don't know how to be so close to someone so distant

  ➔ Present simple negative imperative/statement with infinitive phrase

  ➔ "Don't know" is a contracted negative form of "do not know," used here with the infinitive "to be" to express inability or confusion.

• It all fell down

  ➔ Past simple tense

  ➔ "Fell" is the past simple form of the irregular verb "fall," indicating a completed action in the past.