Dynasty – English Lyrics

• By: MIIA

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Some days it's hard to see

If I was a fool, or you, a thief

Made it through the maze to find 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

When 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 (Aye)

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 (Aye)

It all fell down, it all fell down

It all fell down

It all fell, it all fell down

It all fell down

Thought we built a dynasty forever couldn't break up

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
days /deɪz/ A1	noun - a period of 24 hours
hard /hɑːrd/ B1	adjective - difficult to do or understand
fool /fuːl/ B1	noun - a person who acts unwisely or imprudently
million /ˈmɪl.jən/ A1	noun - the number 1,000,000
story /ˈstɔː.ri/ A2	noun - a narrative or tale
living /ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/ B1	verb - to be alive; exist
scar /skɑːr/ B2	noun - a mark left on the skin after an injury
reverse /rɪˈvɜːrs/ B2	verb - to go back in the opposite direction
piece /piːs/ A2	noun - a part of something
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause pain or injury
close /kloʊs/ B1	adjective - near in space or time
distant /ˈdɪs.tənt/ B2	adjective - far away in space or time
fell /fɛl/ A1	verb - to drop down
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - to separate into pieces
shake /ʃeɪk/ B1	verb - to move back and forth or up and down

Key Grammar Structures

• Some days it's hard to see

  ➔ It's + adjective + to + infinitive

  ➔ This is a common structure using the pronoun "**it**" as a subject to make a general statement. The adjective describes the difficulty of "**to see**".

• If I was a fool, or you, a thief

  ➔ Conditional clause (second conditional - implied impossibility in the present)

  ➔ This sentence uses the second conditional (implied unreality) by stating a hypothetical situation in the past. "**If I was**" suggests a past state that is not actually true.

• Made it through the maze to find my one in a million

  ➔ Phrasal verb (made it through), infinitive of purpose (to find)

  ➔ The phrasal verb "**made it through**" signifies the overcoming of a challenge. The infinitive "**to find**" expresses the purpose of the action.

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

  ➔ Past participle (torn) as adjective

  ➔ The past participle "**torn**" functions as an adjective, describing the page.

• Tumbled like it was stone

  ➔ Simile (like + noun)

  ➔ The sentence uses the simile "**like it was stone**" to compare the way the object tumbled to the way stone might fall.

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

  ➔ Noun clause (that heaven couldn't shake) as object of the verb "thought"

  ➔ The clause "**that heaven couldn't shake**" functions as a noun clause, the direct object of the verb "thought". It describes the nature of the dynasty.

• Thought we built a dynasty forever couldn't break up

  ➔ Adverbial of time (forever)

  ➔ "**Forever**" modifies the verb "couldn't break up", providing information about the duration of the dynasty's perceived stability.

• The scar I can't reverse

  ➔ Relative clause (reduced: I can't reverse)

  ➔ This is a reduced relative clause; "which" or "that" is omitted. It defines the scar.

• When the more it heals the worse it hurts

  ➔ Comparative structure (the + comparative, the + comparative)

  ➔ This sentence uses the correlative structure "**the** + comparative, **the** + comparative" to show a proportional relationship: as one thing increases, another increases.