Falling Slowly

• By: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova
• Album: The Swell Season

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - to drop or descend under the force of gravity
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information
want /wɒnt/ A1	verb - to have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household
voice /vɔɪs/ A2	noun - the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song
choice /tʃɔɪs/ A2	noun - an act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities
sing /sɪŋ/ A2	verb - make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune
play /pleɪ/ A2	verb - engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose
react /riˈækt/ B1	verb - to respond to something
hopeful /ˈhoʊpfəl/ B1	adjective - feeling or inspiring optimism about a future event
mood /muːd/ B1	noun - a temporary state of mind or feeling
suffer /ˈsʌfər/ B2	verb - experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant)
war /wɔːr/ B2	verb - engage in a war or conflict noun - a state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country
erase /ɪˈreɪs/ B2	verb - rub out or remove (writing or marks)

Grammar:

• I don't know you but I want you All the more for that

  ➔ Comparative Structure: 'All the more + adjective/adverb + for + reason'

  ➔ Expresses an increase in the feeling due to a reason. Here, the speaker wants the person 'all the more' (even more) 'for' the fact that they don't know them.

• Words fall through me and always fool me

  ➔ Present Simple: General Truth/Habitual Action

  ➔ The verb 'fall' and 'fool' are in the present simple tense, indicating that this is a recurring event or a general truth for the speaker. Words *always fool* me.

• Take this sinking boat and point it home

  ➔ Imperative Mood: Giving a command or instruction

  ➔ The sentence starts with the base form of the verb 'take' and 'point' indicating a command or suggestion.

• We've still got time

  ➔ Present Perfect: 'Have/Has + past participle'

  ➔ 'We've' is a contraction of 'we have'. 'Got' is the past participle of 'get'. The present perfect implies that the time is still relevant in the present.

• Falling slowly, eyes that know me

  ➔ Participle Phrase: 'Falling slowly' acting as an adjective

  ➔ 'Falling slowly' modifies 'eyes'. It describes the *eyes* that are knowing the speaker.

• And moods that take me and erase me

  ➔ Relative Clause: 'that take me and erase me' modifying 'moods'

  ➔ The clause 'that take me and erase me' provides additional information about the 'moods'. It is a defining relative clause because it is essential to understanding which moods are being referred to.

• It's time that you won

  ➔ Idiomatic Expression: 'It's time + past simple' for present wishes

  ➔ The structure 'It's time' followed by a clause in the past simple indicates that the action is overdue or that the speaker strongly feels the action should happen now. Although the verb 'won' is in the past simple, the wish or suggestion is for the present.

• I played the cards too late Now you're gone

  ➔ Past Simple: Completed action in the past with time expression 'too late'

  ➔ The verb 'played' is in the past simple, showing a finished action. The adverb 'too late' indicates the action happened after the appropriate or best time.