Fearless
Lyrics:
[English]
There's something about the way
The street looks when it's just rained
There's a glow off the pavement
You walk me to the car
And you know I wanna ask you to dance right there
In the middle of the parking lot, yeah
...
We're drivin' down the road, I wonder if you know
I'm trying so hard not to get caught up now
But you're just so cool, run your hands through your hair
Absentmindedly makin' me want you
And I don't know how it gets better than this
You take my hand and drag me headfirst, fearless
And I don't know why but with you I'd dance
In a storm in my best dress, fearless
...
So baby drive slow 'til we run out of road
In this one-horse town, I wanna stay right here
In this passenger seat, you put your eyes on me
In this moment, now capture it, remember it
'Cause I don't know how it gets better than this
You take my hand and drag me headfirst, fearless
And I don't know why but with you I'd dance
In a storm in my best dress, fearless
...
Well, you stood there with me in the doorway
My hands shake, I'm not usually this way
But you pull me in and I'm a little more brave
It's the first kiss, it's flawless, really somethin'
It's fearless
...
Oh yeah
'Cause I don't know how it gets better than this
You take my hand and drag me headfirst, fearless
And I don't know why but with you I'd dance
In a storm in my best dress, fearless
'Cause I don't know how it gets better than this
You take my hand and drag me headfirst, fearless
And I don't know why but with you I'd dance
In a storm in my best dress, fearless
Oh, oh, oh yeah
...
Vocabulary in this song:
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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glow /ɡloʊ/ B2 |
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rained /reɪnd/ B1 |
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drivin' /ˈdraɪvɪn/ B1 |
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fearless /ˈfɪər.ləs/ C1 |
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drag /dræɡ/ B2 |
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storm /stɔːrm/ B2 |
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brave /breɪv/ B2 |
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shake /ʃeɪk/ B2 |
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capture /ˈkæp.tʃər/ C1 |
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moment /ˈmoʊ.mənt/ A2 |
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bravely /ˈbreɪvli/ C2 |
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dress /drɛs/ A2 |
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Grammar:
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There's something about the way the street looks when it's just rained
➔ Present Perfect (just + past participle)
➔ The present perfect tense with 'just' emphasizes that the rain has only recently stopped. "It's just rained" means the action of raining finished very recently and is still relevant.
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I'm trying so hard not to get caught up now
➔ Negative Infinitive (not to + verb)
➔ "Not to get caught up" is a negative infinitive phrase. It shows the speaker's effort to avoid becoming emotionally involved.
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Absentmindedly makin' me want you
➔ Present Participle (making) as a result clause
➔ "Makin' me want you" is a reduced relative clause where "making" acts as a participle describing the result of his action (running hands through hair). It's equivalent to 'which makes me want you'.
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And I don't know how it gets better than this
➔ Comparative adjective in a rhetorical question
➔ This is a rhetorical question implying that the current situation is already perfect and cannot be improved. The comparative 'better' suggests a comparison to other situations, but it is used to emphasize the excellence of the present moment.
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So baby drive slow 'til we run out of road
➔ Subordinating conjunction ('til) indicating time
➔ 'Til' is a shortened form of 'until', a subordinating conjunction that introduces a time clause. It specifies the point in time at which the action in the main clause (drive slow) should stop.
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Well, you stood there with me in the doorway
➔ Past Simple tense indicating a completed action in the past
➔ "Stood" is the past simple form of the verb 'stand'. It indicates a completed action that happened at a specific time in the past. The use of past simple here sets the scene for the rest of the verse, describing a specific moment that occurred.