Girl on Fire – English Lyrics

• By: Alicia Keys

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
fire /ˈfaɪər/ A1	noun - combustion or burning verb - to discharge a firearm
hot /hɒt/ A1	adjective - having a high degree of heat or a high temperature
world /wɜːld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features
ground /ɡraʊnd/ A2	noun - the solid surface of the earth
head /hed/ A2	noun - the part of the body above the neck
clouds /klaʊdz/ A2	noun - visible mass of condensed watery vapor floating in the atmosphere
name /neɪm/ A2	noun - a word or words by which someone or something is known
eyes /aɪz/ A2	noun - organs that detect light
flame /fleɪm/ B1	noun - a hot glowing gas that is generated by something on fire
walking /ˈwɔːkɪŋ/ B1	verb - moving at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn.
burning /ˈbɜːrnɪŋ/ B1	verb - to produce flames and heat
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ B1	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company
lighting /ˈlaɪtɪŋ/ B2	verb - to make something start to burn
forget /fərˈɡet/ B2	verb - fail to remember
catastrophe /kəˈtæstrəfi/ C1	noun - an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster
fantasy /ˈfæntəsi/ B2	noun - the faculty or activity of imagining things, especially things that are impossible or improbable

Key Grammar Structures

• SHE'S JUST A GIRL AND SHE'S ON FIRE

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense (She's just a girl)

  ➔ Uses the auxiliary verb "has" or "have" + past participle to indicate an action that was recently completed or relevant.

• SHE'S LIVING IN A WORLD AND IT'S ON FIRE

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense (She's living)

  ➔ Uses "am/is/are" + verb ending in -ing to describe an ongoing action happening at the moment of speaking.

• SHE GOT BOTH FEET ON THE GROUND AND SHE'S BURNING IT DOWN

  ➔ Simple Past Tense (She got) and Present Continuous (she's burning)

  ➔ Uses simple past tense to describe completed actions in the past, and present continuous to describe ongoing actions happening now.

• I CAN FLY AWAY

  ➔ Modal Verb (Can) for Ability

  ➔ Uses the modal "can" to express ability or possibility to do something.

• SHE'S WALKING ON FIRE

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense (She's walking)

  ➔ Uses "am/is/are" + verb ending in -ing to describe an action happening at the moment of speaking.

• LOVELY LIKE A HIGHWAY

  ➔ Simile (LIKE A HIGHWAY)

  ➔ Uses "like" or "as" to compare two different things, highlighting their similarities.