Given-Taken
Lyrics:
[English]
Wake up in day one
First day morning
Lights shining
Eyes of the sun
That light burned me
That light blinded me
But I go now, follow my dreams
Dive into red sun, no lie
Countless stars, countless moons
I was wandering in the woods of questions
I followed the light in the dark
You calling me over the thin line
I who calls you
(To you)
In a shower of fate’s arrows
(To)
I face the horizon inside me
(Free)
Given or taken oh
My red eyes
(To you)
I flip over the world
(To)
I step into the sky
(Me)
Given or taken oh
My white fangs
Oh I walk to you
I link the two worlds
My red eyes
Oh I walk to you
Till I reach the new world
My white fangs
Thousands of doubts behind me
More thousands of mistrust behind me
But I go now, follow my dreams
Drive through the question for life
Between giving and taking
It’s time for my proving
We've been waiting for that sky
You calling me over the thin line
I who calls you
(To you)
In a shower of fate’s arrows
(To)
I face the horizon inside me
(Free)
Given or taken oh
My red eyes
(To you)
I flip over the world
(To)
I step into the sky
(Me)
Given or taken oh
My white fangs
Red blood
On that crown
That blood
Dripping down
Red blood
My fingers pointing to you keep staining red
But I'm gonna go
(To you)
In a shower of fate’s arrows
(To)
I face the horizon inside me
(Free)
Given or taken oh
My red eyes
(To you)
I flip over the world
(To)
I step into the sky
(Me)
Given or taken oh
My white fangs
Oh I walk to you
I link the two worlds
My red eyes
Oh I walk to you
Till I reach the new world
My white fangs
Vocabulary in this song:
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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shine /ʃaɪn/ A2 |
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burned /bɜːrnd/ B1 |
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blind /blaɪnd/ B2 |
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follow /ˈfɒl.oʊ/ A2 |
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dreams /driːmz/ B1 |
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star /stɑːr/ A2 |
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moon /muːn/ A2 |
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question /ˈkwɛs.tʃən/ B1 |
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line /laɪn/ A2 |
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arrows /ˈæroʊz/ B2 |
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fate /feɪt/ B2 |
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horizon /hɔːˈraɪz.ən/ B2 |
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given /ˈɡɪv.ɪn/ B2 |
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taken /ˈteɪ.kən/ B2 |
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world /wɜːrld/ A2 |
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reach /riːtʃ/ B1 |
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white /waɪt/ A1 |
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fangs /fæŋz/ B2 |
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blood /blʌd/ A2 |
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Grammar:
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That light burned me, that light blinded me.
➔ Past Simple Tense
➔ Use of the past simple tense to describe completed actions in the past. "Burned" and "blinded" are regular verbs in the past tense.
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But I go now, follow my dreams
➔ Present Simple Tense (for habitual actions/intentions), Imperative
➔ "I go now" uses the present simple to express an intention or determination. "Follow my dreams" is an imperative, a direct command.
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I was wandering in the woods of questions.
➔ Past Continuous Tense
➔ "Was wandering" is the past continuous, indicating an ongoing action in the past. It describes a state of being in the past rather than a completed action.
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Between giving and taking, it’s time for my proving.
➔ Gerunds, Subject-Verb Agreement, Possessive Adjective
➔ "Giving" and "taking" are gerunds, verbs acting as nouns. "It's" is the contraction of "it is," showing subject-verb agreement. "My proving" utilizes a possessive adjective.
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We've been waiting for that sky.
➔ Present Perfect Continuous Tense
➔ "We've been waiting" is the present perfect continuous tense, indicating an action that started in the past and continues to the present. It emphasizes the duration of the waiting.
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I flip over the world.
➔ Present Simple Tense
➔ The present simple tense "flip" is used here to describe a general truth or capability.
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My fingers pointing to you keep staining red.
➔ Present Participle (as adjective), Present Simple Tense, Gerund (as subject)
➔ "Pointing" is used as a present participle modifying "fingers." The verb "keep" is in the present simple. "Staining" can be interpretted as a gerund within the verb phrase, with the sentence essentially meaning 'The action of my fingers pointing keeps staining red.'