God Save The Queen

• By: Sex Pistols

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
save /seɪv/ A2	verb - to rescue or protect from harm or danger
queen /kwiːn/ A1	noun - a female monarch
fascist /ˈfæʃɪst/ C1	adjective - relating to fascism noun - a follower of fascism
regime /reɪˈʒiːm/ B2	noun - a government, especially an authoritarian one
moron /ˈmɔːrɒn/ C2	noun - a stupid person
potential /pəˈtɛnʃəl/ B2	adjective - capable of becoming noun - possibility
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ A2	noun - the time that is to come
dreaming /ˈdriːmɪŋ/ B1	verb - experiencing dreams during sleep
tourists /ˈtʊərɪsts/ A2	noun - people traveling for pleasure
money /ˈmʌni/ A1	noun - a medium of exchange
figurehead /ˈfɪɡəhɛd/ C1	noun - a nominal leader or head without real power
mad /mæd/ B1	adjective - insane
parade /pəˈreɪd/ B2	noun - a public procession
mercy /ˈmɜːrsi/ B2	noun - compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is in one's power to punish or harm.
crimes /kraɪmz/ B1	noun - an action or omission that constitutes an offense
sin /sɪn/ B2	noun - an immoral act considered a transgression against divine law
flowers /ˈflaʊərz/ A1	noun - the seed-bearing part of a plant
dustbin /ˈdʌstbɪn/ B2	noun - a container for rubbish
poison /ˈpɔɪzən/ B1	noun - a substance that causes death or injury when swallowed or absorbed verb - to administer poison to someone

Grammar:

• God save the queen

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The verb "save" is in its base form, used to express a command or a wish for something to happen. Here it's a prayer-like exclamation, "May God save the Queen".

• They made you a moron

  ➔ Past simple; Object + Object Complement

  ➔ "Made" is the past simple of "make". The structure "make someone something" indicates that someone caused someone else to become something. "You" is the object, and "a moron" is the object complement, describing the state that the subject made the object be in.

• She ain't no human being

  ➔ Double negative (non-standard English); contracted form

  ➔ "Ain't" is a non-standard contraction of "am not", "is not", or "are not". Using "ain't" with "no" creates a double negative, which is grammatically incorrect in standard English but common in some dialects. The intended meaning is "She is not a human being."

• There is no future in England's dreaming

  ➔ Existential "there is"; possessive 's

  ➔ "There is" indicates the existence of something (in this case, the absence of a future). "England's dreaming" uses the possessive 's to indicate that the dreaming belongs to England.

• Don't be told what you want

  ➔ Passive voice imperative; indirect question

  ➔ "Don't be told" is a passive imperative, instructing the listener not to allow themselves to be told something. "What you want" is an indirect question acting as the object of "told".

• We're the flowers in the dustbin

  ➔ Present simple; metaphor

  ➔ "We're" is a contraction of "we are", and the sentence uses the present simple to state a fact or a general truth. The sentence is metaphorical; the speaker and their group are being compared to flowers in a dustbin (trash can), suggesting something beautiful and delicate existing in a degraded or worthless environment.

• How can there be sin

  ➔ Modal verb of possibility; question formation with inverted subject and auxiliary verb

  ➔ "Can" is a modal verb indicating possibility. The sentence is a question, with the auxiliary verb "can" placed before the subject "there". This shows the speaker questioning the possibility of sin existing under certain circumstances.

• Tourists are money

  ➔ Simple present tense, metaphor, subject complement

  ➔ "Are" links the subject "tourists" to its complement "money". This is a metaphor implying tourists' primary purpose is to generate revenue, reducing their value to their economic contribution.