Heavy Is The Crown

• By: Linkin Park
• Album: FROM ZERO

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
pour /pɔːr/ B1	verb - to flow or cause to flow in a stream
lay /leɪ/ A2	verb - to put something in a flat position
knock /nɒk/, /nɑːk/ A2	verb - to hit something noisily to attract attention
end /ɛnd/ A2	verb - to finish or be complete
know /noʊ, nəʊ/ A2	verb - to have information or understanding about something
win /wɪn/ A2	verb - to be successful in a contest or competition
flag /flæɡ/ B1	noun - a piece of cloth with symbols representing a country or organization
rise /raɪz/ B1	verb - to move upward or ascend
fire /faɪər/ A2	noun - a process of combustion producing heat and flames verb - to ignite or set something on fire
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - water droplets falling from the sky verb - to fall as rain
bleed /bliːd/ B1	verb - to lose blood from the body
crown /kraʊn/ B2	noun - a circular headdress worn by a monarch
outnumber /aʊtˈnʌm.bər/ C1	verb - to be greater in number than another group
resist /rɪˈzɪst/ B2	verb - to withstand or oppose something

Grammar:

• You can’t win if your white flag’s out when the war begins

  ➔ Modal verb "can’t" with the base form "win" to express inability.

  ➔ "Can’t" is a contraction of "cannot," used to indicate inability or impossibility.

• Heavy is the crown

  ➔ Inversion of the subject and predicate to emphasize the statement.

  ➔ This is an example of inversion, which emphasizes the statement by placing the predicate before the subject.

• Trying to catch fire but feeling so cold

  ➔ Gerund "Trying" as the subject, expressing an ongoing action or attempt.

  ➔ Gerunds are -ing forms of verbs that function as nouns, often used as the subject of a sentence.

• Hold it inside and hope it won’t show

  ➔ Conjunction "and" joining two independent clauses

  ➔ "And" is a coordinating conjunction used to connect clauses or words of equal importance.

• Ashes raining down

  ➔ Present participle "raining" used as part of a participial phrase.

  ➔ Present participles end with -ing and can be used in continuous tenses or as modifiers.

• This is what you asked for

  ➔ Relative clause that defines or specifies "what" you asked for.

  ➔ A relative clause begins with "what" and provides more information about the object of the sentence.