Holes
Lyrics:
[English]
I know a man with nothing in his hands, nothing but a rolling stone
He told me about when his house burnt down,
And he lost everything he owned
He lay asleep for six whole weeks,
They were gonna ask his mother to choose
When he woke up with nothing he said I'll tell you something
When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose
Now I've got a hole in my pocket, a hole in my shirt,
A whole lot of trouble, he said
But now the money is gone,
Life carries on and I miss it like a hole in the head
I know a woman with kids around her ankles and a baby on her lap
She said one day her husband went to get a paper
And the motherfucker never came back
Mortgage to pay and four kids to raise,
But keeping the wolf from the door
She said the wolf's just a puppy and the door's double locked
So why you gotta worry me for
Now he left a in hole in my heart a hole in a promise a hole on the side of my bed
Oh now that he's gone well life carries on
And I miss him like a hole in the head
Well sometimes you can't change and you can't choose
And sometimes it seems you gain less than you lose
Now we've got holes in our hearts, yeah we've got holes in our lives
Where we've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on
Where we've got holes in our hearts, yeah we've got holes in our lives
Where we've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on
Said we've got holes in our hearts, yeah we've got holes in our lives
Where we've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on
Said we've got holes in our hearts, we've got holes in our lives
We've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on
Said we've got holes in our hearts, we've got holes in our lives
We've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on
Said we've got holes in our hearts, yeah we've got holes in our lives
Where we've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on
Now we've got holes in our hearts, yeah we've got holes in our lives
Where we've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on
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Vocabulary in this song:
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hole /hoʊl/ A1 |
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man /mæn/ A1 |
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house /haʊs/ A1 |
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lose /luːz/ A1 |
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mother /ˈmʌðər/ A1 |
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/ˈpɒkɪt/ A2 |
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shirt /ʃɜːrt/ A2 |
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money /ˈmʌni/ A1 |
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life /laɪf/ A1 |
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head /hed/ A1 |
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woman /ˈwʊmən/ A1 |
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kids /kɪdz/ A1 |
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husband /ˈhʌzbənd/ A2 |
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mortgage /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒ/ B2 |
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heart /hɑːrt/ A1 |
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promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ A2 |
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lives /laɪvz/ A1 |
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Grammar:
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When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose
➔ present perfect tense with 'have got'
➔ This structure expresses possession or condition that has relevance to the present.
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Life carries on
➔ present simple tense for general truths or ongoing states
➔ The present simple tense describes routines, facts, or ongoing truths.
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And he lost everything he owned
➔ past simple tense with 'lost' to express completed actions
➔ 'Lost' is in past tense, indicating an action completed in the past.
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They were gonna ask his mother to choose
➔ informal future intention using 'gonna' (going to)
➔ 'Gonna' is a colloquial contraction of 'going to', used to express future plans or intentions informally.
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where we've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on
➔ present perfect tense with 'have got' to indicate possession or condition
➔ The structure 'have got' expresses possession or current state/status.
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Said we've got holes in our hearts
➔ past simple tense with 'said' to report speech or sentiment
➔ 'Said' is the past tense of 'say', used here to report speech indirectly.
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We've got holes in our lives
➔ present perfect tense with 'have got' for possession or state
➔ This construction indicates ongoing possession or the current condition of 'holes' in life.
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