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• By: Passenger
• Album: All The Little Lights (Anniversary Edition)

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives permanently
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body
wild /waɪld/ B1	adjective - living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.
free /friː/ A1	adjective - not under the control or power of someone else
fear /fɪər/ A2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the perception of danger, pain, or threat
brave /breɪv/ B1	adjective - ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage
cowards /ˈkaʊərdz/ B2	noun - a person who lacks courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things.
eye /aɪ/ A1	noun - the organ of sight
courage /ˈkɜːrɪdʒ/ B2	noun - the ability to do something that frightens one
roads /roʊdz/ A1	noun - a wide way leading from one place to another
winding /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/ B2	adjective - with bends and turns
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection
left /left/ A1	verb - past tense of leave, to go away from
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - an emotional state or reaction
sick /sɪk/ A2	adjective - affected by illness; not in good health
brick /brɪk/ A2	noun - a rectangular block of baked clay used for building walls, etc.
wall /wɔːl/ A1	noun - a long, solid, vertical structure made of stone, brick, etc.
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - fixed luminous point in the night sky
wonder /ˈwʌndər/ B1	verb - to feel curiosity or doubt about something

Grammar:

• They say home is where the heart is

  ➔ Indirect Speech with Present Simple

  ➔ This uses the structure "They say + subject + is + complement" to report a common saying. It reports what 'people' generally believe. The present simple "is" indicates a general truth.

• So am I homeless Or just heartless?

  ➔ Inversion (in questions with 'am')

  ➔ Normally, it would be "I am homeless". But in a question, the auxiliary verb "am" comes before the subject "I". The conjunction "Or" presents two options

• For cowards never stare it in the eye

  ➔ Adverb of Frequency (never)

  ➔ The adverb of frequency "never" indicates that cowards do not, at any time, stare fear in the eye. It shows a 0% occurrence.

• Does it take courage to learn how to cry

  ➔ Infinitive as a Noun (to learn)

  ➔ The phrase "to learn how to cry" functions as the subject of the verb "does take". Here, the infinitive phrase acts like a noun.

• So many winding roads So many miles to go

  ➔ Quantifiers 'So many' with countable nouns

  ➔ "So many" is used to indicate a large quantity of countable nouns (roads, miles). It emphasizes the large number.

• Without love maybe nothing is real

  ➔ Modal adverb (maybe) & Zero conditional (implied)

  ➔ "Maybe" expresses possibility or uncertainty. While not explicitly a zero conditional, the sentence implies one: If there is no love, then nothing is real (general truth).

• It helps to remember I'm a brick in a wall

  ➔ It + helps + to + infinitive

  ➔ The structure "It helps to + infinitive" expresses that something is useful or beneficial. In this case, remembering one's role (a brick in a wall) is helpful.

• Who runs down from the hillside to the sea

  ➔ Relative Clause (Who)

  ➔ "Who" introduces a relative clause that provides more information about the brick in the wall. It describes the action of the brick.