I Can Only Imagine

• By: MercyMe

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
imagine /ɪˈmædʒɪn/ B2	verb - to form a mental image or concept of something that is not real or not present
glory /ˈɡlɔː.ri/ B2	noun - great honor or fame
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body
dance /dæns/ A2	verb - to move rhythmically to music
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection
speak /spiːk/ B1	verb - to express ideas or feelings with words
speak /spiːk/ B1	verb - to express ideas or feelings with words
worship /ˈwɜːr.ʃɪp/ B2	verb - to show reverence and adoration for a deity
presence /ˈprez.əns/ B2	noun - the state of being present in a place
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - to move downward suddenly
stand /stænd/ A2	verb - to be in an upright position
hallelujah /ˌhæl.ɪˈluː.jə/ B2	interjection - an exclamation of praise or joy, often religious

Grammar:

• I can only imagine What it will be like

  ➔ Future tense with "will be"

  ➔ This sentence uses the auxiliary verb "will" to express a future expectation or prediction about the state of being. "What it "will be" like" expresses speculation about the future experience.

• When I walk by Your side

  ➔ Present simple tense in a time clause

  ➔ The present simple ("walk") is used in the time clause introduced by "when" to describe a future event viewed as certain or scheduled. Even though the event is in the future, English grammar often uses the present simple in time clauses introduced by 'when', 'after', 'as soon as', etc.

• Will I dance for You Jesus Or in awe of You be still?

  ➔ Inversion for emphasis, future tense questions

  ➔ This line presents two future possibilities in question form. The structure "Will I dance... or will I be still?" shows the speaker pondering different reactions. Inversion is used, placing 'Will' before 'I'.

• Or to my knees, will I fall?

  ➔ Inversion for emphasis in a question

  ➔ The standard question form would be "Will I fall to my knees?" The inversion, placing "will" before "I", adds emphasis to the question and creates a more poetic effect.

• Will I be able to speak at all?

  ➔ Future ability with "will be able to"

  ➔ "Will be able to" expresses the future possibility or capability of performing an action. It's a more formal way of expressing future ability than using "can" in the future tense (which isn't grammatically correct).

• And I find myself Standing in the Son

  ➔ Present simple with a reflexive pronoun and present participle as a complement

  ➔ "Find myself standing" indicates discovering oneself in a particular state or action. "Myself" is a reflexive pronoun, reflecting the action back to the subject (I). "Standing" is a present participle functioning as a complement describing the state of "myself".