I Lay My Love On You

• By: Westlife

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - an expression on your face that shows happiness verb - to have an expression on your face that shows happiness
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere verb - to fall as rain
angel /ˈeɪndʒəl/ A2	noun - a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for (someone)
breathe /briːð/ A2	verb - take air into the lungs and expel it
new /njuː/ A1	adjective - recently made, invented, or developed
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - move at a regular and fairly slow pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn. noun - a journey on foot.
lost /lɒst/ A2	adjective - unable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts verb - past tense of lose
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a particular position or area verb - put in a particular spot or position
holding /ˈhoʊldɪŋ/ A2	verb - grasp, carry, or support (something) with one's hands
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, people, and natural features
knew /nuː/ A1	verb - past tense of know
real /riːəl/ A2	adjective - actually existing or occurring; not imagined or pretended
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ B1	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company

Grammar:

• Just a smile and the rain is gone

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of words)

  ➔ The sentence implies "Just a smile and then the rain is gone". The "then" is omitted for a more poetic and concise feel. Ellipsis is common in informal speech and lyrics.

• Can hardly believe it, yeah

  ➔ Adverb of Degree (hardly)

  ➔ "Hardly" is an adverb of degree meaning "almost not at all". The sentence means "I can almost not believe it."

• There's an angel standing next to me

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ "Standing" is the present participle used in the present continuous tense. It describes an action that is happening now. It emphasizes the angel's immediate presence.

• I lay my love on you

  ➔ Transitive Verb "Lay"

  ➔ "Lay" (past tense: laid) is a transitive verb that requires a direct object. In this case, the direct object is "my love". It means to put or place something down.

• It's all I wanna do

  ➔ Contraction and Informal Language

  ➔ "It's" is a contraction of "It is". "Wanna" is an informal contraction of "want to". This is a very common construction in spoken English and song lyrics.

• Every time I breathe I feel brand new

  ➔ Time Clause ("Every time")

  ➔ "Every time" introduces a time clause, indicating that something happens repeatedly or on each occasion. It describes the frequency of the feeling.

• You opened up my heart

  ➔ Phrasal Verb ("open up")

  ➔ "Open up" is a phrasal verb that means to reveal or make something more accessible. In this case, it means you made my heart vulnerable and receptive to love.

• Holding on to yesterday

  ➔ Gerund as Object of Preposition

  ➔ "Holding" is a gerund (verb ending in -ing that functions as a noun) and it's the object of the preposition "to".