I Lived

• By: OneRepublic

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
jump /dʒʌmp/ A1	verb - to push oneself off a surface and into the air using the legs noun - an act of jumping
fear /fɪər/ A2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the perception of danger, pain, or threat verb - be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - to drop down unintentionally noun - an act of falling
water /ˈwɔːtər/ A1	noun - a colorless, transparent, odorless, and tasteless liquid
rises /ˈraɪzɪz/ A1	verb - to move upwards
wall /wɔːl/ A1	noun - a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land
crowd /kraʊd/ A2	noun - a large number of people gathered together
screams /skriːmz/ B1	verb - to give a loud, piercing cry
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known
runs /rʌnz/ A1	verb - to move at a speed faster than a walk; never having both feet on the ground at the same time.
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection
hurts /hɜːrts/ A2	verb - cause physical pain or injury to
suffer /ˈsʌfər/ B1	verb - experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant)
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury
owned /oʊnd/ B1	verb - have (something) as one's own; possess
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features.
places /ˈpleɪsɪz/ A1	noun - a particular position or point in space
broken /ˈbroʊkən/ A2	adjective - having been fractured or damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order.
bone /boʊn/ A1	noun - any of the pieces of hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates.
lived /lɪvd/ A1	verb - remained alive
days /deɪz/ A1	noun - each of the twenty-four-hour periods, reckoned from one midnight to the next, into which a year is divided, and corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis.
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star that provides light and heat to Earth
joy /dʒɔɪ/ B1	noun - a feeling of great pleasure and happiness
moment /ˈmoʊmənt/ A2	noun - a very short period of time

Grammar:

• Hope when you take that jump You don't fear the fall

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (Expressing a wish or hope)

  ➔ The use of "hope" followed by a clause expresses a wish. While not explicitly using the subjunctive form in modern English, the underlying meaning is similar. The speaker *hopes* that a certain condition will be true.

• Hope when the water rises You built a wall

  ➔ Past Simple for hypothetical situations (similar to Type 2 Conditional)

  ➔ Using the past simple "built" after "hope" suggests a hypothetical scenario. It's not stating a fact, but rather wishing/hoping that *if* the water rises, a wall *will be* built.

• Hope that you fall in love And it hurts so bad

  ➔ Intensifier "so" + Adjective

  ➔ The word "so" intensifies the adjective "bad," emphasizing the extent of the pain.

• The only way you can know You give it all you have

  ➔ Relative Clause with omitted relative pronoun (that)

  ➔ "The only way you can know" is short for "The only way *that* you can know." The relative pronoun 'that' is often omitted when it is the object of the relative clause.

• I owned every second that this world could give

  ➔ Past Simple Tense (Owned) - expressing a completed action in the past, and Relative Clause (that this world could give)

  ➔ "Owned" indicates a finished action in the past. "That this world could give" modifies "every second", specifying what the speaker possessed.

• With every broken bone I swear I lived

  ➔ Adverbial phrase of condition "With every broken bone", Past Simple "lived" with emphasis 'I swear'

  ➔ "With every broken bone" functions as an adverbial phrase indicating the circumstances under which the speaker can affirm their life. "I swear" adds strong emphasis to the statement "I lived".

• Hope you raise your cup

  ➔ Imperative in a Wish

  ➔ While "hope" usually connects to a 'that' clause, this is a shortened version. "Raise your cup" functions as an imperative - a direct instruction - but here it expresses a wish or hope for the listener.