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 (in 'Hope' clauses)

  ➔ The use of "hope" here implies a desire or wish. While not explicitly using the subjunctive in a typical way, it expresses a desired outcome. The phrase "you don't fear the fall" expresses a hope that someone *will not* fear. Though simpler sentence structures could have been used, this usage emphasizes wishing for a positive attitude in a difficult moment.

• Hope when the water rises You built a wall

  ➔ Past Simple Tense (for a hypothetical situation after 'Hope')

  ➔ Again, the 'Hope' clause sets up a hypothetical scenario. "You built a wall" is in the past simple, not literally meaning that the person *has* built a wall, but expressing the wish that *if* the water rises, the person *would have* built a wall to protect themselves. It's a form of wishing for a proactive response.

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

  ➔ Result Clauses with 'so...that'

  ➔ The phrase implies a consequence of falling in love. Although the "that" is omitted (a common practice), the implied structure is "It hurts *so* bad *that*...". It emphasizes the intensity of the pain that can come with love, suggesting it's a necessary part of the experience.

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

  ➔ Relative Clause (reduced) and 'All' as pronoun

  ➔ "The only way you can know" implies a relative clause, "The only way *that* you can know". The relative pronoun "that" is omitted, making it a reduced relative clause. "All you have" functions as a noun phrase; you give *everything* you possess.

• I owned every second that this world could give

  ➔ Past Simple Tense, Relative Clause with omitted relative pronoun

  ➔ The sentence uses past simple "owned" to talk about something that happened in the past and is now complete. "that this world could give" is a relative clause modifying "every second". The relative pronoun ("that" or "which") is omitted.

• Yeah, with every broken bone I swear I lived

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of words)

  ➔ The phrase "with every broken bone" implies a condition or circumstance. There's an ellipsis in the sentence. It's short for "Even with every broken bone, I swear I lived." The implied conjunction (even with/despite) shows the relationship between suffering and a fulfilling life.