I See the Light

• By: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi
• Album: Tangled

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes; discern visually
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
days /deɪz/ A1	noun - each of the twenty-four-hour periods, reckoned from one midnight to the next, into which a year is divided.
watching /ˈwɒtʃɪŋ/ A1	verb - look at attentively over a period of time.
windows /ˈwɪndoʊz/ A1	noun - an opening in the wall or roof of a building or vehicle that is fitted with glass or other transparent material in a frame to admit light or air and allow people to see out.
years /jɪərz/ A1	noun - the time it takes the earth to travel around the sun
blind /blaɪnd/ B2	adjective - unable to see.
starlight /ˈstɑːrlaɪt/ B2	noun - the light emitted by the stars.
fog /fɒɡ/ B1	noun - a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures or restricts visibility.
sky /skaɪ/ A1	noun - the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth.
warm /wɔːrm/ A2	adjective - having or producing a comfortably high temperature.
real /riːəl/ A2	adjective - actually existing or occurring; not imagined or pretended.
bright /braɪt/ B2	adjective - giving out or reflecting a lot of light; shining.
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, people, and natural features.
shifted /ˈʃɪftɪd/ B2	verb - move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.
daydream /ˈdeɪdriːm/ B2	noun - a series of pleasant thoughts that distract one from one's present reality.
blur /blɜːr/ B2	noun - a thing that cannot be seen or heard clearly.
shining /ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/ B1	verb - to emit light; be bright.
crystal /ˈkrɪstl/ B2	adjective - resembling crystal in transparency or purity.

Grammar:

• Watching from the windows

  ➔ Present Participle as Adverbial Modifier

  ➔ The phrase "Watching from the windows" modifies the implied subject (presumably 'I') and indicates how the person spent those days. It describes a simultaneous action or the means by which the action occurred. It is similar to saying "While watching from the windows, I spent all those days..."

• Just how blind I've been

  ➔ Embedded Question with Subject-Verb Inversion (Indirect Question)

  ➔ This is an example of an embedded or indirect question. Instead of asking "How blind have I been?", it is embedded within the statement "Never even knowing just how blind I've been." The subject-verb order is inverted in the direct question, but not in the embedded question.

• I'm where I'm meant to be

  ➔ Relative Clause with "where"

  ➔ "where I'm meant to be" is a relative clause that modifies the pronoun "where". It specifies the place that is being referred to. "meant to be" implies destiny or purpose.

• And it's like the fog has lifted

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense (has lifted) used with "like" to express a simile

  ➔ The present perfect "has lifted" emphasizes that the fog lifting is a recent and completed action with present relevance. "like" creates a simile, comparing the feeling of clarity to fog dissipating.

• Living in a blur

  ➔ Present Participle as Adverbial Modifier of Manner.

  ➔ Similar to "Watching from the windows", "Living in a blur" modifies the verb, describing how the subject lived during those years. It implies a lack of clarity or focus.

• Never truly seeing things the way they were

  ➔ Complex Object with a Relative Clause

  ➔ "things the way they were" serves as the direct object of "seeing". The phrase "the way they were" is a relative clause modifying "things", describing the state or condition of the things in the past.

• Everything is different Now that I see you

  ➔ Subordinate Clause of Time with 'Now that'

  ➔ 'Now that I see you' is a subordinate clause of time, indicating the reason for the difference. 'Now that' means 'because' or 'since', indicating that the speaker's seeing the other person is the cause of the change.