I was King

• By: ONE OK ROCK
• Album: Ambitions

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
live /lɪv/ A2	verb - to be alive or to experience life
king /kɪŋ/ A2	noun - a male ruler of a country
everything /ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ/ A2	pronoun - all things
start /stɑːrt/ A2	verb - to begin something
living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ B1	noun - the act of being alive
fight /faɪt/ B2	verb - to try to hurt or defeat someone or something
move /muːv/ B1	verb - to change position or go from one place to another
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ B1	noun - an emotional state or reaction
fight /faɪt/ B2	verb - to try to hurt or defeat someone or something
stop /stɒp/ A2	verb - to cease moving or doing something
nothing /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ A1	pronoun - not anything
gonna /ˈɡʊnə/ A2	verb (contraction) - going to (informal for 'going to')

Grammar:

• When am I, when am I gonna start living?

  ➔ Future intention with 'gonna' (going to)

  ➔ 'gonna' is a contraction of 'going to', used to express future plans or intentions.

• No going back

  ➔ Present continuous form used as a set phrase to imply no possibility of returning.

  ➔ The phrase indicates that once a decision is made, there is no possibility of returning to the previous state.

• We had everything

  ➔ Past perfect tense indicating a completed state in the past

  ➔ It describes a state of having had everything in the past, implying nostalgia or loss.

• If I go down, I will go down fighting

  ➔ First conditional with future simple ('will') indicating a promise or determination

  ➔ The sentence expresses a strong resolve to fight even if facing defeat.

• When am I, when am I gonna move on?

  ➔ Present simple question structure with 'am I' and 'gonna' for future intention

  ➔ The question asks about the timing of moving on, using present tense questions with 'am I' and a future plan indicated by 'gonna'.

• I was king

  ➔ Past tense with 'was' to describe a state or position in the past

  ➔ 'I was king' indicates a past role or feeling of having had power or greatness.

• We said tonight; No going back

  ➔ Simple past tense with 'said' and imperative mode in 'No going back'

  ➔ 'said' is the past tense of 'say', and 'No going back' is a fixed phrase implying no return.