Just Kids

• By: Alex & Sierra
• Album: It's About Us

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
kids /kɪdz/ A1	noun - young human beings; children
fire /ˈfaɪər/ A1	noun - a process that produces light and heat verb - to discharge a weapon
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features
sinking /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/ B1	verb - descending into water; submerging
cups /kʌps/ A1	noun - small bowl-shaped containers for drinking from
drinking /ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ/ A1	verb - consuming a liquid
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible verb - to ignite
darkest /ˈdɑːrkɪst/ A2	adjective - with little or no light
hour /ˈaʊər/ A1	noun - a period of 60 minutes
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
louder /ˈlaʊdər/ A2	adjective - producing more noise
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole
hair /her/ A1	noun - any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of mammals
words /wɜːrdz/ A1	noun - units of language that have meaning
burn /bɜːrn/ A1	verb - be damaged or destroyed by fire
shame /ʃeɪm/ B1	noun - a feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour
secret /ˈsiːkrət/ A2	noun - something kept hidden or unexplained
lady /ˈleɪdi/ A1	noun - a woman
save /seɪv/ A2	verb - to keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or risk.
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - fixed luminous points in the night sky which are large, remote incandescent bodies like the sun.
falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ A1	verb - moving downward, typically rapidly and freely without control.
nights /naɪts/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours.
red /red/ A1	adjective - of a color like that of blood or a ripe tomato.
days /deɪz/ A1	noun - each of the twenty-four-hour periods, reckoned from one midnight to the next, into which a year is divided.
gold /ɡoʊld/ A1	noun - a yellow precious metal.
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star that provides light and heat to Earth.
moon /muːn/ A1	noun - the natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight.
full /fʊl/ A1	adjective - containing or holding as much as possible; having no space left.
dress /dres/ A1	noun - a one-piece garment for women and girls that covers the body and part or all of the legs

Grammar:

• Floating on while the world is sinking

  ➔ Present Participle as Adverbial Modifier

  ➔ The phrase "floating on" acts as an adverbial modifier, describing *how* the action of the main clause ("the world is sinking") is happening. It essentially means 'while floating on'.

• Our dreams only getting louder

  ➔ Gerund as a Subject complement and comparative adjective.

  ➔ "Getting louder" is a gerund phrase functioning as a subject complement. "Louder" is the comparative form of the adjective "loud".

• Nothing left to think about

  ➔ Reduced Relative Clause (Infinitive Phrase)

  ➔ The phrase "to think about" modifies "nothing." It is a reduced relative clause. The full clause would be "Nothing that is left to think about". The relative pronoun and auxiliary verb have been removed.

• Baby, let your hair hang down

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ "Let" is being used as an imperative verb, giving a command or instruction.

• Gonna be the last ones heard

  ➔ Future Tense (informal) and Passive Voice

  ➔ "Gonna" is a shortened, informal form of "going to," indicating future tense. "Heard" is the past participle of "hear," used here in a passive construction: "to be heard."

• when we crash and burn

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction "when" introducing a time clause.

  ➔ The word "when" connects the subordinate clause "we crash and burn" to the main clause. This indicates the time in which the event of the main clause takes place.

• Nights are red and days are gold

  ➔ Subject-linking verb-adjective structure

  ➔ The verb "are" links the subject ("nights," "days") to the adjectives ("red," "gold"), describing a state of being or a quality.