Kiss From A Rose – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da
There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea
You became the light on the dark side of me
Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill
But did you know that when it snows
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen?
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray
Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
And now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the gray
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da
There is so much a man can tell you, so much he can say
You remain my power, my pleasure, my pain, baby
To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny
Won't you tell me, is that healthy, baby?
But did you know that when it snows
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen?
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray
Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the gray
I've been kissed by a rose on the gray
I've been kissed by a rose on the gray
I've been kissed by a rose on the gray
(And if I should fall, would it all go away?)
I've been kissed by a rose on the gray
There is so much a man can tell you, so much he can say
You remain my power, my pleasure, my pain
To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny
Now won't you tell me, is that healthy, baby?
But did you know that when it snows
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen?
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray
Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the gray
Yes, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray
Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the gray
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the gray
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Key Vocabulary
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tower /ˈtaʊər/ B1 |
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light /laɪt/ A2 |
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rose /roʊz/ A2 |
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shine /ʃaɪn/ B1 |
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bloom /bluːm/ B1 |
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power /ˈpaʊər/ B2 |
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pleasure /ˈplɛʒər/ B2 |
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pain /peɪn/ B1 |
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addiction /əˈdɪkʃən/ B2 |
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snow /snoʊ/ A2 |
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fall /fɔːl/ B1 |
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gloom /ɡluːm/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea.
➔ Used to + infinitive
➔ "Used to" describes a past habit or state that is no longer true. The tower existed in the past but might not exist now, or its state has changed.
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Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.
➔ Relative clause with reduced relative pronoun.
➔ "that's the high and not the pill" is a relative clause modifying "drug." The full clause would be "that is the high and not the pill," but "that" can be omitted when it's the subject of the verb "to be."
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But did you know that when it snows, my eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen?
➔ Embedded question + subordinate clause + passive voice in relative clause
➔ "Did you know that..." is an embedded question. "When it snows" is a subordinate clause indicating time. "the light that you shine can be seen" contains the passive voice "can be seen" within the relative clause.
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Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
➔ The + comparative, the + comparative
➔ This structure expresses a proportional relationship. The increase in one thing results in the increase in another. "The more I get of you" indicates an increase in getting something, and "the stranger it feels" indicates an increase in the feeling of strangeness.
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To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.
➔ Relative clause with object pronoun omission.
➔ The relative pronoun "that" can be omitted because it acts as the object of the verb "deny" in the relative clause. The full clause would be "that I can't deny".
