Lies Lies Lies

• By: Morgan Wallen
• Album: Dangerous: The Double Album

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
wake /weɪk/ A1	verb - to stop sleeping
memory /ˈmeməri/ A2	noun - something remembered from the past
bourbon /ˈbʊərbən/ B1	noun - a type of American whiskey
fault /fɔːlt/ B1	noun - responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing
ball /bɔːl/ A1	verb - to fail
wind /wɪnd/ A1	noun - moving air
wasted /ˈweɪstɪd/ B1	adjective - drunk; used carelessly or extravagantly verb - past tense of to waste
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues
money /ˈmʌni/ A1	noun - a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes
miles /maɪlz/ A1	noun - plural of mile; a unit of distance
prayers /preərz/ A2	noun - plural of prayer; a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God
days /deɪz/ A1	noun - plural of day; each of the twenty-four-hour periods
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood
head /hed/ A1	noun - the part of the body above the neck
boots /buːts/ A1	noun - plural of boot; a sturdy item of footwear covering the foot and ankle, and sometimes also the lower leg
feet /fiːt/ A1	noun - plural of foot; the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle
pile /paɪl/ B1	noun - a heap of things laid or lying on top of each other
flame /fleɪm/ B1	noun - a hot, bright stream of burning gas

Grammar:

• I DON'T ALWAYS WAKE UP IN THE MORNIN'

  ➔ Adverb of Frequency (always) + Present Simple Negative

  ➔ Using "always" with the negative form "don't" indicates that something doesn't happen in all instances. It implies the speaker usually wakes up without a particular routine but sometimes does. The Present Simple is used for habitual actions or general truths.

• SURE AS HELL CAN'T KEEP LEANIN' ON YOU

  ➔ Ellipsis (Omission of words), Negative Contraction ('can't'), Gerund ('leanin')

  ➔ There is an implied subject and auxiliary verb ('I') before 'can't'. "Leanin'" is a non-standard spelling of "leaning", functioning as a gerund after 'keep'. The whole phrase means that it's impossible to continue relying on the person.

• YOU'RE GONE AND I'VE GONE THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND

  ➔ Present Perfect (I've gone), Idiom ("Three sheets to the wind")

  ➔ "I've gone" is a contraction of "I have gone", which is present perfect, implying a state resulting from a past action. "Three sheets to the wind" is an idiom meaning very drunk.

• ALL OF THESE SORRIES I DON'T OWE YOU HONEY

  ➔ Plural Noun (Sorries), Relative Clause (implied 'that' before 'I don't owe you')

  ➔ "Sorries" is the plural of "sorry," representing multiple apologies. The implied "that" creates a relative clause modifying "all of these sorries".

• ALL THEM DAYS I SPENT, WASTED ON YOU

  ➔ Informal Grammar (Them instead of Those), Past Simple (spent), Past Participle (wasted) used as adjective.

  ➔ Using "them" instead of "those" is a common informal variation. "Spent" is the past simple of "spend", referring to the action of using time. "Wasted" is a past participle used as an adjective to describe the days, implying they were unproductive.

• YEAH, I SWORE THIS WOULD BE DIFFERENT

  ➔ Past Simple (Swore), Conditional (Would be)

  ➔ "Swore" is the past simple form of the verb "swear," indicating a past promise or oath. "Would be" indicates a conditional situation in the past; the speaker believed something *would* be different, but it wasn't.

• MY HEART WOULDN'T LISTEN TO MY HEAD AND THESE BOOTS ON MY FEET

  ➔ Modal Verb (Wouldn't), Personification (Heart wouldn't listen), Conjunction (and)

  ➔ "Wouldn't" is a contraction of "would not," expressing a refusal or unwillingness. Personifying the heart implies it had its own agency. "And" connects two separate phrases together