Lily – English Lyrics

• By: Alan Walker, K-391, Emelie Hollow

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the mystical world of 'Lily' to enhance your English listening skills. This song is perfect for learning descriptive storytelling language and understanding how metaphors can be used to convey deep emotions through atmospheric electronic music.

[English]

Lily was a little girl

Afraid of the big, wide world

She grew up within her castle walls

Now and then she tried to run

And then on the night with the setting sun

She went in the woods away

So afraid

All alone

They warned her

Don't go there

There's creatures who are hiding in the dark

Then something came creeping

It told her

Don't you worry just follow everywhere I go

Top over the mountains or valley low

Give you everything you've been dreaming of

Just let me in, ooh

Everything you wantin' gonna be the magic story you've been told

And you'll be safe under my control

Just let me in, ooh

Just let me in, ooh

She knew she was hypnotized

And walking on cold thin ice

Then it broke

And she awoke again

Then she ran faster than

Start screaming

Is there someone out there?

Please help me

Come get me

Behind her

She can hear it say

Follow everywhere I go

Top over the mountains or valley low

Give you everything you've been dreaming of

Just let me in, ooh

Everything you wantin' gonna be the magic story you've been told

And you'll be safe under my control

Just let me in, ooh

Just let me in, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Everything you wantin' gonna be the magic story you've been told

And you'll be safe under my control

Just let me in, ooh

Follow everywhere I go

Top over the mountains or valley low

Give you everything you've been dreaming of

Just let me in, ooh

Then she ran faster than

Start screaming

Is there someone out there?

Please help me

Just let me in, ooh

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ A2	adjective - feeling fear or anxiety
castle /ˈkɑːsəl/ A2	noun - a large building fortified against attack
creatures /ˈkriːtʃərz/ B1	noun - a living being, often imagined or strange
creeping /ˈkriːpɪŋ/ B2	verb - moving slowly and carefully to avoid being heard or seen
hypnotized /ˈhɪpnətaɪzd/ C1	verb - to put into a state of hypnosis or fascinate
magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ A2	adjective - having supernatural powers or delightful qualities
mountains /ˈmaʊntɪnz/ A1	noun - a large natural elevation of the earth's surface
screaming /ˈskriːmɪŋ/ B1	verb - giving a long, loud, piercing cry
valley /ˈvæli/ A2	noun - a low area of land between hills or mountains
warned /wɔːrnd/ B1	verb - to inform someone of a possible danger

Key Grammar Structures

• Lily was a little girl / Afraid of the big, wide world

  ➔ Adjective phrase describing a noun

  ➔ The phrase "afraid of the big, wide world" functions as an adjective phrase modifying the subject "Lily".

• There's creatures who are hiding in the dark

  ➔ Relative clause defining a subject

  ➔ The relative pronoun "who" introduces the clause "who are hiding in the dark" to describe "creatures".

• Everything you wantin' gonna be the magic story

  ➔ Reduced relative clause

  ➔ The original meaning is "Everything [that] you are wanting", where the relative pronoun "that" is omitted.

• She knew she was hypnotized

  ➔ Passive voice in a past tense clause

  ➔ "Was hypnotized" uses the verb "to be" + past participle to show the action received by "she".

• And you'll be safe under my control

  ➔ Future simple tense

  ➔ The structure "will be" expresses a prediction or future state.

• Then she ran faster than

  ➔ Comparative adverb

  ➔ "Faster" is the comparative form of the adverb "fast", used to show a higher degree of speed.

• Is there someone out there?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with existential "there"

  ➔ The inversion of "is" and "there" turns the existential statement into a question.

• There's creatures who are hiding in the dark

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ "Are hiding" indicates an ongoing action happening at the moment described.