Lily – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[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've 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 of all the mountains or valley low
Give you everything you've been dreaming of
Just let me in, ooh"
"Everything you want in gold
I'll 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 and
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 of all the mountains or valley low
Give you everything you've been dreaming of
Just let me in, ooh"
"Everything you want in gold
I'll 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-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Everything you want in gold
I'll 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 of all the mountains or valley low
Give you everything you've been dreaming of
Just let me in, ooh
Then she ran faster and
Start screaming, "Is there someone out there?
Please help me"
Just let me in, ooh
...
Key Vocabulary
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afraid /əˈfreɪd/ A2 |
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castle /ˈkæs.əl/ B1 |
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creature /ˈkriː.tʃər/ B2 |
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hiding /ˈhaɪ.dɪŋ/ B2 |
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control /kənˈtroʊl/ B2 |
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dreaming /ˈdriː.mɪŋ/ B1 |
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gold /ɡoʊld/ A2 |
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story /ˈstɔː.ri/ A2 |
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help /hɛlp/ A2 |
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faster /ˈfæstər/ B2 |
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running /ˈrʌn.ɪŋ/ B1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Lily was a little girl
➔ Simple Past Tense
➔ Uses the simple past tense "was" to describe Lily's state in the past. It's a statement of fact about her existence as a little girl.
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Afraid of the big, wide world
➔ Adjective Phrase
➔ "Afraid of the big, wide world" is an adjective phrase describing Lily's feeling. It shows her state of being.
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She grew up within her castle walls
➔ Phrasal Verb: "grew up"
➔ "Grew up" is a phrasal verb indicating the process of becoming an adult. The sentence also employs the preposition "within" to indicate enclosed space or limitations.
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They've warned her, don't go there
➔ Present Perfect Tense with Imperative
➔ "They've warned her" uses the present perfect to indicate that the warning happened at an unspecified time in the past and is still relevant. "Don't go there" is an imperative sentence giving a command.
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There's creatures who are hiding in the dark
➔ Relative Clause with "who"
➔ "who are hiding in the dark" is a relative clause modifying "creatures." The relative pronoun "who" refers back to the plural noun "creatures" and introduces a clause that provides more information about them.
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Everything you want in gold
➔ Reduced Relative Clause (Ellipsis)
➔ This is a shortened form of "Everything that you want in gold." The relative pronoun "that" and the auxiliary verb are omitted for brevity.
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I'll be the magic story you've been told
➔ Present Perfect Passive Voice within Relative Clause
➔ "you've been told" is the passive form of the present perfect tense inside the relative clause that modifies "magic story". It implies that someone else has told this story to the listener. "You have been told" is the long form.
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And you'll be safe under my control
➔ Future Simple Tense with Modal Verb
➔ "You'll be" utilizes the future simple tense, indicating a future state. The sentence implies certainty of being safe.
