Lonely Nights – English Lyrics

• By: Hollow Coves, Priscilla Ahn

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ B1	adjective - feeling sad because one has no friends or company
nights /naɪts/ A2	noun - period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; nighttime
days /deɪz/ A2	noun - period of twenty-four hours
pictures /ˈpɪktʃərz/ B1	noun - images or photographs
mind /maɪnd/ B1	noun - the part of a person that thinks, feels, and perceives
morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A2	noun - the early part of the day from sunrise to noon
light /laɪt/ A2	noun - the natural agent that makes things visible adjective - not heavy or dark
passed /pæst/ B1	verb - to move in a specified direction
fill /fɪl/ B1	verb - to make something occupy space completely
left /lɛft/ A1	verb - to go away from a place
behind /bɪˈhaɪnd/ B1	adverb - at the back of something
sometime /ˈsʌmtaɪm/ B2	adverb - at an unspecified time in the future

Key Grammar Structures

• Lonely nights

  ➔ Adjective + Noun

  ➔ This is a simple noun phrase where the adjective "Lonely" modifies the noun "nights". It sets the mood and theme of the song.

• Those days that passed us by

  ➔ Relative Clause (defining)

  ➔ The phrase "that passed us by" is a defining relative clause that modifies "Those days". It specifies which days are being referred to.

• Of all I left behind

  ➔ Preposition + Noun Clause

  ➔ "Of" is a preposition, and "all I left behind" is a noun clause acting as the object of the preposition. The noun clause functions as a singular unit, representing everything the speaker abandoned.

• Came creeping through those blinds

  ➔ Intransitive Verb + Gerund + Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ "Came" is an intransitive verb. "Creeping" is a gerund functioning as an adverb of manner, modifying how the light came. "Through those blinds" is a prepositional phrase indicating direction.

• We shaved our heads at night

  ➔ Transitive Verb + Direct Object + Prepositional Phrase of Time

  ➔ "Shaved" is a transitive verb, "our heads" is the direct object, and "at night" is a prepositional phrase indicating when the action took place.

• I left it all behind

  ➔ Transitive Verb + Pronoun + Adverb

  ➔ "Left" is a transitive verb, "it" is a pronoun serving as the direct object, and "behind" is an adverb modifying the verb and indicating direction/separation.

• But I'll be back sometime

  ➔ Conjunction + Subject + Auxiliary Verb + Verb + Adverb of Time

  ➔ "But" is a conjunction indicating a contrast, "I'll" is a contraction of "I will" (subject + auxiliary verb), "be" is the main verb, "back" acts as an adverbial particle, and "sometime" is an adverb of time.