Lonely This Christmas – English Lyrics

• By: Mud

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
imagine /ɪˈmædʒɪn/ B1	verb - to form a mental image or concept of something.
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - having no one else present; lonely.
left /lɛft/ A1	verb - to go away from.
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - drops of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in the eye in response to strong emotion.
melt /mɛlt/ B1	verb - to make or become liquefied by heat.
snow /snoʊ/ A1	noun - atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes.
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a particular position, point, or area in space; a location.
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ B1	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company.
hold /hoʊld/ A2	verb - to grasp and keep (something).
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - of or at a low or relatively low temperature.
remember /rɪˈmɛmbər/ A2	verb - have in or be able to bring to one's mind an awareness of (someone or something that one has known or experienced in the past).
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - each of the twenty-four-hour periods, reckoned from one midnight to the next, into which a year is divided, and corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis.
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - separate or be separated into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.
emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/ B2	noun - the state of containing nothing.
unlit /ʌnˈlɪt/ B2	adjective - not lit; without artificial light.
tree /triː/ A1	noun - a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground.
end /ɛnd/ A1	noun - a final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a story.
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection. verb - feel deep affection for (someone).

Key Grammar Structures

• Try to imagine a house that's not a home

  ➔ Relative clause using 'that'

  ➔ The word "that" introduces a relative clause which modifies the noun "house". It specifies which house is being referred to - a house that doesn't feel like a home.

• That's where I'll be, since you left me

  ➔ Future simple with 'will' and 'since' clause indicating cause.

  ➔ "I'll be" expresses a future action. The "since" clause explains the reason for this action: "since you left me".

• My tears could melt the snow

  ➔ Conditional type 2 (unreal present/future) using 'could'

  ➔ "Could" indicates a hypothetical possibility or a highly unlikely event. The sentence suggests the speaker is so sad that their tears are metaphorically capable of melting snow, which is not literally true.

• What can I do, without you?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with modal verb 'can'

  ➔ "Can" expresses ability or possibility. The sentence asks about the speaker's ability to function without the other person.

• Each time I remember the day you went away

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction 'each time' indicating frequency

  ➔ "Each time" indicates that the action of remembering happens repeatedly, emphasizing the speaker's constant recollection of that day.

• And how I would listen to the things you had to say

  ➔ Past habitual action with 'would' and past perfect tense ('had to say')

  ➔ "Would" indicates a repeated action in the past. "Had to say" uses the past perfect to emphasize that the speaking happened before the remembering.

• We never thought there'd be an end

  ➔ Past simple with contraction of 'there would'

  ➔ "There'd be" is a contraction of "there would be", indicating a future event viewed from the past. The sentence expresses a past belief that the relationship would never end.

• 'Cause darlin', this is the time of year that you really, you really need love

  ➔ Informal 'cause' for 'because', emphatic repetition ('really, you really'), and relative clause with 'that'

  ➔ "Cause" is an informal abbreviation of "because". The repetition of "really, you really" adds emphasis. "That you need love" is a relative clause modifying "the time of year."