Love You Anyway

• By: Luke Combs
• Album: Gettin' Old

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
kiss /kɪs/ A2	noun - an act of touching with the lips as a sign of love or greeting. verb - to touch with the lips as a sign of love or greeting.
stone /stoʊn/ A1	noun - hard, solid nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made
statue /ˈstætʃuː/ B1	noun - a carved or cast figure of a person or animal, especially one that is life-size or larger.
glass /ɡlæs/ A2	noun - a hard, transparent substance used for making windows, bottles, and other objects.
pieces /ˈpiːsɪz/ A2	noun - a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking.
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
sparkle /ˈspɑːrkl/ B1	verb - shine brightly with flashes of light.
compass /ˈkʌmpəs/ B2	noun - an instrument containing a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
needle /ˈniːdl/ B1	noun - a very fine, slender, sharp, usually pointed instrument used for sewing
north /nɔːrθ/ A2	noun - the direction in which a compass needle normally points, toward the North Pole.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
breaks /breɪks/ A2	verb - separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.
wrong /rɔːŋ/ A1	adjective - not correct or true; incorrect.
words /wɜːrdz/ A1	noun - a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning.
weight /weɪt/ A2	noun - a body's relative mass or the quantity of material contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - be aware of (something) through touching.

Grammar:

• If your kiss turned me to stone

  ➔ Second Conditional (Type 2)

  ➔ Uses "if + past simple, would + infinitive". Expresses an unreal or improbable situation in the present or future. "turned" is the past simple, and "would be" is the conditional.

• I'd be a statue standing tall in Ancient Rome

  ➔ Present Continuous as an adjective

  ➔ "standing" is a present participle acting as an adjective to describe the statue. It indicates that the statue is in the process of standing.

• If it took one look to turn my days to night

  ➔ Second Conditional (Type 2)

  ➔ Similar to the first line, this uses "if + past simple (took), would + infinitive (have)" implied in the next line. It portrays a hypothetical situation.

• At least I'd have the stars that sparkle in your eyes

  ➔ Relative Clause (Defining)

  ➔ "that sparkle in your eyes" is a relative clause that modifies "the stars". It is defining because it specifies which stars are being referred to.

• There's just some things that leave a man no choice

  ➔ Existential "There is/are" with a Relative Clause

  ➔ The sentence uses "There's" (There is) to indicate the existence of something. The "that leave a man no choice" is a relative clause modifying "some things".

• Like a compass needle needing its true north

  ➔ Present Participle as Adjective

  ➔ "needing" is a present participle functioning as an adjective to describe the compass needle. It shows the characteristic or state of the needle.

• Even if I knew the day we met

  ➔ Second Conditional (Type 2)

  ➔ Starts the conditional clause with "Even if", emphasizing the hypothetical nature of the situation. "knew" is in the past simple tense.

• You'd be the reason this heart breaks

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (Result Clause)

  ➔ "You'd be" is the result clause of a second conditional, indicating a hypothetical consequence. It uses "would + infinitive".

• I know just trying to write a song

  ➔ Gerund as Subject Complement

  ➔ Implies "I know that just trying to write a song...". "trying" is a gerund (-ing form of a verb) functioning as a subject complement, further describing the action of "I know".