Michicant – English Lyrics

• By: Bon Iver
• Album: Deluxe

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I was unafraid, I was a boy, I was a tender age

Melic in the naked, knew a lake and drew the lofts for the page

Hurdle all the waitings up, know it wasn't wedded love, why?

Four long minutes in and it was over, it'd all be back

And the frost took up the eyes

Pressed against the pane

Could see the veins and there was poison out

Resting in a raze, the inner claims I hadn't breadth to shake

Searching for an inner clout, may not take another bout, why?

Honey in the hale could fill the pales of loving less with vain

Hon', it wasn't yet the spring

Aiming and it sunk and we were drunk and we had fleshed it out

Nose up in the globes, you never know if you are passing out

No, it wasn't maiden-up, the falling or the faded luck, why?

Hung up in the ivory, both were climbing for a finer cause

Love can hardly leave the room

With your heart

Key Grammar Structures

• I was unafraid, I was a boy, I was a tender age

  ➔ Past simple tense

  ➔ The repeated use of 'was' indicates past simple tense, describing completed actions in the past.

• Melic in the naked, knew a lake and drew the lofts for the page

  ➔ Past simple tense with 'knew' and 'drew'

  ➔ The verbs 'knew' and 'drew' are in the past simple tense, indicating completed actions.

• Hurdle all the waitings up, know it wasn't wedded love, why?

  ➔ Past simple tense with 'wasn't'

  ➔ The use of 'wasn't' is the past simple form of 'to be' in negative, describing a past state.

• Four long minutes in and it was over, it'd all be back

  ➔ Past simple and conditional perfect

  ➔ 'Was over' is past simple, while 'it'd all be back' uses the conditional perfect to express a hypothetical past situation.

• And the frost took up the eyes

  ➔ Past simple tense with 'took up'

  ➔ The phrase 'took up' is in the past simple tense, describing a completed action.

• Love can hardly leave the room

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' for ability

  ➔ The modal verb 'can' is used to express ability or possibility in the present.