Minnesota, WI – English Lyrics

• By: Bon Iver
• Album: Bon Iver (Deluxe)

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Armour let it through,

Borne the arboretic truth you kept posing

...

Sat down in the suit,

Fixed on up it wasn't you by finished closing

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Ramble in the roots, had the marvel,

Moved the proof be kneeled fine's glowing

Storing up the clues,

It had its sullen blue bruised through by showing

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Settle past a patience

Where wishes and your will are spilling pictures

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Water's running through in the valley

Where we grew to write this this scripture

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Never gonna break

Never gonna break

Never gonna break

Never gonna break

Not for a part in any gamut of the dark

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Doubled in the toes annex it,

It minute closed in the morning

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Did not lose it in the stack's stow,

Imma lay that call back on ya

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You know it won't beseech you,

We're laying in an open field

I will let you grow, no need to know this

So carry on my dear,

What is clear up in the daylight is we're hung here

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Fall is coming soon,

A new year for the moon and the Hmong here

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Never gonna break

Never gonna break

Never gonna break

Never gonna break

All that it seems

Bellows tracing through the streams

Never gonna break

Never gonna break

Never gonna break

Never gonna break

All at its seams

Swallows swelling for the beams

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
armour /ˈɑːrmər/ B2	noun - protective clothing, especially metal coverings used in combat
borne /bɔːrn/ B1	verb - past participle of bear; to carry or support
arboretic /ˌɑːrbəˈrɛtɪk/ C2	adjective - relating to trees or tree-like structures
ramble /ˈræmbl/ B1	verb - to walk or move aimlessly
marvel /ˈmɑːrvəl/ B2	noun - something that causes wonder or astonishment
sullen /ˈsʌlən/ B2	adjective - bad-tempered and sulky
settle /ˈsɛtl/ A2	verb - to adopt a more steady or secure position
patience /ˈpeɪʃəns/ A2	noun - the capacity to accept or tolerate delay
scripture /ˈskrɪptʃər/ B2	noun - a sacred text or writing
beseech /bɪˈsiːtʃ/ C1	verb - to ask for or beg for something in an anxious or desperate manner
annex /əˈnɛks/ B2	verb - to add or attach as a supplement or appendix
bellows /ˈbɛloʊz/ B2	noun - a device for delivering air or gas under pressure
tracing /ˈtreɪsɪŋ/ B1	verb - to follow or track the course of something
swelling /ˈswɛlɪŋ/ B2	adjective - increasing in size or volume
beams /biːmz/ A2	noun - a long, thick piece of wood or metal, typically used as a horizontal support

Key Grammar Structures

• Armour let it through,

  ➔ Subject-Verb Inversion

  ➔ The sentence starts with the subject 'Armour' followed by the verb 'let', which is a poetic inversion for emphasis.

• Borne the arboretic truth you kept posing

  ➔ Past Participle as Adjective

  ➔ 'Borne' is the past participle of 'bear' used here as an adjective to describe 'truth'.

• Sat down in the suit,

  ➔ Phrasal Verb

  ➔ 'Sat down' is a phrasal verb meaning to take a seat.

• Where wishes and your will are spilling pictures

  ➔ Present Continuous Passive

  ➔ 'Are spilling' is in the present continuous passive voice, indicating an ongoing action.

• Never gonna break

  ➔ Going to Future in Negative Form

  ➔ 'Gonna' is a contraction of 'going to', used here to express a future action in a negative context.

• Imma lay that call back on ya

  ➔ Colloquial Contraction

  ➔ 'Imma' is a colloquial contraction of 'I am going to', used in informal speech.

• What is clear up in the daylight is we're hung here

  ➔ Subject-Verb Agreement in Clause

  ➔ The verb 'is' agrees with the singular subject 'What', and 'we're' agrees with the plural subject 'we'.

• Fall is coming soon,

  ➔ Present Continuous for Future

  ➔ The present continuous 'is coming' is used to indicate a future event.