Mother Earth – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Mother Earth
Birds and butterflies
Rivers and mountains she creates
But you'll never know the next move she'll make
You can try, but it is useless to ask why
Cannot control her
She goes her own way
She rules until the end of time
She gives and she takes
She rules until the end of time
She goes her way
With every breath
And all the choices that we make
We are only passing through on her way
I find my strength
Believing that your soul lives on until the end of time
I'll carry it with me
She rules until the end of time
She gives and she takes
She rules until the end of time
She goes her way
Once you will know, my dear
You don't have to fear (you don't have to fear)
A new beginning always starts at the end
Once you will know, my dear
You don't have to fear
Until the end of time (until the end of time)
Until the end of time (until the end of time)
Until the end of time
She goes her way
She rules until the end of time
She gives and she takes
She rules until the end of time
Until the end of time
Until the end of time
She goes her way
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Key Vocabulary
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create /kriˈeɪt/ B1 |
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know /noʊ/ A2 |
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know /noʊ/ A2 |
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pass /pæs/ or /pɑːs/ B1 |
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live /lɪv/ or /laɪv/ A2 |
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earth /ɜːrθ/ A2 |
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rule /ruːl/ B2 |
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give /ɡɪv/ A2 |
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take /teɪk/ A2 |
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end /ɛnd/ A2 |
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time /taɪm/ A1 |
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power /ˈpaʊər/ B2 |
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strength /strɛŋkθ/ B2 |
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beginning /bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ/ B1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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But you'll never know the next move she'll make
➔ Future Simple with 'will' to express a spontaneous decision or prediction
➔ The use of *will* indicates a future action or prediction without certainty or evidence.
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We are only passing through on her way
➔ Present continuous tense used to describe an ongoing, temporary action
➔ The *are passing* indicates an ongoing, temporary state of being or action.
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She rules until the end of time
➔ Present tense to describe a general truth or a habitual state
➔ The *rules* in present tense emphasize a consistent, ongoing state or principle.
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Once you will know, my dear
➔ Incorrect use of 'will' in a concessive clause; should use present tense after 'once'
➔ In condition clauses starting with *once*, the correct form is the present simple tense, not 'will'.
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She gives and she takes
➔ Present simple tense to express habitual actions or general truths
➔ The *gives* and *takes* in present tense describe ongoing, habitual actions.
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Until the end of time
➔ Prepositional phrase indicating a duration or limit in time
➔ The phrase *Until the end of time* sets a boundary of eternity in the context of the song.
