– English Lyrics

• By: Kodaline
• Album: Politics of Living

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

This song, it was actually kind of

cool the way it came about. Again, we worked with Steve Mack.

For me, it's kind of like one of those motivational songs, you know, where it's

it's, I mean, kind of like a gym song, you know, it's like,

you can do it. Come on.

We've never done anything like this before. Usually, um,

it's uh, like we'd write songs about personal experiences and stuff like this, but

this one was a bit of fun to make because we were trying to write a song that would

stand up in the final scene of a massive action movie.

When we got the first mix back

of the song, it it took it to a whole other level. It was like

some of the people we've been working with on this record have just

really knocked it out of the park sound-wise and it just sounds massive. Just can't

wait to try get that into the band situation and see how big we can make it.

Yeah, be a good song live.

Good song for the gym.

Jay would break out in a rash if he ended up in a gym.

I'm allergic.

I wouldn't be is

incredibly Irish. I think our our roots really shine through on this song.

It's a song just about kind of appreciating family and where you've came from and people around you.

It's sounds incredibly traditional.

Yeah, it's it's really fun to do it live as well because so much of the set is like big and loud and, you know, with all the instruments

And it just brings it down to that four of us. Like when we started touring, we used to go out to the middle of the crowd and just sing the four of us with like

no mics, no anything.

And it's really nice to bring that kind of moment back into the set.

It's filled that moment. Yeah, see how people react to it because it's it's been really really emotional.

We've been singing together for a long time. It's it's really special. So uh Yeah.

It's the first time in the set you get to see Vinnie's legs as well.

Exactly.

And they're lovely legs. Imagine you stood up and you were this high.

I mean you could be because you're sitting down for the whole set and then you just walk up like...

Can't wear that skirt anymore.

But anyway...

It's a shame you only get to see Vinny's legs once.

They're lovely legs. They are fine legs. Look at them. Tone. He's got very toned calves.

He goes to the gym.

And ill pipes are just a way cooler bagpipe.

Yeah.

It's an Irish... Think of Celine Dion's Titanic My Heart Goes On...

No, it's more like the Clancy Brothers and..

No, not like the final scene of Michael Collins.

Yeah, that's it.

She Moved Through The Fair.

That's what we were going for.

No!

Don't Come Around... Sometimes I look at songs as like just moments in time that are just like

captured emotions and at that time it was uh

just frustration and kind of like angry at somebody and just

being done with somebody and just being like, you know,

screw this, I've had enough.

The song is just about being annoyed at somebody. But uh, yeah, it's it's a real kind of bombastic

song. The chorus is awesome. I think it's going to be really interesting to uh

to play it live. And out of all the songs on the album, I think it's the most

different for us or in terms of the song itself, like melodically and and um

It's like a it's a It's almost like a different genre, or like going into a new genre for us and trying to really getting out of our comfort zone.

But it worked out really well.

Yeah. The end result is amazing. It's a really powerful song.

It's kind of you can imagine driving really fast listening to it.

I I have done.

Maybe you can because you you drive really fast anyway though.

It's a great song to drive really fast but within the speed limits.

Brother is about just kind of being there for somebody. Like, you know,

you can be, yeah, be your brother or your sister or your best mate and just kind of being that

you'd be with them through thick and thin and you've been through a huge amount, you know.

It's kind of like an ode to like friendship as well that like even if you're

best friends with somebody and you kind of part ways for a while

but like the second you come back together, like nothing has changed. Like, it's still exactly the same.

It's a really great song to play live.

the reaction to it has been amazing.

The video that we shot for it is uh, we got these amazing two uh, young kids who are brothers.

Um, in the video and it's it's a really emotional video.

It uh, it's kind of a very typically Kodaline video, pulls on the heartstrings a bit.

It's a bit heartbreaking, isn't it? It's a very heartbreaking.

Stevie Russell, who has, who we've worked with loads on different videos we've made,

uh made the video and yeah, I was bawling my eyes out when I watched that video for the first time.

That's the, that's the amazing thing about what we do is that like, we'll spend months making a song or recording it or whatever and then when we

hand the song over to a video director to make the video. We we see the finished product just the first thing we see.

Um, and it's it happened with All I Want and High Hopes and Brother, like the first time we watch it, we're watching pretty much the finished thing and it's we get to watch it

in the same way the fans do, so we experience it in the same way.

And that video is just chilling. It was just, I just thought it suited the...

music. And we actually got to meet the two brothers. They came to our show in Dublin and it was just really great to meet them there.

I think Brother was a really good introduction to the album as well. It was kind of the first track we released after being gone for quite a while.

And it's it's definitely pushing what we've done like sound-wise, but there's a really great song at the heart of it which is what we always kind of strive for.

There's lyrics in it like I kind of made up a story of like seeing this seeing an ex, you know, it's like

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
song /sɒŋ/ A1	noun - a short piece of music with words that are sung
write /raɪt/ A1	verb - to produce something in written form so that people can read it
make /meɪk/ A1	verb - to create or produce something verb - to cause something to happen or exist
live /laɪv/ B1	adjective - (of a performance) broadcast, recorded, or seen while it is happening verb - to perform or present something in front of an audience
gym /dʒɪm/ A2	noun - a building or room containing equipment for doing physical exercise
massive /ˈmæsɪv/ B1	adjective - very large, heavy, or solid adjective - very great or serious
emotional /ɪˈməʊʃənl/ B1	adjective - connected with people's feelings adjective - causing or showing strong feelings
family /ˈfæməli/ A1	noun - a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household
friendship /ˈfrɛndʃɪp/ B1	noun - the state of being friends; a relationship between friends
brother /ˈbrʌðər/ A1	noun - a man or boy who has the same parents as another person noun - a close male friend or associate
video /ˈvɪdiəʊ/ A2	noun - a recording of moving pictures and sound, especially as a digital file or on a DVD
amazing /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ A2	adjective - causing great surprise or wonder; astonishing
heartbreaking /ˈhɑːrtbreɪkɪŋ/ B2	adjective - causing extreme sadness or distress
comfort /ˈkʌmfərt/ B1	noun - a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint
genre /ˈʒɒnrə/ B2	noun - a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter
powerful /ˈpaʊərfl/ B1	adjective - having great power or strength adjective - having a strong effect on people's feelings or thoughts
react /riˈækt/ B1	verb - to respond or behave in a particular way in response to something
experience /ɪkˈspɪəriəns/ B1	noun - practical contact with and observation of facts or events verb - to encounter or undergo (an event or occurrence)
shine /ʃaɪn/ A2	verb - to give out or reflect light verb - to be very good at something or to be clearly noticeable
frustration /frʌˈstreɪʃn/ B2	noun - the feeling of being upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to change or achieve something

Key Grammar Structures

• some of the people we've been working with on this record have just really knocked it out of the park sound-wise

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The phrase "we've been working with" emphasizes an action that started in the past and continued up to the present, focusing on the duration or the ongoing nature of the activity.

• Jay would break out in a rash if he ended up in a gym.

  ➔ Second Conditional

  ➔ The Second Conditional is used to talk about hypothetical or unlikely situations in the present or future, and their probable results. "would break out" and "if he ended up" describe an imagined scenario and its consequence.

• when we started touring, we used to go out to the middle of the crowd and just sing the four of us

  ➔ Used to + Infinitive

  ➔ The phrase "used to go out" describes a past habit or a state that no longer happens in the present.

• That's what we were going for.

  ➔ Noun Clause with 'what'

  ➔ A noun clause starting with "what" functions like a noun, often meaning 'the thing(s) that'. "what we were going for" refers to the specific goal or intention.

• It's a song just about kind of appreciating family and where you've came from

  ➔ Gerund after Preposition

  ➔ A gerund (verb + -ing) is used after prepositions. "appreciating" acts as a noun following the preposition "about", indicating the topic of the song.

• Imagine you stood up and you were this high. I mean you could be because you're sitting down for the whole set

  ➔ Modal Verb 'could' for Hypothetical Possibility

  ➔ Here, "could be" expresses a hypothetical possibility in the present, often following a subjunctive-like clause ("Imagine you stood up"). It suggests something that is possible under certain conditions.

• there's a really great song at the heart of it which is what we always kind of strive for.

  ➔ Non-defining Relative Clause + Noun Clause

  ➔ The phrase "which is what we always kind of strive for" adds extra, non-essential information about the preceding noun phrase ('a really great song'), and itself contains a noun clause with 'what' that acts as the complement of 'is'.

• we'll spend months making a song or recording it or whatever

  ➔ Spend time + Gerund

  ➔ This structure indicates how time is used. "making" and "recording" are gerunds showing the activities on which months are spent.

• And we actually got to meet the two brothers.

  ➔ Get to + Infinitive

  ➔ The phrase "got to meet" expresses an opportunity, privilege, or a chance to do something. It implies they had the chance or privilege to meet them.

• This song, it was actually kind of cool the way it came about.

  ➔ Implicit Relative Clause (The way + S + V)

  ➔ "the way it came about" functions as a noun phrase, where "the way" acts similarly to "the manner in which", with "in which" being implicitly omitted. It describes how something happened.