Pray – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
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♪ I COULDN'T GUESS ♪
♪ ALL THE THINGS GOIN' ON IN YOUR HEAD ♪
♪ ALL THE REASONS YOU HAD WHEN YOU LEFT ♪
♪ I DON'T NEED TO KNOW ♪
♪ AFTER A WHILE ♪
♪ ALL THE MEMORIES THAT I HAD LEFT ♪
♪ WERE THE ONES I DON'T WANNA FORGET ♪
♪ NOW I KEEP 'EM CLOSE ♪
♪ SO WHEN YOU THINK OF ME IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT ♪
♪ BABY, DON'T YOU CRY ♪
♪ DARLING, I PRAY FOR YA ♪
♪ YEAH, I PRAY FOR YA ♪
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪
♪ ALWAYS HAVE GRACE FOR YA ♪
♪ I'LL TAKE THE PAIN FOR YA ♪
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪
♪ THERE WAS A TIME ♪
♪ WHERE THE WORDS THAT YOU SAID REALLY CUT ♪
♪ WHЕRE I COULDN'T HELP HOLDING A GRUDGE ♪
♪ BUT I LЕT IT GO ♪
♪ SO I WANT YOU TO FIND YOUR PEACE ♪
♪ IT'S OKAY IF IT'S NOT ME ♪
♪ DON'T NEED YOUR APOLOGY FOR GIVIN' ME HOPE ♪
♪ DARLING, I PRAY FOR YA ♪
♪ YEAH, I PRAY FOR YA ♪
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪
♪ ALWAYS HAVE GRACE FOR YA ♪
♪ I'LL TAKE THE PAIN FOR YA ♪
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪
♪ YEAH, I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪
♪ SAID I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪
♪ SAID I PRAY-AY-AY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪
♪ SAID I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪
♪ WHEN YOU THINK OF ME AND YOU WANT TO CRY ♪
♪ 'CAUSE THE THINGS YOU DID KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT ♪
♪ WHEN YOU THINK OF ME, BABY, DON'T THINK TWICE ♪
♪ IT'S ALL ALRIGHT ♪
♪ DARLING, I PRAY FOR YA ♪
♪ YEAH, I PRAY FOR YA ♪
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪
♪ I'LL ALWAYS HAVE GRACE FOR YA ♪
♪ I'LL TAKE THE PAIN FOR YA (PAIN) ♪
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪
♪ YEAH, I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪
♪ SAID I PRAY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪
♪ SAID I PRAY-AY-AY (PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY) ♪
♪ WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY ♪
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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I COULDN'T GUESS
➔ Modal Verb of Past Inability
➔ The modal verb "couldn't" (past of 'can't') expresses an inability to perform an action in the past. Here, it means the speaker "was not able to guess".
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ALL THE REASONS YOU HAD WHEN YOU LEFT
➔ Reduced Relative Clause
➔ The phrase "reasons you had" is a reduced relative clause. The full form would be "reasons 'that' you had," where 'that' is omitted because it's the object of the verb.
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WERE THE ONES I DON'T WANNA FORGET
➔ Informal Contraction & Pronoun Reference
➔ "Wanna" is an informal contraction of "want to." "The 'ones'" refers back to a previously mentioned plural noun, in this context, "memories."
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SO WHEN YOU THINK OF ME IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
➔ Adverbial Clause of Time
➔ The clause "when you think of me in the dead of night" begins with the subordinating conjunction "when," indicating a condition or period of time for the main action.
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WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PRAY
➔ Adverbial Clause of Place
➔ The clause "wherever you go" uses the compound relative adverb "wherever" to indicate any place, emphasizing that the main action applies universally regardless of location.
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THERE WAS A TIME WHERE THE WORDS THAT YOU SAID REALLY CUT
➔ Existential 'There' + Relative Clause
➔ "There was a time" uses the existential 'there' to introduce the existence of a specific time. This is followed by a relative clause "where the words that you said really cut" providing more details about that time.
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WHERE I COULDN'T HELP HOLDING A GRUDGE
➔ Idiomatic Expression: 'Can't help + Gerund'
➔ The idiomatic expression "couldn't help 'holding' a grudge" means the speaker was unable to stop themselves from doing it, implying an involuntary action.
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IT'S OKAY IF IT'S NOT ME
➔ Conditional Clause (Type 0/1)
➔ This is a conditional sentence using "if" to express a possible or general truth. Type 0 (general truth) or Type 1 (possible future outcome) can both apply depending on interpretation.
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DON'T NEED YOUR APOLOGY FOR GIVIN' ME HOPE
➔ Preposition + Gerund
➔ The preposition "for" is followed by the gerund "givin'" (an informal form of 'giving'). This structure often explains the reason or purpose for something.
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I'LL ALWAYS HAVE GRACE FOR YA
➔ Future Simple with 'Always' (Continuous State)
➔ The phrase "will 'always' have grace" uses the future simple tense with the adverb "always" to express a permanent or continuous state in the future, highlighting an unwavering feeling.