Raise Your Glass – English Lyrics

• By: YONAKA
• Album: Seize The Power

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a fantastic way to connect with culture, and YONAKA's 'Raise Your Glass' is a great place to start. The song's clear, powerful vocals and anthemic chorus make it easy to follow along and pick up new vocabulary related to emotions and self-belief. What makes this song special is its universal message of empowerment, which can be a great motivator for anyone embarking on the challenging but rewarding journey of language learning. By singing along, you'll not only improve your pronunciation but also absorb the confident and hopeful spirit of the song.

[English]

I stayed up all night, looked at the stars

Have you ever forgot who you are?

I was in deep and I was so far

So far away from the heart

I took the red pill, I fell in love

I took the blue pill, down on my luck

I gotta leave this scene, gotta clean myself up, yeah

I'm on my way now, I'm rocket fuel

I quit the drinkin' to help me feel

It's gonna be a long road, but I'm at the wheel, yeah, yeah

Yeah, I know where I'm going this time for real

So raise your glass (raise your, raise your, raise your glass now, now)

We're coming home (coming, coming, coming home now, now)

So raise your glass (raise your, raise your, raise your glass now)

We're coming home (coming, coming, coming home now)

The sounds of silence, it used to hurt

But I found comfort in my own very words

I'm bigger than the world when I am well (bigger than the world)

I shine bright like lightning

You might find that frightening

'Til you let go, let go, let go and come home

So raise your glass (raise your, raise your, raise your glass now, now)

We're coming home (coming, coming, coming home now, now)

So raise your glass (raise your, raise your, raise your glass now)

We're coming home (coming, coming, coming home now)

We're coming home

And I can't say I don't regret

The years that passed, lost self respect

But I had to make my own mistakes

To know where I was going

I'm letting go and I'm setting free

Getting rid of all the shit you see

'Cause it's been hard and it's been tough

But I guess that's just called growing

So raise your glass (raise your, raise your, raise your glass now, now)

We're coming home (coming, coming, coming home now, now)

So raise your glass (raise your, raise your, raise your glass now)

We're coming home (we're coming home)

We're coming home

Raise your glass now, yeah, yeah

We're coming home (we're coming home, we're coming home)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
night /naɪt/ A2	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise
stars /stɑːrz/ A2	noun - celestial bodies visible in the night sky
deep /diːp/ B1	adjective - extending far down from the surface
away /əˈweɪ/ A2	adverb - to or at a distance from a place
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have deep affection or attachment noun - strong affectionate feeling
reach /riːtʃ/ B1	verb - to arrive at a place or state
breaking /ˈbreɪkɪŋ/ B2	verb - to cause to separate into pieces or fragments
glass /ɡlæs/ A2	noun - a container made of glass used for drinking
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives permanently
regret /rɪˈɡrɛt/ B2	verb - to feel sorry about something in the past
mistakes /mɪsˈteɪks/ B2	noun - errors or wrong actions
growing /ˈɡroʊɪŋ/ B2	verb - to become larger or more mature

Key Grammar Structures

• Have you ever forgot who you are?

  ➔ Present perfect tense with 'ever' used for experiences

  ➔ 'Have you ever' is used to ask about experiences in someone's life.

• I took the red pill, I fell in love

  ➔ Past simple tense indicating completed actions

  ➔ 'Took' and 'fell' are past tense verbs showing actions completed in the past.

• I'm on my way now, I'm rocket fuel

  ➔ Use of present continuous tense for ongoing actions or states

  ➔ The phrase 'I'm on my way' indicates an ongoing process towards a goal.

• It's gonna be a long road, but I'm at the wheel

  ➔ Use of 'gonna' as slang for 'going to' to indicate future intention

  ➔ 'Gonna' is a contraction of 'going to', informal and often used in speech.

• The sounds of silence, it used to hurt

  ➔ Past simple tense with 'used to' indicating past habits or states

  ➔ 'Used to' indicates a habitual action or state that was true in the past but no longer is.

• And I can't say I don't regret

  ➔ Combination of modal 'can't' with 'say' + clause to express inability to deny something

  ➔ 'Can't say' is a modal + verb phrase expressing inability or difficulty in asserting something.