Reckoning Song – English Lyrics

• By: Asaf Avidan
• Album: The Reckoning

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - drops of liquid from the eyes
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - organ inside the body that pumps blood
dry /draɪ/ A2	adjective - lacking moisture
laugh /læf/ A2	verb - to make sounds with voice expressing happiness
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to shed tears, usually due to sadness
think /θɪŋk/ A2	verb - to have a particular opinion or idea
leave /liːv/ A2	verb - to go away from someone or something
sure /ʃʊər/ A2	adjective - certain or confident
imagine /ɪˈmædʒɪn/ B1	verb - to form a picture or idea in your mind
story /ˈstɔːr.i/ A2	noun - a description of real or imaginary events
tell /tɛl/ A2	verb - to communicate information
old /oʊld/ A2	adjective - having lived for a long time
story /ˈstɔːr.i/ A2	noun - a narration of real or imaginary events
child /tʃaɪld/ A2	noun - a young human being
doing /ˈduː.ɪŋ/ B1	verb (gerund) - performing an action
blame /bleɪm/ B2	noun - responsibility for a fault or wrong verb - to assign responsibility for a fault

Key Grammar Structures

• No more tears, my heart is dry

  ➔ Use of 'no more' + noun

  ➔ "No more" indicates a cessation or absence of something. Here, it emphasizes the lack of tears.

• But when I do - I wonder why

  ➔ Use of 'do' for emphasis

  ➔ The auxiliary verb "do" is used for emphasis. It stresses the action of thinking about the person.

• But rich men can't imagine poor.

  ➔ Adjective used as a noun

  ➔ "Poor" is used as a collective noun, referring to poor people in general.

• And think of all the stories that we couldn't told

  ➔ Use of 'couldn't have' + past participle

  ➔ Grammatically, it should be 'couldn't have told'. "Couldn't have" + past participle expresses a missed opportunity or something that was impossible to do in the past.

• Kept doing all the things they do

  ➔ Use of 'kept' + gerund

  ➔ "Kept doing" shows a continuous action in the past. 'Keep' followed by a gerund describes an activity that happened repeatedly or consistently.

• Like I can never think you're true

  ➔ Subject + can + never + verb

  ➔ This expresses the speaker's inability or strong disbelief. "Can never" indicates impossibility.

• The founding fathers of our plane

  ➔ Metaphorical language / Abstract noun used in a concrete way.

  ➔ "Founding fathers" usually refers to the people who established a country. Here, it's used metaphorically to describe whatever initiated or built the "plane" (relationship/situation), implying responsibility for its current state.

• That's stuck in heavy clouds of rain.

  ➔ Relative clause with 'that'

  ➔ "That's stuck" is a relative clause, providing more information about the preceding noun phrase, "the founding fathers of our plane".