Santa, Can't You Hear Me

• By: Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande
• Album: When Christmas Comes Around

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
hear /hɪər/ A1	verb - to perceive with the ear the sound made by (someone or something)
need /niːd/ A1	verb - require (something) because it is essential or very important noun - a thing that is wanted or required
Christmas /ˈkrɪsməs/ A1	noun - the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on December 25
dreams /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep verb - to have a dream while sleeping
true /truː/ A2	adjective - in accordance with fact or reality
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - be aware of (something) through touching; perceive
letter /ˈletər/ A2	noun - a written, typed, or printed communication sent in an envelope by post or messenger
fly /flaɪ/ A2	verb - to move through the air using wings
snow /snoʊ/ A1	noun - atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer
gifts /ɡɪfts/ A2	noun - something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present
magic /ˈmadʒɪk/ B1	noun - the power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces adjective - relating to or employing magic
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
blue /bluː/ A1	adjective - of a color intermediate between green and violet; having a color like that of a clear unclouded sky in the daytime adjective - sad or depressed
wise /waɪz/ B1	adjective - having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun

Grammar:

• Keep the snow and sleigh rides, keep those silver bells

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The verb "keep" is used in the imperative mood, which is used to give a command or make a request. It directly instructs someone (or something, in this case) to retain or maintain something.

• 'Cause all I ever wanted was nothing I got, and...

  ➔ Past Perfect Tense in Subordinate Clause and Simple Past in Main Clause

  ➔ The phrase "all I ever wanted" implies a longing over a duration of time in the past. Then the subordinate clause "all I ever *wanted*" is contrasted by the use of the simple past tense "nothing I *got*" to state the final outcome (that the wish was never fufilled).

• I sent a letter to you-ooh-ooh On how to make my dreams come true, yeah-yeah

  ➔ Indirect Question/Embedded Question

  ➔ The phrase "on how to make my dreams come true" is an embedded question, acting as a prepositional phrase modifying "letter". Notice there's no inversion of subject and verb after "how". Instead of asking "How can I make my dreams come true?", it's embedded into the sentence.

• Hasn't come and I feel so blue

  ➔ Present Perfect Negative

  ➔ "Hasn't come" is the negative form of the present perfect tense. It's used to express that something that was expected or hoped for in the past has not happened up until now.

• Keep those bows and boxes (keep them bows and them boxes)

  ➔ Pronoun Replacement and Repetition (informal)

  ➔ The second part of the phrase: "keep them bows and them boxes" is an example of informal speech. The word "them" should correctly be the adjective "those". The repetition of "them" adds emphasis but is not grammatically correct in standard English.