Scare Away The Dark – English Lyrics

• By: Passenger
• Album: Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Well, sing, sing at the top of your voice

Love without fear in your heart

Feel, feel like you still have a choice

If we all light up we can scare away the dark

We wish our weekdays away

Spend our weekends in bed

We drink ourselves stupid

And work ourselves dead

And all just because that's what mom and dad said we should do

We should run through the forest

We should swim in the sea

We should laugh, we should cry

We should love, we should dream

We should stare at the stars and not just at screens

You should hear what I'm saying and know what it means

To sing, sing at the top of your voice

Love without fear in your heart

Feel, feel like you still have a choice

If we all light up we can scare away the dark

Well, we wish we were happier, thinner and fitter

We wish we weren't losers and liars and quitters

We want something more, not just nasty and bitter

We want something real, not just hashtags and Twitter

It's the meaning of life and it's streamed live on YouTube

But I bet Gangnam Style will still get more views

We're scared of drowning, flying and shooters

But we're all slowing dying in front of fucking computers

So, sing, sing at the top of your voice

Oh, love without fear in your heart

Can you feel, feel like you still have a choice

If we all light up we can scare away the dark

And oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, oh no

Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, oh no

Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, oh no

Sing it out now

Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, oh no

Sing it out now

Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, oh no

Key Grammar Structures

• Well, sing, sing at the top of your voice

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The word 'sing' is in the imperative mood, used to give a command or make a request.

• If we all light up we can scare away the dark

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (Type 1)

  ➔ 'If we all light up' is the condition, and 'we can scare away the dark' is the result. This is a Type 1 conditional, used for likely or real conditions.

• We should run through the forest

  ➔ Modal Verb (Should)

  ➔ 'Should' is a modal verb used to express advice or recommendation.

• We want something real, not just hashtags and Twitter

  ➔ Contrastive Conjunction (Not just... but)

  ➔ 'Not just... but' is used to contrast two ideas, emphasizing the difference between them.

• It's the meaning of life and it's streamed live on YouTube

  ➔ Present Simple with 'It's' (Contraction)

  ➔ 'It's' is a contraction of 'it is', used in the present simple tense to describe a fact or a habitual action.

• But I bet Gangnam Style will still get more views

  ➔ Future Simple with 'Will' (Prediction)

  ➔ 'Will' is used here to make a prediction about the future based on present evidence.

• So, sing, sing at the top of your voice

  ➔ Coordination with 'So' (Conjunction)

  ➔ 'So' is used here as a coordinating conjunction to introduce a result or a conclusion.

• Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, oh no

  ➔ Interjection

  ➔ 'Oh' and 'no' are interjections used to express emotion, often surprise or disappointment.