Secret Garden – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
She'll let you in her house
If you come knocking late at night
She'll let you in her mouth
If the words you say are right
If you pay the price
She'll let you deep inside
But there's a secret garden she hides
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She'll let you in her car
To go drivin' 'round
She'll let you into the parts of herself
That'll bring you down
She'll let you in her heart
If you got a hammer and a vise
But into the secret garden, don't think twice
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You've gone a million miles
How far'd you get?
That place where you can't remember
And you can't forget
She'll lead you down the path
There'll be tenderness in the air
She'll let you come just far enough
So you know she's really there
And she'll look at you and smile
And her eyes will say
She's got a secret garden
Where everything you want
Where everything you need
Will always stay
A million miles away
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Key Vocabulary
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knocking /ˈnɒkɪŋ/ B1 |
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pay /peɪ/ A2 |
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deep /diːp/ A2 |
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secret /ˈsiːkrət/ A2 |
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garden /ˈɡɑːrdn/ A2 |
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car /kɑːr/ A1 |
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heart /hɑːrt/ A2 |
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miles /maɪlz/ B1 |
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place /pleɪs/ A2 |
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tenderness /ˈtɛndərnəs/ B2 |
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smile /smaɪl/ A2 |
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see /siː/ A1 |
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want /wɒnt/ A1 |
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need /niːd/ A2 |
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stay /steɪ/ A2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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She'll let you in her house
➔ Future Simple with 'will' contraction ('ll')
➔ This uses the contracted form of 'she will', which is 'she'll'. It indicates a future action.
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If the words you say are right
➔ Conditional Sentence Type 0/1 (depending on interpretation) + Passive Voice ('are right')
➔ This is a conditional sentence. If it's always true, it's Type 0. If it's a possible future condition, it's Type 1. 'Are right' is passive in the sense that the words *are* considered to be correct.
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She'll let you deep inside
➔ Adverb of place ('deep inside')
➔ 'Deep inside' functions as an adverb modifying the verb 'let'. It specifies *where* she'll let you.
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You've gone a million miles
➔ Present Perfect ('You've gone')
➔ 'You've gone' is the present perfect tense, indicating an action completed at some point in the past, with relevance to the present.
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How far'd you get?
➔ Question formation with auxiliary verb ('did') elision and contraction (How far *did* you get?)
➔ This is a colloquial shortening of 'How far *did* you get?'. The auxiliary verb 'did' is elided, and the 'd' is attached to 'far'.
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That place where you can't remember And you can't forget
➔ Relative clause ('where you can't remember/forget') + Modal Verbs ('can't')
➔ 'Where you can't remember/forget' is a relative clause modifying 'that place'. 'Can't' is a modal verb indicating inability.
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She'll let you come just far enough So you know she's really there
➔ Result Clause with 'so' + Future Simple ('She'll let') + Adverb of degree ('just')
➔ The 'so' introduces a result clause. She'll let you come a certain distance ('just far enough') with the result that you know she's there. 'Just' here modifies the adverb 'far enough'.
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Where everything you want Where everything you need Will always stay
➔ Relative clauses acting as nouns ('Where everything you want/need') + Future Simple with Adverb of Frequency ('Will always stay')
➔ The relative clauses 'where everything you want' and 'where everything you need' are acting as nouns; the place where these things are. 'Will always stay' uses the future simple tense with the adverb of frequency 'always'.
