Shadow Of The Day – English Lyrics

• By: Linkin Park
• Album: Minutes to Midnight

Lyrics & Translation

Linkin Park's "Shadow Of The Day" offers a poignant and introspective journey into themes of saying goodbye, coping with change, and finding acceptance in difficult transitions. Its heartfelt lyrics and distinct instrumental arrangement, which includes a memorable keyboard loop and powerful guitar work, provide a rich context for understanding nuanced English expressions related to emotional processing and resilience. Engaging with this song can help users grasp vocabulary and sentiments surrounding life's challenging moments, all within the unique alternative rock sound that marked a new direction for the band.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
close /kloʊz/ A2	verb - to shut something
window /ˈwɪndoʊ/ A1	noun - an opening in a wall or door fitted with glass
turn /tɜːrn/ A2	verb - to move around an axis or center
simple /ˈsɪmpl/ A2	adjective - easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty.
goodbye /ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/ A1	noun - a farewell
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star that provides light and heat to Earth
set /set/ A2	verb - to go down below the horizon
shadow /ˈʃædoʊ/ B1	noun - a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - the period of light between sunrise and sunset
embrace /ɪmˈbreɪs/ B2	verb - to hold someone closely in one's arms, especially as a sign of affection.
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries, people, and natural features.
gray /ɡreɪ/ A2	adjective - of a color intermediate between black and white
flowers /ˈflaʊər/ A1	noun - the seed-bearing part of a plant
friends /frendz/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
plead /pliːd/ B2	verb - make an emotional appeal.
stay /steɪ/ A1	verb - remain in the same place

Key Grammar Structures

• I close both locks below the window

  ➔ Present Simple Tense (Action in the present)

  ➔ The verb "close" is in the present simple tense, indicating a habitual or current action. The subject "I" performs the action of closing the locks.

• Sometimes solutions aren't so simple

  ➔ Negative form of "to be" + adjective, Adverb of frequency

  ➔ "aren't" is the contracted negative form of "are not", indicating that solutions are not simple. "Sometimes" is an adverb of frequency.

• Sometimes goodbye's the only way, ah-ah

  ➔ Possessive case with 's, Subject Complement

  ➔ "goodbye's" is a contraction of "goodbye is", representing a subject complement. The goodbye "is" the only way.

• And the sun will set for you

  ➔ Future Simple Tense (Using 'will')

  ➔ "will set" indicates an action that will happen in the future. "The sun" is the subject performing the action.

• The shadow of the day will embrace the world in gray

  ➔ Future Simple Tense, Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ "will embrace" uses the future simple tense. "in gray" is a prepositional phrase modifying how the world will be embraced.

• In cards and flowers on your window

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ "In cards and flowers on your window" is a prepositional phrase describing the location or state of something. "In" and "on" are prepositions.

• Your friends all plead for you to stay

  ➔ Present Simple Tense, Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ "plead" is in the present simple tense. "to stay" is an infinitive phrase showing the purpose of their pleading.