Someone You Loved

• By: Lewis Capaldi
• Album: Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
fear /fɪər/ B1	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the perception of danger, pain, or threat. verb - to be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening.
save /seɪv/ A2	verb - to keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger.
heal /hiːl/ B1	verb - to become healthy again; to make (a wound or person) healthy again
hold /hoʊld/ A1	verb - to grasp, carry, or support with one's hands.
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury.
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - the period of light between sunrise and sunset.
nightfall /ˈnaɪtfɔːl/ B2	noun - the coming of night; dusk.
guard /ɡɑːrd/ B1	noun - a person who keeps watch, especially a soldier or other person formally assigned to protect a person or place or to control access to it. verb - protect (someone or something) from harm or unwanted access.
rug /rʌɡ/ A2	noun - a floor covering of thick woven material or animal skin, typically not extending over the entire floor.
loved /lʌvd/ A1	adjective - greatly liked or adored.
sleeping /ˈsliːpɪŋ/ A1	verb - to be in a state of sleep.
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B1	verb - to get away from a place or situation where one is confined or wants to avoid. noun - an act of breaking free from confinement or control.
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - the organs of sight in the head of a human or animal.
hurts /hɜːrts/ A2	verb - cause pain or injury to.
arms /ɑːrmz/ A1	noun - each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand.
sound /saʊnd/ A2	noun - vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear. adjective - in good condition; not damaged, injured, or diseased.

Grammar:

• I'M GOING UNDER AND THIS TIME I FEAR THERE'S NO ONE TO SAVE ME

  ➔ "Going under" (Present Continuous as future intention/fear), "there's" (contraction of 'there is'), "to save" (infinitive of purpose)

  ➔ "Going under" describes a process happening now, but implies a future outcome (drowning). "There's" is a common contraction. "To save me" indicates the purpose for someone else's existence.

• THIS ALL OR NOTHING REALLY GOT A WAY OF DRIVING ME CRAZY

  ➔ "Got a way of + gerund" (idiomatic expression), "driving" (gerund)

  ➔ The idiom "got a way of doing something" means something has a tendency or habit of causing something else. Here, the 'all or nothing' approach has a way of making the speaker crazy.

• I GUESS I KINDA LIKED THE WAY YOU NUMBED ALL THE PAIN

  ➔ "kinda" (informal contraction of 'kind of'), "numbed" (past tense), "the way" (relative clause implied, 'the way that you numbed...')

  ➔ "Kinda" softens the statement. "Numbed" is a regular past tense verb. "The way you numbed all the pain" is a noun phrase acting as the object of "liked", with an implied relative pronoun (that).

• NOW THE DAY BLEEDS INTO NIGHTFALL, AND YOU'RE NOT HERE TO GET ME THROUGH IT ALL

  ➔ "Bleeds into" (phrasal verb), "You're" (contraction of 'You are'), "to get me through" (infinitive of purpose)

  ➔ "Bleeds into" vividly describes the gradual transition from day to night. "You're" is a standard contraction. "To get me through it all" explains why the speaker needs the person present.

• I LET MY GUARD DOWN AND THEN YOU PULLED THE RUG

  ➔ "Let down" (phrasal verb, to lower something), "pulled" (past simple)

  ➔ "Let my guard down" is an idiom meaning to become less cautious. "Pulled the rug" is an idiom meaning to suddenly remove support from someone.

• I WAS GETTING KINDA USED TO BEING SOMEONE YOU LOVED

  ➔ "Was getting used to + gerund" (past progressive of 'getting used to'), "being" (gerund), "someone you loved" (reduced relative clause)

  ➔ "Was getting used to" describes a process of becoming accustomed to something in the past. "Being someone you loved" describes the state the speaker was becoming accustomed to. The relative clause would fully be: 'someone that you loved'.

• I TEND TO CLOSE MY EYES WHEN IT HURTS SOMETIMES

  ➔ "Tend to + base verb" (expressing a habitual action), "when it hurts" (adverbial clause of time)

  ➔ "Tend to close" means the speaker has a habit or inclination to close their eyes. "When it hurts" specifies the condition under which this action occurs.