Somewhere I Belong – English Lyrics

• By: Linkin Park

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
lost /lɒst/ A2	adjective - unable to find one's way; having disappeared or been taken away verb - past tense of lose, cease to have
confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ B1	adjective - unable to think clearly; bewildered
real /riːəl/ A2	adjective - actually existing or occurring; not imagined or false
stuck /stʌk/ B1	adjective - unable to move or be moved
hollow /ˈhɒləʊ/ B2	adjective - having a large empty space inside adjective - without real or sincere feeling
alone /əˈləʊn/ A2	adjective - having no one else present; solitary
fault /fɔːlt/ B1	noun - an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature; a defect or imperfection
heal /hiːl/ B1	verb - become sound or healthy again
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury.
close /kləʊs/ A2	adjective - near in space or time
imagined /ɪˈmædʒɪnd/ B1	verb - Form a mental image or concept of.
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought
negativity /ˌnɛɡəˈtɪvɪti/ B2	noun - the expression of criticism of or pessimism about something
wounds /wuːndz/ B2	noun - injuries to the body, especially ones in which the skin is cut or broken
break /breɪk/ A1	verb - to separate into pieces or parts

Key Grammar Structures

• When this began, I had nothing to say

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ Use of the past simple tense to describe a completed action in the past: "began" and "had". This shows a starting point or initial state.

• And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase "I get lost" uses the present simple tense to describe a recurring or habitual action. This reflects a constant state of feeling lost.

• That I'm not the only person with these things in mind

  ➔ Noun Clause introduced by 'that'

  ➔ The clause "that I'm not the only person with these things in mind" functions as a noun clause, acting as the object of the verb "find". The word "that" introduces the clause.

• Is the only real thing that I've got left to feel

  ➔ Relative Clause with reduced 'that'

  ➔ The clause "that I've got left to feel" is a relative clause modifying "the only real thing". The relative pronoun "that" (or "which") is omitted.

• And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own

  ➔ Possessive Adjective 'my'

  ➔ "My own" is used to emphasize that the fault belongs to the speaker. "My" indicates possession.

• I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real

  ➔ Use of 'wanna' (want to) - informal contraction; Past Continuous (was never being)

  ➔ "Wanna" is an informal contraction of "want to". The phrase "what I thought was never real" includes a noun clause and uses past tense to refer back to previous thought. If we were to assume that we could rewite this to include a continuous aspect of the past it could be described as being : "What I thought was never being real" but this is less commonly used.

• I wanna find something I've wanted all along

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ The use of the present perfect tense "I've wanted" indicates that the desire has been ongoing since the past and continues to the present.

• I will never know myself until I do this on my own

  ➔ Future Simple with 'until' clause

  ➔ The main clause "I will never know myself" is in the future simple, while the subordinate clause "until I do this on my own" uses the present simple. This is a common structure where 'until' introduces a time clause defining when the future action will be possible.