Stay Together For The Kids – English Lyrics

• By: blink-182
• Album: Take Off Your Pants And Jacket

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the poignant narrative of Blink-182's "Stay Together For The Kids," a song that fearlessly confronts the emotional complexities of divorce from a child's perspective. Tom DeLonge's personal experience shapes a powerful exploration of family turmoil, offering listeners a chance to connect with raw, relatable emotions and gain insight into the challenges faced during family transitions .

[English]

(energetic music)

♪ It's hard to wake up ♪

♪ When the shades have been pulled shut ♪

♪ This house is haunted ♪

♪ It's so pathetic, it makes no sense at all ♪

♪ I'm ripe with things to say ♪

♪ The words rot and fall away ♪

♪ What stupid poem, could fix this home ♪

♪ I'd read it every day ♪

♪ So here's your holiday ♪

♪ Hope you enjoy it this time ♪

♪ You gave it all away ♪

♪ It was mine ♪

♪ So when you're dead and gone ♪

♪ Will you remember this night ♪

♪ Twenty years now lost ♪

♪ It's not right ♪

♪ Their anger hurts my ears ♪

♪ Been running strong for seven years ♪

♪ Rather than fix the problems ♪

♪ They never solve them, it makes no sense at all ♪

♪ I see them everyday ♪

♪ We get along so why can't they ♪

♪ If this is what he wants ♪

♪ And it's what she wants ♪

♪ Then why is there so much pain ♪

♪ So here's your holiday ♪

♪ Hope you enjoy it this time ♪

♪ You gave it all away ♪

♪ It was mine ♪

♪ So when you're dead and gone ♪

♪ Will you remember this night ♪

♪ Twenty years now lost ♪

♪ It's not right ♪

♪ So here's your holiday ♪

♪ Hope you enjoy it this time ♪

♪ You gave it all away ♪

♪ It was mine ♪

♪ So when you're dead and gone ♪

♪ Will you remember this night ♪

♪ Twenty years now lost ♪

♪ It's not right ♪

♪ It's not right ♪

♪ It's not right ♪

♪ It's not right ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
shade /ʃeɪd/ A2	noun - an area of darkness created by blocking light
haunted /ˈhɔːntɪd/ B2	adjective - visited by a ghost or spirits
pathetic /pəˈθɛtɪk/ B1	adjective - arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness
sense /sɛns/ A2	noun - a feeling or perception produced by a particular stimulus
rot /rɒt/ B2	verb - to decay or decompose noun - the process of decay
poem /ˈpoʊɪm/ A2	noun - a piece of writing in verse form
fix /fɪks/ B1	verb - to repair or mend
holiday /ˈhɒlɪdeɪ/ A2	noun - a day of celebration or rest from work or school
enjoy /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/ A2	verb - to take pleasure in something
give /ɡɪv/ A1	verb - to transfer to someone else
dead /dɛd/ A2	adjective - no longer alive
remember /rɪˈmɛmbər/ B1	verb - to recall or bring to mind
lose /luːz/ A2	verb - to misplace or be unable to find
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort

Key Grammar Structures

• It's hard to wake up

  ➔ Present tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present tense to express a general truth or state.

• What stupid poem, could fix this home

  ➔ Conditional clause

  ➔ The phrase suggests a hypothetical situation using a conditional clause.

• So here's your holiday

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The phrase uses the imperative mood to give a command or instruction.

• Will you remember this night

  ➔ Future simple tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the future simple tense to ask about a future action.

• It's not right

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous tense to express a current state of being.

• Their anger hurts my ears

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present simple tense to describe a habitual action.

• They never solve them

  ➔ Adverb of frequency

  ➔ The word 'never' is an adverb of frequency that indicates how often something occurs.