Storytime – English Lyrics

• By: Nightwish
• Album: Imaginarium

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep verb - to indulge in a daydream or fantasy
fire /ˈfaɪər/ A1	noun - combustion or burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke
journey /ˈdʒɜːrni/ B1	noun - an act of traveling from one place to another verb - travel somewhere
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation
shore /ʃɔːr/ B1	noun - the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water
poetry /ˈpoʊətri/ B2	noun - literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm
falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ A2	verb - move downward, typically rapidly and freely under the force of gravity
voice /vɔɪs/ A2	noun - the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song
innocence /ˈɪnəsəns/ B2	noun - the state of being innocent of a crime or offense
silent /ˈsaɪlənt/ B1	adjective - not making or accompanied by any sound
kite /kaɪt/ A2	noun - a toy consisting of a light frame with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string
chimney /ˈtʃɪmni/ B1	noun - a vertical channel or pipe that conducts smoke and combustion gases up from a fire or furnace and typically through the roof of a building
moonlit /ˈmuːnlɪt/ B2	adjective - lit by the moon
memory /ˈmeməri/ A2	noun - the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information
tale /teɪl/ B1	noun - a fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted
madness /ˈmædnəs/ B2	noun - the state of being mentally ill
caress /kəˈres/ B2	verb - touch or stroke gently or lovingly
lips /lɪps/ A2	noun - each of the two fleshy parts forming the upper and lower edges of the mouth.

Key Grammar Structures

• No words, no dreams

  ➔ Correlative conjunctions "no ... no ..."

  ➔ Uses "no ... no ..." to emphasize the negation of two related ideas.

• Imagined all of Gaia

  ➔ Past simple tense used for completed actions in the past

  ➔ The verb "imagined" indicates a completed action in the past.

• A painter on the shore

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating location

  ➔ Uses "on the shore" to specify the location where the painter is.

• Within a snowflake on his palm

  ➔ Prepositional phrase "Within" indicating something inside

  ➔ The phrase "Within a snowflake" describes a snowflake as containing or being inside something.

• I am the voice of Never, Never Land

  ➔ Present simple tense with "am" for identity or description

  ➔ The verb "am" indicates the present tense of "to be" used for identity.

• Follow the madness

  ➔ Imperative verb form "Follow" for commands or instructions

  ➔ Uses the imperative form "Follow" to give a command or encouragement.

• The core of all life is a limitless chest of tales

  ➔ The verb "is" linking the subject to the complement, expressing a definition or essence

  ➔ The verb "is" functions as a linking verb that equates the subject with its complement.