Strong – English Lyrics

• By: London Grammar
• Album: Californian Soil

Lyrics & Translation

Key Grammar Structures

• Excuse me for a while

  ➔ Imperative

  ➔ The base form **"Excuse"** is used to give a direct, polite request.

• While I'm wide‑eyed

  ➔ While‑clause + present progressive

  ➔ The conjunction **"While"** introduces a simultaneous action expressed with the present progressive **"am"** + **"wide‑eyed"**.

• I am so damn **caught** in the middle

  ➔ Past participle used as adjective (passive)

  ➔ The past participle **"caught"** functions as an adjective describing the subject’s state.

• If a lion, a lion roars, **would** you not listen?

  ➔ First conditional with modal "would" (polite rhetorical question)

  ➔ The modal **"would"** softens the request, turning a simple conditional into a polite, rhetorical question.

• **I've** never been so wrong

  ➔ Present perfect (negative)

  ➔ **I've** (I have) introduces the present perfect, linking a past experience (“never been”) to the present moment.

• **Have** you wondered for a while?

  ➔ Present perfect question

  ➔ **Have** is the auxiliary verb that forms the present perfect; the question asks about an experience up to now.

• **I might** seem so strong

  ➔ Modal verb + bare infinitive (possibility)

  ➔ **I might** expresses uncertainty; the verb **seem** follows directly without “to”.

• **Turn** a blind eye

  ➔ Imperative + idiomatic expression

  ➔ **Turn** is a command; “a blind eye” is an idiom meaning to ignore something deliberately.

• You're **caught** in the middle

  ➔ Passive voice (present simple)

  ➔ **caught** is a past participle forming a passive construction: the subject receives the action.