Sword From The Stone – English Lyrics

• By: Passenger
• Album: Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

How you doing, darling?

How you getting on?

Any horses running?

...

Worth betting on?

How's the weather down there?

I hope you're keeping warm

How you feeling, sweetheart?

...

Are you moving on?

Are you sleeping okay?

Or do the nights go on and on?

I hope you're eating well

I hope you're staying strong

'Cause I'm fine and then I'm not

I'm spinning 'round and I can't stop

I can't do this alone

For time flies then it's so slow

I'm up and down like a yo-yo

I can't do it on my own

And I've tried, and I can't pull the sword from the stone

...

How are your mum and dad?

How's your brother too?

My folks are holding up

My sister's pulling through

Both the cats say hi

I know they miss you too

...

'Cause I'm fine and then I'm not

I'm spinning 'round and I can't stop

I can't do this alone

...

For time flies then it's so slow

I'm up and down like a yo-yo

I can't do it on my own

'Cause I've tried, and I can't pull the sword from the stone

...

Because I'm fine and then I'm not

I'm spinning 'round and I can't stop

I can't do this alone

...

Time flies then it's so slow

I'm up and down like a yo-yo

I can't do it on my own

See, I've tried, and I can't pull the sword from the stone

...

Key Grammar Structures

• How are you doing, darling?

  ➔ Present Continuous (question)

  ➔ The verb "are" + "doing" creates the present continuous to ask about a current activity.

• Are you moving on?

  ➔ Present Continuous (question) with verb "move"

  ➔ The auxiliary "are" + "moving" shows an ongoing action being questioned.

• I hope you're keeping warm

  ➔ Present Continuous after verb "hope" (future meaning)

  ➔ "you're" + "keeping" uses the present continuous to express a hoped‑for ongoing state.

• I'm fine and then I'm not

  ➔ Contrast with "then" + simple present

  ➔ "then" links two opposite statements, each in the simple present "am".

• I'm spinning 'round and I can't stop

  ➔ Present Continuous + modal verb "can't" + infinitive

  ➔ "I'm" + "spinning" shows an ongoing action; "can't" + "stop" expresses inability.

• I can't do this alone

  ➔ Modal verb "can't" + base verb (infinitive) + adverb "alone"

  ➔ "can't" + "do" expresses inability; "alone" modifies the verb phrase.

• I've tried, and I can't pull the sword from the stone

  ➔ Present Perfect + conjunction "and" + modal + infinitive

  ➔ "I've" + "tried" shows an action completed at an indefinite past time; "can't" + "pull" expresses current inability.

• Both the cats say hi

  ➔ Simple Present with plural subject

  ➔ "Both the cats" is a plural subject, so the verb takes the base form "say".

• Time flies then it's so slow

  ➔ Simple Present with verb "flies" + contrast conjunction "then"

  ➔ "Time" (singular) takes the third‑person singular form "flies"; "then" introduces a contrasting statement.