Team
Lyrics:
[English]
(waves crash)
♪ Wait till you're announced ♪
♪ We've not yet lost all our graces ♪
♪ The hounds will stay in chains ♪
♪ Look upon Your Greatness and she'll ♪
♪ Send the call out, send the call out ♪
♪ Send the call out, send the call out ♪
♪ Send the call out, send the call out ♪
♪ Send the call out, send the call out ♪
♪ Send the call out, send the call out ♪
♪ Send the call out, send the call out ♪
♪ Send the call out, send the call out ♪
♪ Send the call out, send the call out ♪
♪ Call all the ladies out ♪
♪ They're in their finery ♪
♪ A hundred jewels on throats ♪
♪ A hundred jewels between teeth ♪
♪ Now bring my boys in ♪
♪ Their skin in craters like the moon ♪
♪ The moon we love like a brother ♪
♪ While he glows through the room ♪
♪ Dancin' around the lies we tell ♪
♪ Dancin' around big eyes, as well ♪
♪ Even the comatose ♪
♪ They don't dance and tell ♪
♪ We live in cities you'll never see on-screen ♪
♪ Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things ♪
♪ Livin' in ruins of a palace within my dreams ♪
♪ And you know, we're on each other's team ♪
♪ I'm kind of over gettin' told ♪
♪ To throw my hands up in the air ♪
♪ So there ♪
♪ So all the cups got broke ♪
♪ Shards beneath our feet ♪
♪ But it wasn't my fault ♪
♪ And everyone's competing ♪
♪ For a love they won't receive ♪
♪ 'Cause what this palace wants is release ♪
♪ We live in cities you'll never see on-screen ♪
♪ Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things ♪
♪ Livin' in ruins of a palace within my dreams ♪
♪ And you know, we're on each other's team ♪
♪ I'm kind of over gettin' told ♪
♪ To throw my hands up in the air ♪
♪ So there ♪
♪ I'm kind of older than I was when I reveled without a care ♪
♪ So there ♪
♪ We live in cities you'll never see on-screen ♪
♪ Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things ♪
♪ Livin' in ruins of a palace within my dreams ♪
♪ And you know, we're on each other's team ♪
♪ We're on each other's team ♪
♪ And you know, we're on each other's team ♪
♪ We're on each other's team ♪
♪ And you know, and you know, and you know ♪
Vocabulary in this song:
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crash /kræʃ/ B1 |
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announced /əˈnaʊnst/ B2 |
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loss /lɒs/ B2 |
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chains /tʃeɪnz/ B1 |
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greatness /ˈɡreɪtnəs/ C1 |
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call /kɔːl/ A2 |
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ladies /ˈleɪdiz/ A2 |
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fineries /ˈfaɪnəriz/ C2 |
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jewels /ˈdʒuːəlz/ B2 |
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palace /ˈpæləs/ B1 |
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ruins /ˈruːɪnz/ B2 |
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revelled /rɪˈvɛld/ C2 |
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team /tiːm/ A2 |
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dreams /driːmz/ A2 |
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Grammar:
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We've not yet lost all our graces
➔ Present perfect tense with 'have/has' + past participle
➔ 'We've not yet lost' indicates an action that has not happened up to now, emphasizing the experience or state until the present.
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The hounds will stay in chains
➔ Simple future tense with 'will' for predictions or future actions
➔ 'Will stay' indicates a decision or prediction about a future state or action.
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And everyone's competing for a love they won't receive
➔ Modal verb 'won't' (will not) + base verb to express future negation
➔ 'Won't receive' expresses a future situation that is expected not to happen, highlighting a negative prediction.
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We live in cities you'll never see on-screen
➔ Relative clause 'you'll never see' with future tense 'will' + verb to describe a future action or state
➔ 'You'll never see' is a relative clause referring to something that the subject will not experience or observe in the future.
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And you know, we're on each other's team
➔ Prepositional phrase 'on each other's team' indicating mutual relationship or support
➔ 'On each other's team' describes a mutual relationship of support and unity among the members.
