– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[Music]

did you hit him

no i thought about it the bananas

were key to our survival the bananas

were keeping us safe

safe from what

it's here for the bananas

what is film it has come every night for

a hundred moons or more

i found bananas are the only thing that

keeps it at bay

what's on the other side of the wall

phil night after night

it was never enough

it was it's bananas

what's behind the wall phil what is it

phil

what are the bananas for what is it i

don't know

[Music]

it's just a little punch monkey i'm

leaving

you just kept giving him bananas

[Laughter]

let me understand something you had no

idea you were working

for an itty-bitty monkey giving it

bananas

for years

that's not good

come on come on come on come on come on

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hit /hɪt/ A1	verb - to strike or collide with
thought /θɔːt/ A1	verb - past tense of think; to have an idea or opinion
bananas /bəˈnænəz/ A1	noun - a long curved fruit that grows in clusters
survival /sərˈvaɪvəl/ A2	noun - the state of continuing to live or exist
keeping /ˈkiːpɪŋ/ A1	verb - present participle of keep; to retain or maintain
safe /seɪf/ A1	adjective - protected from or not exposed to danger
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period between sunset and sunrise
found /faʊnd/ A1	verb - past tense of find; to discover or encounter
keeps /kiːps/ A1	verb - third-person singular present of keep; to retain or maintain
bay /beɪ/ A2	noun - a body of water partially enclosed by land verb - to keep something away
enough /ɪˈnʌf/ A1	adjective - as much as necessary
punch /pʌntʃ/ A1	verb - to strike with the fist
monkey /ˈmʌŋki/ A1	noun - a tailless primate with opposable thumbs
leaving /ˈliːvɪŋ/ A1	verb - present participle of leave; to depart from
giving /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/ A1	verb - present participle of give; to hand over or provide
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ A2	verb - to comprehend or grasp the meaning

Key Grammar Structures

• did you hit him

  ➔ Past simple question

  ➔ The verb 'did' is used to form a question in the past simple tense.

• no i thought about it

  ➔ Past simple with 'thought'

  ➔ 'Thought' is the past form of 'think', used to describe a past action.

• the bananas were key to our survival

  ➔ Past continuous with 'were'

  ➔ 'Were' is used with the past participle 'key' to describe a past state.

• safe from what

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ 'From' is a preposition used to indicate the source or cause of safety.

• it's here for the bananas

  ➔ Contraction and prepositional phrase

  ➔ 'It's' is a contraction of 'it is', and 'for' indicates purpose.

• night after night

  ➔ Adverbial phrase of frequency

  ➔ 'Night after night' is an adverbial phrase indicating repeated action.

• what's on the other side of the wall

  ➔ Present simple contraction and prepositional phrase

  ➔ 'What's' is a contraction of 'what is', and 'on the other side of' is a prepositional phrase.

• it was never enough

  ➔ Past simple with adverb

  ➔ 'Never' is an adverb modifying the verb 'was' to indicate negation.