The Kids We Used To Be...
Lyrics:
[English]
So this is the song I write for everyone who I never forgot.
The kids we used to be are all dead, gone and forgotten.
Black eyed boys and bright eyed girls
Friday night love and Saturday morning regrets
Summers came and went, but the love never left.
So let's bring back the best years
Nights spent hanging out not giving a fuck, being down on our luck.
Some people say that best friends stay same, but I'll prove you wrong.
Sticks and stones never broke our bones
Standing outside our homes watching the sun come up
5am never looked so beautiful, and feeling beaten and jaded never felt so good.
I can't wait for tomorrow to come around.
I know I can still hear the singing from the basement and I know you can too.
The smoke still rises.
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Vocabulary in this song:
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forgot /fərˈɡɒt/ B1 |
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bright /braɪt/ B2 |
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dead /dɛd/ A2 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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bring /brɪŋ/ A2 |
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sleep /sliːp/ A2 |
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shine /ʃaɪn/ B2 |
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tears /tɪərz/ A2 |
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broken /ˈbroʊkən/ B2 |
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hope /hoʊp/ A2 |
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feel /fiːl/ A2 |
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watch /wɒtʃ/ A2 |
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Grammar:
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The kids we used to be are all dead, gone and forgotten.
➔ Use of past simple tense with 'used to' to describe past habits or states.
➔ The phrase "used to" shows repeated actions or states in the past that no longer happen.
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Black eyed boys and bright eyed girls
➔ Use of compound nouns and adjectives to describe vivid imagery.
➔ The adjectives "black eyed" and "bright eyed" describe the appearance and evoke vivid images of the characters.
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Some people say that best friends stay same, but I'll prove you wrong.
➔ Use of the modal verb "will" to express future intent or promise.
➔ The modal "will" indicates the speaker's intention or promise about future actions.
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Standing outside our homes watching the sun come up
➔ Present participle phrase used as a gerund to describe ongoing action or scene.
➔ The present participle "watching" indicates an ongoing action happening simultaneously with "standing outside our homes".
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I know I can still hear the singing from the basement and I know you can too.
➔ Use of modal verb "can" to express ability or possibility.
➔ The modal "can" indicates the ability to hear the singing happening in the past or present.
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The smoke still rises.
➔ Use of simple present tense to describe a current or habitual action.
➔ The present tense "rises" indicates that the smoke is ongoing or a repeated phenomenon.
