The Kids We Used To Be... – English Lyrics

• By: Your Demise
• Album: The Kids We Used To Be...

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language can be as energetic and emotional as a hardcore punk song. 'The Kids We Used To Be...' by Your Demise is a perfect track to dive into English with its powerful and clear lyrics about youth and friendship. The song's anthemic chorus is not only great for shouting along to but also for understanding colloquial expressions and heartfelt sentiments.

[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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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
forgot /fərˈɡɒt/ B1	verb - to fail to remember
bright /braɪt/ B2	adjective - giving off a lot of light
dead /dɛd/ A2	adjective - not alive
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
bring /brɪŋ/ A2	verb - to take someone or something to a place
sleep /sliːp/ A2	verb - to rest with eyes closed
shine /ʃaɪn/ B2	verb - to give off light
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - drops of liquid from the eyes
broken /ˈbroʊkən/ B2	adjective - damaged and not working properly
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling that something good will happen verb - to want something to happen
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience a particular emotion or sensation
watch /wɒtʃ/ A2	verb - to look at attentively

Key Grammar Structures

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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".

• 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.

• 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.