The Woods – English Lyrics

• By: Zac Brown Band
• Album: The Owl

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

One man's trash is another man's treasure

One stays gone, one 'em tryna stay home

One man's walls might feel like a prison

Some live dying, but I'm dying to live it

Some folks are stayin' out of the woods, and I'm gettin' in 'em

Don't judge a book by its cover, 'cause people look different

Don't shut 'em down, you never know what you're missin'

Some people fight love, some love fightin'

Some lay with the lambs and some roar with the lions

What floats your boat might sink mine

And what makes me smile might make you cry

You might get low, I might stay high

To each their own, ain't that right?

One man's trash is another man's treasure

One stays gone, one 'em tryna stay home (Tryna stay home)

One man's walls might feel like a prison

Some live dying, but I'm dying to live it (Dying to live it)

Some folks are stayin' out of the woods, and I'm gettin' in 'em

...

...

Some people ballroom dancin', some people twerkin'

Some work on trash like a Kardas-trophe surgeon

Some mountain don't, some mountain do

Some love their monkeys, some have 'em removed

What floats your boat might sink mine

And what makes me smile might make you cry

You might get low, I might stay high

To each their own, ain't that right?

One man's trash is another man's treasure

One stays gone, one 'em tryna stay home (Tryna stay home)

One man's walls might feel like a prison

Some live dying, but I'm dying to live it (Dying to live it)

Some folks are stayin' out of the woods, and I'm gettin' in 'em

...

What floats your boat might sink mine

And what makes me smile might make you cry

You might get low, I might stay high

To each their own, ain't that right?

One man's trash is another man's treasure

One stays gone, one 'em tryna stay home (Tryna stay home)

One man's walls might feel like a prison

Some live dying, but I'm dying to live it

Some folks are stayin' out of the woods, and I'm gettin' in 'em

...

Key Grammar Structures

• One man's trash is another man's treasure

  ➔ Possessive apostrophe

  ➔ The apostrophe in 'man's' and 'another's' shows possession, indicating that the trash belongs to one man and the treasure belongs to another.

• Some live dying, but I'm dying to live it

  ➔ Present continuous vs. infinitive

  ➔ 'Some live dying' uses the present continuous to describe an ongoing state, while 'I'm dying to live it' uses the infinitive to express a strong desire.

• Don't judge a book by its cover, 'cause people look different

  ➔ Contraction and causative conjunction

  ➔ 'Don't' is a contraction of 'do not', and ''cause' is a shortened form of 'because', used to introduce a reason.

• What floats your boat might sink mine

  ➔ Conditional sentence

  ➔ This is a conditional sentence expressing a possible outcome based on different preferences. 'Might sink' indicates a possibility.

• To each their own, ain't that right?

  ➔ Singular 'they' and tag question

  ➔ 'Their own' uses the singular 'they' to refer to individuals in a general sense. 'Ain't that right?' is a tag question seeking agreement.