There You Are – English Lyrics

• By: Goo Goo Dolls
• Album: Boxes

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Give me a reason now that I can understand

Pick up the pieces now and put them in my hand

I've been up and down for you

My suffering extreme

I fell on my face for you

Now I know what it means

And I self destruct

I close my eyes and there

There you are

Yeah you can run out west, forget you know my name

You say you got your shit together, but you ain't got no faith

Method in madness

Now there's madness in my soul

I'd run from the darkness now

I've got no place to go

And I self destruct

I close my eyes and there

There you are

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Key Grammar Structures

• Give me a reason now that I can understand

  ➔ Present simple in a request

  ➔ The verb 'give' is in the present simple form, used here to make a direct request.

• I've been up and down for you

  ➔ Present perfect continuous

  ➔ The phrase 'I've been up and down' uses the present perfect continuous to describe an ongoing action that started in the past and continues to the present.

• My suffering extreme

  ➔ Predicate adjective

  ➔ 'Extreme' is a predicate adjective describing the subject 'suffering'.

• Now I know what it means

  ➔ Present simple with adverb of time

  ➔ The adverb 'now' is used with the present simple to indicate a specific moment in time.

• And I self destruct

  ➔ Present simple with subject 'I'

  ➔ The verb 'self destruct' is in the present simple, emphasizing a habitual or general action.

• Yeah you can run out west, forget you know my name

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' for ability

  ➔ The modal verb 'can' is used to express ability or possibility.

• Method in madness

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'in madness' is a prepositional phrase that shows relationship or location.

• I'd run from the darkness now

  ➔ Conditional structure with 'would'

  ➔ The use of 'would' indicates a hypothetical or conditional action.