This Is Halloween – English Lyrics

• By: VoicePlay
• Album: VOICEPLAY VILLAINS

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
scream /skriːm/ A2	verb - to utter a loud, piercing cry noun - a loud, piercing cry
die /daɪ/ A1	verb - to stop living
fright /fraɪt/ B1	noun - a sudden feeling of fear
hide /haɪd/ A2	verb - to put something or someone out of sight
glowing /ˈɡloʊɪŋ/ B2	adjective - emitting light
red /red/ A1	adjective - of a color like blood
snakes /sneɪks/ A2	noun - long, limbless reptiles
spiders /ˈspaɪdər/ A2	noun - eight-legged arachnids that spin webs
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives
surprise /sərˈpraɪz/ B1	noun - an unexpected event or piece of information
trash /træʃ/ B1	noun - waste material
pounce /paʊns/ B2	verb - to spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey
scared /skerd/ A2	adjective - afraid; frightened
moon /muːn/ A1	noun - the natural satellite of the earth
tear /tɪər/ B1	noun - a drop of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in the eye
shadow /ˈʃædoʊ/ B1	noun - a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between light and a surface
dreams /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
fun /fʌn/ A1	noun - enjoyment, amusement, or lighthearted pleasure
catch /kætʃ/ A2	verb - to intercept and hold (something thrown, propelled, or falling)

Key Grammar Structures

• Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

  ➔ Conditional sentence type 1 (rhetorical question)

  ➔ Uses "wouldn't you like" to express a polite invitation or a rhetorical question, implying the speaker believes the listener *would* like to see something strange. It's a softened way of saying, "Do you want to see something strange?"

• Trick or treat 'til the neighbors die of fright

  ➔ Contraction "'til" (until)

  ➔ "'til" is a shortened, informal version of "until". It is used to indicate the duration of the trick-or-treating activity: it will continue *until* the neighbors are scared to death.

• I am the one hiding under your bed

  ➔ Present simple tense with descriptive adjective clause (implied relative pronoun)

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple ("am") to describe a characteristic. The implied relative pronoun is "who" (I am the one *who is* hiding under your bed). It describes a characteristic of "the one".

• In this town we call home

  ➔ Relative Clause with omitted relative pronoun/adverb

  ➔ The complete clause would be "In this town *that* we call home" or "In this town *which* we call home" or "In this town *where* we live as home". The relative pronoun/adverb (that/which/where) is often omitted, especially in informal contexts.

• Everyone's waiting for the next surprise

  ➔ Present continuous tense for future arrangement/expectation

  ➔ While the present continuous usually describes actions happening now, it can also express future arrangements or expectations. The context implies an anticipation of a surprise, suggesting a planned or highly probable event in the near future.

• Well, well, well, what have we here?

  ➔ Inversion (Interrogative word order in a statement)

  ➔ The phrase "what have we here?" is normally used as a question, but in this context, it's more of an exclamation or statement of surprise or curiosity. The inverted structure (auxiliary verb + subject) mimics a question, but the intonation and context signal a statement.

• I am the “who” when you call, “Who’s there?”

  ➔ Nominal Relative Clause (using “who” as a noun)

  ➔ Here, "who" functions as a noun representing the person being asked about. It isn't just a pronoun introducing a relative clause; it *is* the noun itself. The sentence could be rephrased as: "I am the person represented by 'who' when you call, 'Who's there?'"

• Life's no fun without a good scare

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of 'is')

  ➔ "Life's" is a contraction of "life is". The full sentence would be "Life is no fun without a good scare". This is a common feature in spoken language and informal writing.