Through the Valley
Lyrics:
[English]
I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
And I fear no evil because I'm blind to it all
And my mind and my gun they comfort me
Because I know I'll kill my enemies when they come
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell on this earth forevermore
Said, I walk beside the still waters and they restore my soul
But I can't walk on the path of the right because I'm wrong
Well, I came upon a man at the top of a hill
Called himself the savior of the human race
Said he come to save the world from destruction and pain
But I said, "How can you save the world from itself?"
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'Cause I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
And I fear no evil because I'm blind
Oh, and I walk beside the still waters and they restore my soul
But I know when I die my soul is damned
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Vocabulary in this song:
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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walk /wɔːk/ A1 |
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valley /ˈvæli/ B1 |
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shadow /ˈʃædoʊ/ B1 |
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fear /fɪr/ A2 |
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comfort /ˈkʌmfərt/ B2 |
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enemies /ˈɛnəmiz/ B1 |
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goodness /ˈɡʊdnəs/ B2 |
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mercy /ˈmɜrsi/ B2 |
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restore /rɪˈstɔr/ B2 |
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soul /soʊl/ B1 |
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path /pæθ/ B1 |
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savior /ˈseɪvjər/ B2 |
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destruction /dɪˈstrʌkʃən/ B2 |
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pain /peɪn/ A2 |
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wrong /rɔŋ/ A2 |
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die /daɪ/ A1 |
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Grammar:
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I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
➔ Present simple tense
➔ The phrase "I walk" indicates a habitual action or a general truth.
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And I fear no evil because I'm blind to it all
➔ Present simple and present continuous tense
➔ The phrase "I fear" is in the present simple, while "I'm blind" is in the present continuous, showing a state of being.
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Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life
➔ Future simple tense
➔ The phrase "will follow" indicates a future action or certainty.
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But I can't walk on the path of the right because I'm wrong
➔ Modal verbs (can/can't)
➔ The phrase "can't walk" uses the modal verb 'can' to express inability.
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Said, I walk beside the still waters and they restore my soul
➔ Reported speech
➔ The word "Said" introduces reported speech, indicating what someone has expressed.
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But I know when I die my soul is damned
➔ Complex sentence structure
➔ The phrase contains a main clause "I know" and a subordinate clause "when I die".