Up All Night

• By: blink-182

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to give someone or something a name verb - to shout something
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known.
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection.
lies /laɪz/ A2	verb - to speak falsely or deceptively
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury.
struggle /ˈstrʌɡəl/ B2	verb - to make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction. noun - a forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or constriction.
demons /ˈdiːmənz/ B2	noun - an evil spirit or devil, especially one thought to possess a person or act as a tormentor in hell.
cross /krɔːs/ B1	noun - an upright post with a transverse piece near the top, formerly used as an instrument of execution. adjective - annoyed
crown /kraʊn/ B1	noun - a ceremonial head covering worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority and sovereignty.
endless /ˈɛndləs/ B1	adjective - having or seeming to have no end.
bitter /ˈbɪtər/ B1	adjective - having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet.
celebrate /ˈsɛləˌbreɪt/ B1	verb - to show happiness about an event or achievement.
tale /teɪl/ B2	noun - a fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted.

Grammar:

• Everyone wants to call it all around our life with a better name

  ➔ Use of the modal verb 'wants to' to express desire or intention.

  ➔ 'Wants to' is a modal construction showing desire or intention.

• Everyone lies and cheats their wants and needs and still believes their heart

  ➔ Use of the conjunction 'and' to join multiple clauses or ideas.

  ➔ 'And' connects items or clauses to form a compound idea.

• Did I get this straight, do you want me here?

  ➔ Use of interrogative inversion with auxiliary verb 'did' to form questions.

  ➔ 'Did' is used at the beginning of a question to indicate past tense and to invert the subject and verb.

• And all these demons, they keep me up all night

  ➔ Use of the relative pronoun 'they' to refer back to 'demons' and the verb 'keep' to indicate ongoing action.

  ➔ 'They' refers back to 'demons', and 'keep' indicates an ongoing action of causing distraction or disturbance.

• Everyone's cross to bear is a crown they wear on endless holiday

  ➔ Use of the possessive form 'Everyone's' and the copula 'is' to define a metaphorical relationship.

  ➔ 'Everyone's' shows possession, and 'is' links the subject to a metaphorical explanation.

• And everyone lives to tell the tale of how we die alone someday

  ➔ Use of the infinitive 'to tell' and the clause 'how we die alone someday' to express purpose and manner.

  ➔ 'To tell' expresses purpose, and the clause 'how we die alone someday' describes the manner of that dying.