I Don’t Wanna Live Forever

• By: ZAYN, Taylor Swift
• Album: Fifty Shades Darker

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
sitting /ˈsɪtɪŋ/ A1	verb - to rest with one's weight supported by one's buttocks
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs that detect light
open /ˈoʊpən/ A1	adjective - not closed or fastened verb - to become open
walls /wɔlz/ A1	noun - vertical constructions of a building
hoping /ˈhoʊpɪŋ/ A2	verb - to want something to happen or be true
call /kɔl/ A1	verb - to contact someone by telephone noun - a telephone conversation
cruel /ˈkruːəl/ B1	adjective - willfully causing pain or suffering to others
existence /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/ B2	noun - the state of being alive or real
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1	adjective - mentally deranged
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise
forever /fərˈevər/ A2	adverb - for all future time; eternally
vain /veɪn/ B2	adjective - producing no result; useless
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or words by which someone or something is known verb - give a name to
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives adverb - to or at one's home
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness verb - be annoyed or disturbed by

Grammar:

• BEEN SITTING EYES WIDE OPEN

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The use of "been sitting" indicates an action that started in the past and continues to the present. It emphasizes the duration of the sitting.

• HOPING YOU'D CALL

  ➔ Conditional Mood (Reduced)

  ➔ "You'd call" is a shortened form of "you would call," expressing a hypothetical situation or a wish.

• LIKE THERE'S NO POINT HOPING AT ALL

  ➔ Existential "There is/are" + Gerund

  ➔ The phrase "there's no point hoping" uses the existential "there is" to indicate that no benefit or purpose is found in hoping. "Hoping" is a gerund (verb acting as a noun).

• I DON'T WANNA LIVE FOREVER, 'CAUSE I KNOW I'LL BE LIVING IN VAIN

  ➔ Future Continuous in a Subordinate Clause of Reason

  ➔ The phrase "I'll be living in vain" uses the future continuous tense to describe an ongoing action in the future. The "'cause" introduces a clause explaining the reason for not wanting to live forever.

• I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME

  ➔ "Wanna" contraction + "Keep" + Gerund

  ➔ "Wanna" is a colloquial contraction of "want to". "Keep calling" uses "keep" followed by a gerund to express the continuation of an action.

• WONDERING IF I DODGED A BULLET

  ➔ Indirect Question

  ➔ The phrase "wondering if I dodged a bullet" uses "if" to introduce an indirect question. It expresses a state of uncertainty about whether a potential danger was avoided.

• I'VE BEEN LOOKING SAD IN ALL THE NICEST PLACES

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous + Superlative Adjective

  ➔ "I've been looking" uses the present perfect continuous tense, indicating an action that started in the past and continues to the present. "Nicest" is the superlative form of "nice", meaning the most nice.

• NOW I'M IN A CAB, I TELL 'EM WHERE YOUR PLACE IS

  ➔ Reported Speech (Informal)

  ➔ The phrase "I tell 'em where your place is" is an example of informal reported speech. "'Em" is a colloquial shortening of "them." The clause "where your place is" functions as the object of the verb "tell."