When You're Young – English Lyrics

• By: 3 Doors Down

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music can be a powerful experience, and "When You're Young" by 3 Doors Down offers a great opportunity to connect with the emotional depth of English. The song's clear and heartfelt lyrics about the struggles of youth provide a relatable context for understanding nuanced vocabulary and expressions. Its rock ballad style makes it both engaging and memorable, helping you to grasp the language in a way that is both meaningful and enjoyable.

[English]

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♪ SO FAR AWAY FROM KNOWING WHERE I'M GOING ♪

♪ AND TRYING HARD TO FIND OUT WHO I AM ♪

♪ THEY ALL SAY THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING ♪

♪ I SAY THEY DON'T HARDLY UNDERSTAND ♪

♪ WHY CAN'T THEY REMEMBER ♪

♪ WHAT I'LL NEVER FORGET ♪

♪ HOW THESE DREAMS CAN COME UNDONE ♪

♪ WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG ♪

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♪ YOU GIVE WHAT YOU GIVE 'CAUSE THEY MAKE YOU ♪

♪ TRAPPED INSIDE A PLACE THAT WON'T TAKE YOU ♪

♪ THEY WANT YOU TO BE WHAT THEY MAKE YOU ♪

♪ IT'S ALREADY OVER AND DONE♪

♪ WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG EVERYTHING SEEMS PERFECT ♪

♪ AND EVERYTHING'S OK ♪

♪ AND IT WILL ALL GET BETTER NOW ♪

♪ AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY ♪

♪ BUT I DON'T SEE IT COMING ♪

♪ YOU GIVE WHAT YOU GIVE 'CAUSE THEY MAKE YOU ♪

♪ TRAPPED INSIDE A PLACE THAT WON'T TAKE YOU ♪

♪ THEY WANT YOU TO BE WHAT THEY MAKE YOU ♪

♪ IT'S ALREADY OVER AND DONE♪

♪ WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG THE DAYS NEVER SEEM LONGER ♪

♪ THEY SAY IT'S BETTER THIS WAY ♪

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♪ I HOPE ONE DAY I'M STRONGER THAN I FEEL ♪

♪ AND I HOPE THAT IT FEELS DIFFERENT THAN TODAY ♪

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♪ YOU GIVE WHAT YOU GIVE 'CAUSE THEY MAKE YOU ♪

♪ TRAPPED INSIDE A PLACE THAT WON'T TAKE YOU ♪

♪ THEY WANT YOU TO BE WHAT THEY MAKE YOU ♪

♪ IT'S ALREADY OVER AND DONE♪

♪ IT'S ALREADY OVER AND DONE♪

♪ IT'S ALREADY OVER AND DONE♪

♪ WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG ♪

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♪ WHY CAN'T THEY REMEMBER WHAT I'LL NEVER FORGET ♪

♪ HOW THESE DREAMS CAN COME UNDONE ♪

♪ WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to be aware of something
going /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/ A1	verb - moving or traveling
find /faɪnd/ A1	verb - to discover or locate
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ A2	verb - to comprehend
remember /rɪˈmɛmbər/ A2	verb - to recall
forget /fərˈɡɛt/ A2	verb - to be unable to remember
dreams /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
young /jʌŋ/ A1	adjective - being in an early stage of life
give /ɡɪv/ A1	verb - to freely transfer the possession of something to someone
trapped /træpt/ B1	adjective - unable to escape
want /wɑnt/ A1	verb - to have a desire or wish for something
perfect /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/ B1	adjective - completely free from faults or defects
better /ˈbɛtər/ A1	adjective - more satisfactory, pleasing, or useful
hope /hoʊp/ A2	verb - to want something to happen or be true noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
stronger /ˈstrɒŋɡər/ A2	adjective - having more power or force
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
different /ˈdɪfərənt/ A1	adjective - not the same as another or each other; dissimilar or distinct

Key Grammar Structures

• SO FAR AWAY FROM KNOWING WHERE I'M GOING

  ➔ Gerunds after Prepositions and Indirect Questions.

  ➔ The phrase "away from knowing" uses a gerund ("knowing") after the preposition "from". "Where I'm going" is an indirect question acting as the object of the preposition.

• THEY ALL SAY THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING

  ➔ Reported Speech and Noun Clause.

  ➔ "That I don't know what I'm doing" is a noun clause acting as the object of the verb "say". "What I'm doing" is an indirect question within the noun clause.

• WHY CAN'T THEY REMEMBER WHAT I'LL NEVER FORGET

  ➔ Modal Verb and Future Tense in Noun Clause.

  ➔ "Can't" is a modal verb expressing inability. "What I'll never forget" is a noun clause using the future tense ("I'll").

• YOU GIVE WHAT YOU GIVE 'CAUSE THEY MAKE YOU

  ➔ Causative Verb "Make".

  ➔ "They make you" is a causative construction. "Make" is followed by an object ("you") and a base form of a verb (implied in the following lines).

• TRAPPED INSIDE A PLACE THAT WON'T TAKE YOU

  ➔ Relative Clause with Future Negative.

  ➔ "That won't take you" is a relative clause modifying "a place". "Won't" is a contraction of "will not", expressing future negation.

• THEY WANT YOU TO BE WHAT THEY MAKE YOU

  ➔ Complex Object with Infinitive and Noun Clause.

  ➔ "They want you to be..." uses a complex object construction where "you" is the object and "to be" is the infinitive phrase. "What they make you" is a noun clause acting as the complement of "to be".

• I HOPE ONE DAY I'M STRONGER THAN I FEEL

  ➔ Comparative Adjective and Subjunctive Mood (implicit).

  ➔ "Stronger than I feel" uses the comparative adjective "stronger". While not explicitly subjunctive, the "I hope" implies a wish or unreal situation, often associated with subjunctive-like constructions.