You Are The Everything – English Lyrics

• By: R.E.M.
• Album: GREEN

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the lyrical depth and acoustic beauty of R.E.M.'s "You Are The Everything"! This song, a landmark in the band's career, offers a masterclass in evocative English songwriting, where Michael Stipe crafts poetic imagery that touches on universal themes of memory, fear, and comfort. You'll discover how R.E.M. uses subtle language and unique instrumentation to convey profound emotions, making it a perfect track to appreciate the nuances of English expression through music.

Key Grammar Structures

• You are the everything.

  ➔ Subject-verb-object (SVO) sentence structure; definite article "the".

  ➔ The sentence follows basic English sentence structure. "The" specifies that "everything" refers to a specific, understood concept.

• You are the song I sing.

  ➔ Subject-verb-object (SVO) sentence structure; relative clause implied (that) "I sing".

  ➔ This SVO structure uses "song" as an object, with the implied meaning that "you are the song *that* I sing".

• You are the words I speak.

  ➔ Subject-verb-object (SVO) sentence structure; relative clause implied (that) "I speak".

  ➔ Similar to the previous line, "words" is the object. The implied meaning is "You are the words *that* I speak."

• You are the space between.

  ➔ Subject-verb-object (SVO) sentence structure; prepositional phrase "between" as an adjectival.

  ➔ The prepositional phrase "between" describes the "space".

• You are the air I breathe.

  ➔ Subject-verb-object (SVO) sentence structure; relative clause implied (that) "I breathe".

  ➔ "Air" is the object here, with the implied meaning "You are the air *that* I breathe."