Live Like You Were Dying
Letra:
[English]
He said "I was in my early 40's
With a lot of life before me
When a moment came that stopped me on a dime
I spent most of the next days
Looking at the x-rays
Talkin' 'bout the options
And talkin' 'bout sweet times"
I asked him when it sank in
That this might really be the real end
How's it hit ya
When you get that kind of news?
Man whatcha do?
And he said
"I went skydiving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin' "
And he said, "Some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin' "
He said, "I was finally the husband
That most the time I wasn't
And I became a friend a friend would like to have
And all of a sudden goin' fishin'
Wasn't such an imposition
And I went three times that year I lost my dad
Well I, I finally read the good book
And I took a good long hard look
At what I'd do if I could do it all again
And then"
"I went skydiving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin' "
And he said "Some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin' "
"Like tomorrow was a gift
And ya got eternity to think about what to do with it
What did do with it?
What did I do with it?
What would I do with it?"
"Skydiving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
Then I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I watched an eagle as it was flyin'"
And he said "Some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'
To live like you were dyin'"
Woo
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Vocabulario en esta canción:
Vocabulario | Significados |
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life /laɪf/ A1 |
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time /taɪm/ A1 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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die /daɪ/ A2 |
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friend /frɛnd/ A1 |
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day /deɪ/ A1 |
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hope /hoʊp/ A2 |
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mountain /ˈmaʊntən/ A2 |
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husband /ˈhʌzbənd/ A2 |
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chance /tʃæns/ B1 |
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news /njuːz/ B1 |
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gift /ɡɪft/ B1 |
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bull /bʊl/ B1 |
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skydiving /ˈskaɪdaɪvɪŋ/ B2 |
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eternity /ɪˈtɜːrnəti/ B2 |
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forgiveness /fərˈɡɪvnəs/ B2 |
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Gramática:
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When a moment came that stopped me on a dime
➔ Cláusula relativa (that stopped me...)
➔ La cláusula relativa "that stopped me on a dime" modifica "a moment". Proporciona información esencial sobre el tipo de momento que se describe.
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Looking at the x-rays
➔ Frase gerundio como complemento verbal
➔ "Looking at the x-rays" es una frase gerundio que actúa como complemento verbal; indica en qué gastó su tiempo.
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That this might really be the real end
➔ Estilo indirecto con 'might'
➔ El uso de "might" indica una posibilidad o incertidumbre en el discurso indirecto. Es probable que la declaración original contuviera "may" o "might".
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Man whatcha do?
➔ Contracción informal de 'What are you going to do?'
➔ "Whatcha" es una contracción coloquial de "What are you" o "What are you going to". Demuestra patrones de habla informales.
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I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin'
➔ Pasado perfecto continuo (I'd been denyin')
➔ El pasado perfecto continuo ("I'd been denyin'") indica una acción que estaba en progreso durante un período de tiempo antes de otra acción en el pasado (giving forgiveness). Enfatiza la duración de la negación.
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That most the time I wasn't
➔ Elipsis (omisión de palabras) - I wasn't [the husband].
➔ La frase está incompleta, con las palabras implícitas "the husband" omitidas. Esta es una técnica común en el habla informal para evitar la repetición.
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Wasn't such an imposition
➔ Construcción negativa con 'such'
➔ "Wasn't such an imposition" usa "such" para enfatizar el grado en que algo *no* fue una imposición, destacando el cambio de perspectiva.
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Like tomorrow was a gift
➔ Modo subjuntivo (was)
➔ El uso de "was" en lugar de "were" con "tomorrow" en "Like tomorrow was a gift" es un ejemplo del modo subjuntivo que expresa una situación hipotética o contraria a los hechos. Aunque gramaticalmente "were" es más correcto, "was" se usa a menudo coloquialmente.