Lille – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
He went to sea for the day
He wanted to know what to say
When he's asked what he'd done
In the past to someone
That he loves endlessly
Now she's gone, so is he
I went to war every morning
I lost my way but now I'm following
What you said in my arms
What I read in the charms
That I love durably
Now it's dead and gone and I am free
I went to sleep for the daytime
I shut my eyes to the sunshine
Turned my head away from the noise
Bruise and drip decay of childish toys
That I loved arguably
All our labouring gone to seed
Went out to play for the evening
We wanted to hold onto the feeling
On the stretch in the sun
And our breathlessness as we run
To the beach endlessly
As the sun creeps up on the sea
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Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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sea /siː/ A1 |
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love /lʌv/ A2 |
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endlessly /ˈɛndlɪsliː/ B2 |
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sleep /sliːp/ A2 |
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background /ˈbækɡraʊnd/ B2 |
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duration /djʊˈreɪʃən/ B1 |
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decay /dɪˈkeɪ/ B2 |
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toil /tɔɪl/ B2 |
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hold /hoʊld/ A2 |
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free /friː/ A2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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He went to sea for the day
➔ Past simple tense with 'went'
➔ The verb 'went' is the past tense of 'go', used to describe a completed action in the past.
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He wanted to know what to say
➔ Infinitive phrase with 'to' + base verb
➔ The phrase 'to know' is an infinitive, used here to express desire or intention.
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Now she's gone, so is he
➔ Inversion in coordinate sentences with 'so is he'
➔ The phrase 'so is he' is a negative inversion, confirming that the second subject shares the same state.
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I lost my way but now I'm following
➔ Contrasting conjunction 'but' with present continuous 'I'm following'
➔ The word 'but' introduces a contrast between losing one's way and now actively following something.
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We wanted to hold onto the feeling
➔ Past simple modal 'wanted' + infinitive 'to hold'
➔ The phrase 'wanted to hold' uses the past simple to express a desire in the past.
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And our breathlessness as we run
➔ Noun 'breathlessness' functioning as the subject, with 'as' introducing a temporal clause
➔ The noun 'breathlessness' acts as the subject, and 'as we run' is a temporal clause describing the action happening simultaneously.