Welcome Home, Son – English Lyrics

• By: Radical Face

Lyrics & Translation

Immerse yourself in the storytelling of 'Welcome Home, Son.' This song is a perfect gateway to learning English through its rhythmic, repetitive lyrical structure and evocative imagery, making it easy to follow while absorbing profound emotional expressions and folk-style idioms.

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sleep don't feel it so I choke on

sun and the days blur into one and backs

of my eyes on things I've never done

she her

swaying from an home cloth

line like a row of cow sh go B in Grass

there never much but we made

the welcome

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shs are

launching from my chest so my Flames but

most do not if you found one

please let me know a piece of L

be the scars from off my

back I don't need them anymore you can

throw them

out keep them in your M and

jars I've come

home ha

oh oh my

night escaped my

head while the door please don't let

them

live you were

never suppos

to now my head waiting at the

sea and I don't know if I can

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[Applause]

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I feel

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PR to R

o

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
choke /tʃoʊk/ B2	verb - to have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat
blur /blɜːr/ B2	verb - to make or become unclear or less distinct
swaying /ˈsweɪɪŋ/ B2	verb - moving slowly or rhythmically backward and forward or from side to side
cloth /klɔːθ/ A2	noun - woven or felted fabric
launching /ˈlɔːntʃɪŋ/ B2	verb - to set or thrust in motion
flames /fleɪmz/ A2	noun - hot glowing body of ignited gas
scars /skɑːrz/ B2	noun - a mark left on the skin or tissue where a wound has not healed completely
jars /dʒɑːrz/ A2	noun - a wide-mouthed cylindrical container made of glass or pottery
escaped /ɪˈskeɪpt/ A2	verb - to break free from confinement or control

Key Grammar Structures

• the days blur into one

  ➔ Simple Present Tense (Habitual action)

  ➔ The verb "blur" is used in the simple present to describe a recurring state or observation.

• on things I've never done

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ The use of "have never done" indicates an experience that hasn't occurred up to the present moment.

• there never was much

  ➔ Existential "there" with Past Simple

  ➔ "There was" is used to state the existence of something in the past.

• most do not [land]

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of words)

  ➔ The verb "land" is omitted after "do not" because it is implied by the context of previous lines.

• if you found one, please let me know

  ➔ First Conditional (Past-to-Present hypothetical)

  ➔ Used to discuss a potential future scenario or a search based on past findings.

• I don't need them anymore

  ➔ Negative Simple Present with temporal adverb

  ➔ "Anymore" is used in negative sentences to indicate a change from a previous state.

• you were never supposed to

  ➔ Passive construction with "be supposed to"

  ➔ "Be supposed to" expresses an expectation or obligation, here negated.

• waiting at the sea

  ➔ Participle Phrase (Reduced Relative Clause)

  ➔ The participle "waiting" modifies the subject, describing an ongoing action.