Beside Me

• By: Kane Brown
• Album: The High Road

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
moon /muːn/ A1	noun - the natural satellite of the earth, visible at night by reflected sunlight
kiss /kɪs/ A1	verb - to touch with the lips as a sign of love, affection, or greeting noun - an act of kissing
sky /skaɪ/ A1	noun - the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth.
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs that detect light and enable vision
hands /hændz/ A1	noun - the terminal part of the human arm beyond the wrist
sand /sænd/ A1	noun - a loose granular substance, typically pale yellowish brown, resulting from the erosion of siliceous and other rocks and forming a major constituent of beaches, riverbeds, the seabed, and deserts
tide /taɪd/ B1	noun - the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun
heaven /ˈhɛvən/ B1	noun - a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky.
breath /brɛθ/ B1	noun - the air inhaled or exhaled in respiration
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops verb - to fall as rain
skin /skɪn/ A1	noun - the outer protective layer of the body
hot /hɒt/ A1	adjective - having a high degree of heat or a high temperature
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - the period of light between sunrise and sunset
dive /daɪv/ A2	verb - plunge head first into water
need /niːd/ A2	verb - require (something) because it is essential or very important.

Grammar:

• You take me up to the moon when you kiss me goodnight

  ➔ Present Simple tense for habitual actions

  ➔ The sentence describes a habitual or regular action that occurs when the person kisses.

• When the tide comes, I'll write it again

  ➔ Future Simple tense with 'will' for future intentions or actions

  ➔ The sentence indicates a future action that will happen again when the tide arrives.

• Every single breath that you take, you remind me

  ➔ Relative clause 'that you take' modifying 'breath'

  ➔ The relative clause provides additional information about the noun 'breath'.

• Girl, you got it all, there ain't nothing that I need

  ➔ Contraction 'there ain't' = 'there is not', negative form of 'there is'

  ➔ The phrase 'there ain't' is a colloquial contraction expressing the negative form 'there is not'.

• If we'da never met, Heaven knows where I'd be

  ➔ Conditional sentence with 'if' and past perfect 'we'da' (contraction of 'we had')

  ➔ This is a third conditional structure expressing a hypothetical situation in the past.

• Girl, you got it all, there ain't nothing that I need

  ➔ Use of 'there ain't nothing' for emphasis and colloquialism

  ➔ The double negative 'there ain't nothing' emphasizes that the person needs nothing else.