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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Vocabulário nesta música:
Vocabulário | 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
➔ Oração subordinada adjetiva (that stopped me...)
➔ A oração subordinada adjetiva "that stopped me on a dime" modifica "a moment". Fornece informações essenciais sobre o tipo de momento que está sendo descrito.
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Looking at the x-rays
➔ Oração reduzida de gerúndio como complemento verbal
➔ "Looking at the x-rays" é uma oração reduzida de gerúndio que atua como complemento verbal; indica o que ele gastou seu tempo fazendo.
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That this might really be the real end
➔ Discurso indireto com 'might'
➔ O uso de "might" indica uma possibilidade ou incerteza no discurso indireto. A declaração original provavelmente continha "may" ou "might".
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Man whatcha do?
➔ Contração informal de 'What are you going to do?'
➔ "Whatcha" é uma contração coloquial de "What are you" ou "What are you going to". Demonstra padrões de fala informais.
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I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin'
➔ Pretérito mais-que-perfeito contínuo (I'd been denyin')
➔ O pretérito mais-que-perfeito contínuo ("I'd been denyin'") indica uma ação que estava em andamento por um período de tempo antes de outra ação no passado (giving forgiveness). Enfatiza a duração da negação.
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That most the time I wasn't
➔ Elipse (omissão de palavras) - I wasn't [the husband].
➔ A frase está incompleta, com as palavras implícitas "the husband" omitidas. Esta é uma técnica comum na fala informal para evitar repetição.
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Wasn't such an imposition
➔ Construção negativa com 'such'
➔ "Wasn't such an imposition" usa "such" para enfatizar o grau em que algo *não* era uma imposição, destacando a mudança de perspectiva.
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Like tomorrow was a gift
➔ Modo subjuntivo (was)
➔ O uso de "was" em vez de "were" com "tomorrow" em "Like tomorrow was a gift" é um exemplo do modo subjuntivo expressando uma situação hipotética ou contrária aos fatos. Embora gramaticalmente "were" seja mais correto, "was" é frequentemente usado coloquialmente.