My Love Took Me Down To The River To Silence Me – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
My love took me down to the river to silence me
And when he left, I could not speak
I lay on the ground, I tried to scream
But no sound did come out, I could only bleed, ooh
I waited for him 'til the frost did come
My skin, it turned blue and my body was numb
But my heart, it burned out 'til it was no more
Still I wait on the ground, I don't know what for
There, there is a heart in here
Where? Where is the heart in here?
This love's killing me, but I want it to
So long, you're gone, just like I always knew
But I'm still here waiting for you
Here waiting for you
My love took me down to the river to silence me
And when he left, I could not speak
What he said to me, I can never say
Because it's breaking my heart 'til this very day
There, there is a heart in here
Where? Where is the heart in here?
This love's killing me, but I want it to
So long you're gone, just like I always knew
But I'm still here waiting for you
Here waiting for you
Down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
Love took me down to the river to silence me
There, there is a heart in here
Where? Where is the heart in here?
This love's killing me, but I want it to
So long, you're gone, just like I always knew
But I'm still here waiting for you
Here waiting for you
Here waiting for you
Here waiting for you
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Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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river /ˈrɪvər/ A1 |
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silence /ˈsaɪləns/ B1 |
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speak /spiːk/ A2 |
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ground /ɡraʊnd/ A1 |
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scream /skriːm/ B1 |
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sound /saʊnd/ A1 |
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bleed /bliːd/ B1 |
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frost /frɒst/ B2 |
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skin /skɪn/ A1 |
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blue /bluː/ A1 |
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body /ˈbɒdi/ A1 |
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numb /nʌm/ B2 |
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heart /hɑːrt/ A1 |
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killing /ˈkɪlɪŋ/ B1 |
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gone /ɡɔːn/ A2 |
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waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ A2 |
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breaking /ˈbreɪkɪŋ/ A2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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My love took me down to the river to silence me
➔ Simple past tense with 'took' as the past form of 'take'
➔ 'Took' is the past tense of 'take', indicating an action completed in the past.
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Love took me down to the river to silence me
➔ Infinitive phrase 'to silence me' showing purpose or result
➔ The phrase 'to silence me' explains the purpose of being taken to the river.
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And when he left, I could not speak
➔ Past simple tense with 'could not' expressing inability in the past
➔ 'Could not' indicates inability to do something in the past.
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I lay on the ground, I tried to scream
➔ Past simple tense with 'tried' and 'lay' as past actions
➔ 'Tried' is the past of 'try', indicating an attempt, while 'lay' is the past of 'lie' in the sense of resting or reclined position.
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Still I wait on the ground, I don't know what for
➔ Use of 'don't know' (present simple negation) to express lack of knowledge
➔ 'Don't know' is the negative form of 'know', indicating a lack of knowledge about something.
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There, there is a heart in here
➔ Existential 'there is' construction to introduce the presence of something
➔ The phrase 'There is' is used to indicate that something exists or is present.