Swing Life Away

• By: Rise Against
• Album: Geffen Records

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
live /lɪv/ A2	verb - to be alive or exist
swing /swɪŋ/ B1	verb/noun - to move backward and forward or from side to side
away /əˈweɪ/ A2	adverb - to a different place or position
friend /frɛnd/ A2	noun - a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
scar /skɑːr/ B1	noun - a mark left on the skin after a cut or wound
worse /wɜːrs/ B2	adjective - of poorer quality or worse condition
own /oʊn/ A2	pronoun/adjective - belonging to oneself
words /wɜːrdz/ A2	noun - units of language used to communicate
money /ˈmʌn.i/ A2	noun - a medium of exchange in the form of coins or banknotes
end /ɛnd/ A2	noun/verb - the final part of something
hand /hænd/ A1	noun - the part of the body at the end of the arm
move /muːv/ A2	verb - to change position or go to a new place

Grammar:

• Am I loud and clear, or am I breaking up

  ➔ Present continuous tense used for ongoing actions or arrangements

  ➔ The phrase "am I breaking up" uses the present continuous to ask about a current state of disrupted audio quality.

• Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse

  ➔ Conditional clause with "if" (implied), expressing willingness and hypothetical comparison

  ➔ The phrase "I'll tell you whose is worse" uses the conditional "will" to express willingness to share a judgment based on comparison.

• And replace them with our own words

  ➔ Verb "replace" used with an object and preposition "with" to indicate substitution

  ➔ The phrase "replace them with our own words" employs the verb "replace" followed by an object "them" and a preposition "with" to describe substitution.

• We live on front porches and swing life away

  ➔ Simple present tense indicating habitual action or general truth

  ➔ The sentence "We live on front porches" uses simple present to describe a habitual situation.

• I'll slave till the end

  ➔ Future tense with "will" indicating intention or determination

  ➔ The phrase "I'll slave till the end" uses "will" to express the speaker's determination to work hard and persist.

• And swing life away

  ➔ Imperative or motivational phrase using base verb without subject

  ➔ The phrase "swing life away" uses the base form of the verb "swing" to express a casual or motivational call to enjoy life freely.