Golden – English Lyrics

• By: MilkyyMelodies, ForticGX
• Album: Golden (Saja Boy Version) Single

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of 'Golden' to enhance your language skills! This song's melodic and rhythmic nature makes it a perfect tool for practicing listening comprehension and picking up contemporary vocabulary in a fun, energetic way.

[English]

I was a ghost I was alone 

Given the throne I didn't know 

How to believe

I was the king that I'm meant to be 

I lived two lives

Tryna prove my size 

But I couldn't find my own place

Called a problem child 

Cause I got too wild

But now that's how I'm getting paid 

I'm done hiding, now I'm shining 

Like I'm born to be 

We dreaming hard

We came so far now I believe 

We're going up up up it's our moment

You know together we're glowing 

Gonna be, gonna be golden

Oh oh oh

Up up up with our voices 

Gonna be, gonna be golden 

Oh oh oh

I'm done hiding, now I'm shining 

Like I'm born to be 

Oh our time

No fears, no lies

That's who we're born to be

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ghost /ɡoʊst/ A2	noun - an apparition of a dead person
throne /θroʊn/ B2	noun - a ceremonial chair for a sovereign
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - to accept that something is true
prove /pruːv/ B1	verb - to demonstrate the truth of something
problem /ˈprɒbləm/ A1	noun - a matter regarded as unwelcome or harmful
hiding /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/ A2	verb - to put or keep out of sight
shining /ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/ A2	verb - to give out a bright light
dreaming /ˈdriːmɪŋ/ A2	verb - to indulge in daydreams or fantasies
moment /ˈmoʊmənt/ A2	noun - a very brief period of time
glowing /ˈɡloʊɪŋ/ B1	verb - to emit light and heat without flame
golden /ˈɡoʊldən/ B1	adjective - having the color or brilliance of gold
voices /ˈvɔɪsɪz/ A1	noun - the sound produced in a person's larynx
fears /fɪrz/ A2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by danger
lies /laɪz/ A2	noun - intentionally false statements

Key Grammar Structures

• I was the king that I'm meant to be

  ➔ Passive voice construction (be meant to)

  ➔ "Be meant to" is used here to express destiny or an expected role assigned by fate.

• Tryna prove my size

  ➔ Colloquialism/Slang reduction (Tryna = Trying to)

  ➔ "Tryna" is a phonetic reduction of "trying to", commonly used in informal English.

• But now that's how I'm getting paid

  ➔ Present Continuous for current trend/state

  ➔ "I'm getting paid" indicates a process or state that is currently happening in the speaker's life.

• I'm done hiding, now I'm shining

  ➔ Phrase: To be done + V-ing

  ➔ "To be done" + V-ing means to have finished doing something or to have reached the end of an activity.

• Like I'm born to be

  ➔ Elliptical clause (omitted adjective/noun)

  ➔ The speaker implies "born to be [golden/great]", omitting the complement to focus on the innate identity.

• We're going up up up it's our moment

  ➔ Asyndeton (repetition of words for emphasis)

  ➔ The triple repetition of "up" is a rhetorical device used to emphasize continuous growth and success.

• You know together we're glowing

  ➔ Adverb of manner (together)

  ➔ "Together" acts as an adverb describing the condition under which the subject "we" is performing the action.

• No fears, no lies

  ➔ Negative determiner usage (No + Noun)

  ➔ "No" is used here as a determiner to express the complete absence of fears and lies.