What the song is about
The singer moves through one day and a whole range of feelings. In the morning they feel happy and full of energy. Later come sadness (rain at the window), anger (a red face, a wish to shout), and worry about the future. In the evening they feel tired and need sleep. The chorus asks the listener directly, How do you feel today?, and says that every emotion is worth sharing: Every emotion is a story to be told.
Useful words and expressions
- happy, sad, angry, worried, tired: basic feeling adjectives
- I feel so happy / I feel very sad: feel + adjective
- I'm flying so high: I feel wonderful
- a smile on my face, a song in my heart: I am in a very good mood
- cry, shout, tremble with fear: things we do when we feel strongly
- the gloom: darkness, or a sad, heavy atmosphere
- to break free: to escape, to stop feeling trapped
- a feeling of fire is burning in me: strong anger inside
- the future's unclear: we don't know what will happen
- I have butterflies in my stomach: idiom for feeling nervous
- my troubles will go away: my problems will disappear
- my battery's low: informal image for having no energy left
- let it show: don't hide your feelings
Grammar
- Present simple for what happens and how the singer feels: I wake up early, I look at the sky, I feel very sad.
- Linking verbs + adjective: I feel happy, I'm angry, my face becomes red, I'm tired.
- want to / need + noun: I just want to cry, I want to shout, I need a deep sleep.
- Present continuous for something happening now: The evening is coming, I'm flying so high, the fire is burning in me.
- hope + will for a future wish: I hope all my troubles will soon go away.
- Imperatives in the chorus and outro: Tell me the truth, Show me the feelings, Just let it show.
- Passive infinitive: a story to be told (a story that should be told).
- Contractions: the future's = the future is, the battery's = the battery is.
Careful: words bent for the rhyme
- inside of your youth: an unusual phrase chosen to rhyme with truth. It roughly means "inside you, as a young person". In normal speech say the feelings inside you.
- the water falls down from my eye: a poetic way to talk about crying, with singular eye to rhyme with sky and cry. Normally we say tears fall from my eyes or I'm crying.
- a beautiful day for a start: chosen to rhyme with heart. For a start usually means "first of all". Here it means a beautiful day to start with.
- my face becomes red: understandable, but people usually say my face turns red or goes red.
- a promise I keep: mostly there to rhyme with sleep. It doesn't add much meaning.
- inside of my head: inside of is informal. Inside my head is the standard form.