Shadowing Practice: Anees “sun and moon” Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I cannot remember writing this song.
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I know the exact day.
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I know exactly where I was in my car like I always am.
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I know the energy I had.
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I was manifesting like crazy.
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I was riding high.
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But that's when the best songs are made.
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When you don't remember constructing the lyrics, that's when you know a higher power was at play.
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And I'm a spiritual person.
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I genuinely believe I was just a vessel.
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I knew that I was going to be with my wife until the day I died when I was 15.
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It took her a little longer to get on the same page as me, but I knew then, and I knew for the very same reasons that I wrote this song.
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I knew that there was something completely different about her that I was not going to find elsewhere.
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So that's the same spirit that inspired me to write this song, was the same thing that that caused that reckoning at 15 to be like, it's her.
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You know the funny thing about that line is you could interpret it two ways right?
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It could be you're my dream girl or you're my dream girl.
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And I thought that was a fun way to do it because a dream girl to me is your heart's desire.
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And for me, that's my wife.
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For somebody else, that might be their boyfriend, their girlfriend.
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That might be the person they love the most in life.
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But I think that's the person that makes your heart feel like you're at home.
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You know what I'm saying?
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That's the person that makes you feel safe.
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That's the You can't find that in a pretty face always, but you can find that in a dream girl.
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When I say I'm trying to stay by your side till the day I die, that's a profession of eternal love.
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And it's really not till the day I die, it's through the day I die.
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I believe in love that is eternal.
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I believe in souls walking to and through this life.
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And so for me that's a small way of expressing and professing a lifelong love.
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So my wife believes in fairies.
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So, I have taken on her belief in fairies.
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So, even when I don't believe in them, I believe in them.
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If we see a little bug floating by, that's a fairy.
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If we see something magical happen, fairies did it.
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So I like to look at her as a fairy, because she has that ethereal nature to her.
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She's very magical.
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So when I say I wake up grateful to breathe in the air you float through, that's my homage.
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The perfect sky, oh my.
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Birds flying through the sky is beautiful.
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It's a vision of beauty.
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It's a heavenly sight, right?
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But they're still engulfed in the beauty of the sky.
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When I write these love songs, it's a reckoning moment for me.
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The best I can do is just a glimpse of your beauty.
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The music will never be more beautiful than the muse.
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And that's a beautiful, humbling truth.
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Because you realize I can never fully depict how beautiful you are, but my sweetest words could be like the birds in your sky.
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And I'm okay with that.
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Some of these duets in the Philippines were just so good.
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Like so, so, so good.
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And one in particular was from an artist named J.
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Roa, who's ...
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I've now become like we're good friends.
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Now we WhatsApp, video chat each other.
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I duetted his duet.
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But, and next thing you know we put out a remix on YouTube and it's like, the song is now number one in the Philippines.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 56 sentences and 623 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:09. The speaker talks at a natural 150 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| magical adjective | /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/ | Of, relating to, or by means of magic. |
| eternal adjective | /ɪˈtɝ.nl̩/ | Lasting forever; unending. |
| float verb | /fləʊt/ | To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object). |
| reckon verb | /ˈɹɛkən/ | To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. |
| belief noun | /bɪˈliːf/ | Mental acceptance of a claim as true. |
| elsewhere adverb | /ˈɛlsˌʍɛɹ/ | Synonym of somewhere else: in, at, or to some other place. |
| spiritual adjective | /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/ | Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul. |
| grateful adjective | /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ | Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful. |
| lyrics noun | /ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/ | The words to a song (or other vocal music). |
| vessel noun | /ˈvɛsəl/ | Any craft designed for transportation on or in water, such as a ship, boat, or submarine. |
| breathe verb | /bɹiːð/ | To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. |
| profession noun | /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/ | A promise or vow made on entering a religious order. |
| humble adjective | /ˈhʌmbəl/ | Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. |
| genuinely adverb | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/ | In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly. |
| inspire verb | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| put out verb | To blind (eyes). | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 13 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, ethereal /ɪˈθɪɚ.i.əl/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: profession /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/, homage /(h)oʊˈmɑʒ/
- Long words — get the stress right: genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, ethereal /ɪˈθɪɚ.i.əl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like magical, eternal, float.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.