Shadowing Practice: Who Gets Our Days? — NAYR Kairo | “Why’d You Stay?” (Official Lyric Video) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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If this was the end,
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then why did you have to pretend?
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Pretend that everything was okay Pretend that your love wasn't slowly fading away Pretend neither of you and the straight
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Lie to yourselves just so you could stay Stayed for us,
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putting the divorce on delay Thinking we'd hurt less that way Why didn't you just walk away?
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Why did it take having us to realize it anyway?
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Why make us choose who gets our days?
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We love both of you in different ways You tried to stay so we'd be okay
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But somehow it hurt us more that way Why make us choose who gets our days?
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Pack up our lives and switch our place You stayed for us or so you'd say But maybe you should've walked away
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Maybe before you had us, everything was fine But then you both crossed the line, should we take the blame?
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Were we the reason you never stayed the same?
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Were we too young to see the signs?
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Too young to read between the lines?
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You said none of this was ours to blame Then why did we leave with all the shame?
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Why didn't you just walk away?
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Why did it take having us
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To realize it anyway Make us choose who gets our days
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We love both of you in different ways You try to stay so we'd be okay But somehow it hurt us,
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no That way Why make us choose who gets our days?
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Pack up our lives and switch our plays You stayed for us or so you'd say
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But maybe you should've walked away Two different houses The same last name Two different lives that never felt the same
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You both moved on And found your way While we're still living through that day Thought pretending would save our home,
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but home isn't walls when love is gone Maybe leaving would have caused us pain,
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but watching you stay broke us the same So why make us choose who gets our days?
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We still love both of you In different ways Don't tell us you'll stay
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So we'd be okay when we watched you fall apart Every day
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If this was the end Why did you have to pretend?
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Maybe the truth would've hurt anyway But you didn't have to stay

About This Lesson

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.