"Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you"
What does "they're all that's left you" mean? It's not "they're all that's left OF you" or "they're all that's left, you see". What has left you? I've always wondered this.
@archard "They're all that's left you" means pretty much the same thing as "They're all that's left to you." That is, they're all you have left. (A hardcore grammar geek would go on to explain exactly why "all that's left you" either is or isn't grammatically correct, and if it is, what the grammatical function of "left" is in the lyric. Alas, I am only a softcore grammar geek. I think it's grammatically correct, but I have no clue what part of speech "left" is.)
@archard "They're all that's left you" means pretty much the same thing as "They're all that's left to you." That is, they're all you have left. (A hardcore grammar geek would go on to explain exactly why "all that's left you" either is or isn't grammatically correct, and if it is, what the grammatical function of "left" is in the lyric. Alas, I am only a softcore grammar geek. I think it's grammatically correct, but I have no clue what part of speech "left" is.)
I think the last line is interesting
"Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you"
What does "they're all that's left you" mean? It's not "they're all that's left OF you" or "they're all that's left, you see". What has left you? I've always wondered this.
@archard "They're all that's left you" means pretty much the same thing as "They're all that's left to you." That is, they're all you have left. (A hardcore grammar geek would go on to explain exactly why "all that's left you" either is or isn't grammatically correct, and if it is, what the grammatical function of "left" is in the lyric. Alas, I am only a softcore grammar geek. I think it's grammatically correct, but I have no clue what part of speech "left" is.)
@archard "They're all that's left you" means pretty much the same thing as "They're all that's left to you." That is, they're all you have left. (A hardcore grammar geek would go on to explain exactly why "all that's left you" either is or isn't grammatically correct, and if it is, what the grammatical function of "left" is in the lyric. Alas, I am only a softcore grammar geek. I think it's grammatically correct, but I have no clue what part of speech "left" is.)
@archard ie, "They're all you have left."
@archard ie, "They're all you have left."