The song featured in the YouTube video “Prince Royce – Stand By Me (Music Video)” is one that uses both English and Spanish lyrics. This song is about the singer asking his “darling” to stand by him. That while the mountains or sky falls, he will not worry because he knows she will be there. He says that next to her, he won’t cry because he knows she will stand by his side.
Song Lyrics:
When the night, has come and the land is dark
Y la luna es la luz que brilla ante mi;
Miedo no, no tendre;, oh I won’t, no me asustare
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
And darling, darling stand by me oh stand by me
Oh stand, junto a mi, junto a mi;
Y aunque las montanas o el cielo caiga
No voy a preocuparme porque se
Que tu estas, junto a mi
No llorare , no llorare oh, I won’t shed a tear
Porque se, que tu estas junto a mi
Oh stand, stand by me, stand by me
That’s class right there
And darling, darling stand by me oh stand by me
Oh stand, junto a mi;, junto a mi;
And darling, darling stand by me oh stand by me
Oh stand, junto a mi;, junto a mi;
Come on,swag,too strong,whats my name,Royce
And darling, darling stand by me oh stand by me
Oh stand, junto a mi;, junto a mi
I have chosen this song because it is sang in Both English and Spanish. The languages work together peacefully and fluidly. They seem to both be one language and they convey similar messages. In this example of a song, I feel that language was used and intertwined beautifully. This helps me answer my guiding questions as I can see that language is not really divided as previous studies had thought, that they work together with similar mental connections.
Video Source Top Stop Music. (2010, January 25). Prince Royce - Stand By Me (music video) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foyH-TEs9D0
Lyric Source Stand By Me (spanglish version) Prince Royce. (2019). Retrieved June 27, 2019, from Genius website: https://genius.com/Prince-royce-stand-by-me-spanglish-version-lyrics Lyric Source
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