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Hi! This is my first try at making a video tutorial so please let me know what you think; give feedback. Thanks!
Okay. To begin. First, I sign NAME SONG QUOTES then fingerspell the name of the song.
You really should spell it but many people just sign it, and that's okay.
Then, the name of the band. You can sign BY and spell it.
Or! I prefer to sign MUSIC GROUP [meaning band] and then fingerspell it; Hyland in this case. Either way; it really doesn't matter.
Okay! Ready for the first verse? My paper is right down there, so when I'm looking up and down and up and down, that's why. Sorry.
First, before the words start:
God perspective look-at-you [to set up the perspective of the song]
Your heartache you near [facial expression implies very near] look can't see goal don't-understand
I know your feeling change [face implies a question] hope improve [I sign it twice here because the first time it wasn't clear]
You don't-know why? [this is a rhetorical why -- eyebrows up, not down] near heartache hope lights-out find can't
You don't-know heart-breaking why [a real question this time, so eyebrows should be furrowed]
I know-that you want give-up
Don't! Why? [rhetorical; eyebrows raised]
Okay. You will notice that in the words of this song, the word "let" is used many times, and I don't interpret it directly.
There are two signs for let. But...
theologically and linguistically, eh...I don't really like it. So I interpret it differently.
But, do understand, if you like let...you can use that!
Okay, here's the chorus.
I want love support
I want walk-with-you [these are classifiers of two people walking together]
I know-that you feel world end
But no your story recently begin now
I know your tomorrow future [blend tomorrow and future into one another to be more fluid]
I know you today where
I look-at-you care-for-you
You can't see blurry [actually I'm not sure what the English word for this sign is, but it looks blurry...]
I see beauty in-heart [just sign IN near your heart area] heartache
Okay. For the instrumental bit, I like to improvise, add a bit, just for depth and clarification. So here's what I do.
I see your future I see your past I see your today
and know what [this loan sign for what is a little tricky so I sign it again] true
I see beauty in heartache
Really, you should think for yourself! You can do anything.
During the instrumental part, you can sign MUSIC, hold your hands still, or whatever you feel matches the song. This is just my suggestion if you can't come up with something else.
My perspective your life
Can promise your future improve why [rhetorical; eyebrows raised]
Your dream plan perfect
Don't-compare unequal [this is a tricky sign and concept, but think of a scale with one side going way up and the other dropping down]
My hope for-you
My love do much more-than you can imagine
I know-that you want give-up
Don't! Why? [and again the chorus]
Okay, last part! The bridge.
Your heart-break
imagine-break [I can't think of a way to express this in English]
I collect love [notice that the signs flow into each other]
I want you hope in-me
will please trust
[Understand, the word let is here but I didn't use it. It's up to you.]
Your heart-break imagine-break I collect love
make new+++
I want you hope in-me will please trust
Then the chorus repeats with a bit of the second verse.
You can already do that part. So that's it!