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A place where nobody dared to go
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'''Mood''' is a grammatical category that expresses the speaker's attitude toward the action or state of being described in a [[verb]], namely, whether it is a simple statement of fact, a hypothetical or counterfactual situation, a desire, a command, etc.  [[English]] has indicative, subjunctive, and imperative moods; other languages distinguish more or fewer.
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The love that we came to know
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==Indicative mood==
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They call it Xanadu
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The indicative mood indicates a simple statement of fact:  "I'm here."
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==Subjunctive mood==
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The subjunctive mood expresses a hypothetical, counterfactual, or desired situation.  A counterfactual present situation is expressed in the past subjunctive:  ''If I were king...'' (which the speaker is not).  A counterfactual past situation is expressed in the past perfect subjunctive:  ''If I had been king...'' (which the speaker was not at the relevant time, if ever).  A desired situation can be expressed in the present or future subjunctive:  ''I request that he be there/should be there at noon.''  ''God save the Queen!''  The future subjunctive also expresses a possible future situation in a dependent clause:  ''If I should die before I wake....''
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And now
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In counterfactual statements, the independent clause is expressed in the conditional, which is sometimes considered to be a mood distinct from the subjunctive:  ''If I were king, what riches I would give you.''
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Open your eyes and see
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==Imperative mood==
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What we have made is real
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The imperative mood expresses a command:  ''Go!'' It typically exists only in the second person and in the first person plural. Some languages, like [[Spanish]], have a separate polite imperative based on the subjunctive.
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We are in Xanadu
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[[Category:Grammar]]
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A million lights are dancing
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And there you are
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A shooting star
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An everlasting world
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And you're here with me
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Eternally
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Xanadu, Xanadu,
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(now we are here)
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In Xanadu
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Xanadu, Xanadu,
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(now we are here)
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In Xanadu
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Xanadu, your neon lights will shine
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For you, Xanadu
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The love
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The echoes of long ago
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You needed the world to know
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They are in Xanadu
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The dream
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That came through a million years
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That lived on through all the tears
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It came to Xanadu
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A million lights are dancing
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And there you are
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A shooting star
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An everlasting world
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And you're here with me
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Eternally
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Xanadu, Xanadu,
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(now we are here)
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In Xanadu
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Xanadu, Xanadu,
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(now we are here)
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In Xanadu
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Now that I'm here
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Now that you're near in Xanadu
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Now that I'm here
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Now that you're near in Xanadu
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Xanadu...
 
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