But the next time we hear tonight in the song (P8L1)) it is the more common /tən aɪʔ/ again. He sings the third paragraph and there we can see the end of the first and third lines with TONIGHT /tən aɪd/ (P3L1) and TIGHT /taɪd/(P3元). One of the boys here does it all the time. The sound is usually very week so it's hard to hear. d/ It is also common to find this sound instead of /ʔ/ when it is not followed by a vowel. I can't explain" /a: kænʔ ɪkspl eɪn/ (P1L2). It is possible, but less common, at the end of a word even if the next word begins with a vowel, but it is very common in CAN'T, as you can see in ". It is also common before an /n/ as you can see in the first word of the song, WRITTEN /rɪʔn/ (P1L1) (in this position it is more common in BrE than in AmE). IT and RIGHT end in a T but it is followed by a consonant. This sound is very common when the T is not followed by a vowel, for example you can see it in the first paragraph, in the line ".it stays right here." /ɪʔ steɪz raɪʔ hɪə/ (P1L4). Instead of pronouncing the T with the tip of your tongue, we pronounce it in our throat, suddenly closing our vocal cords and making a stop in our throat. In the first paragraph you can see it in ". In this song you can see it happening all the time. D/ When the T goes between vowels, AmE always pronounces it like a very quick and tense /d/. In the first paragraph you can see it in the words STORIES /st ɔ:rɪz/ (P1L2) and EMPTY / emtɪ/ (P1L4) (and yes, no /p/) t/ It is most of the times pronounced like this when it goes before a vowel. Here we find almost all the pronunciations of this letter, and because we have different boys singing, we can also find different preferences when there is a choice. This is probably the most complex phoneme in the English language, because it may be pronounced in different ways, depending on the position of the sound and also on the preferences of the speaker. In this song you can see this happening all the time, except once (towards the end, when they say "I take her home" (P12L1) he says /aɪ teɪk ər həʊm/, probably under the influence of his native Irish accent, that is almost absent but here it shows). This happens a lot in American English too, but only when they are singing (black people there often do it when they are speaking too). In British English the R is only pronounced if it's followed by a vowel. For example you can see OF pronounced /əm/ before MY at the end of the song in "The story of my life" (Paragraph 13, Line 4), or MY pronounced /mɑ:/ under the influence of HEART ( /hɑ:t/) in "I leave my heart open" (P1元 and P7L4). Some sounds are influenced by the sounds surrounding, before or after them.
With this song, we can show you how the English language really works, and maybe you will understand better why you have sometimes problems understanding, especially if you still think that every word must always be pronounced in the same way. A perfect pronunciation will sound very unnatural, even incorrect in many cases. When people talk (or sing) you can forget about perfect pronunciation. You can check the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) here.
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