Good day world of wonder and perennial splendour!
I trust that the day has met you with a smile? I have been delving into some music of late, and have decided it a matter of course to share a favourite song of mine,with you- so as to help you on the journey to fluency.
We all know that vocabulary acquisition is a never-ending road- so, why not try learning more with music as a medium?
A sturdy arsenal of vocabulary is a necessary commodity. Learning both positive and positively awful vocabulary is essential.
Namaste
Teacher B
VOCABULARY LIST:
Valhalla- Mythology -The hall in which Odin received the souls of slain heroes. ( Heaven.)
Forlorn- alone/unhappy/ not cared for.
Adrift- If a person is adrift, they do not have a clear purpose in life
Bullied- to hurt or frighten someone who is smaller or less powerful than you
Suckered-to persuade someone to do something by deceiving them
Pimp- a man who controls prostitutes, especially by finding customers for them, and takes some of the money that they earn
Patronized/ to patronize someone-to speak to or behave towards someone as if they are stupid or not important
Tawdry-looking bright and attractive but in fact cheap and of low quality
wringing hands-to hold something tightly with both hands and twist it by turning your hands in opposite directions
cursing-to swear/expletives- to say rude words in anger.i.e. shit
Idiomatic meanings:
It breaks my heart - it makes me sad
Each turn of the wheel/the wheel turns/the wheel is turning - something that you say which means a process is starting to happen/something is happening
We have dreamed about it - we have wanted this/ deep desire
Golden age - A period of great peace, prosperity, and happiness.
All our lives we've dreamed about it
Just to find that it was never real
This sure ain't no great Valhalla
Coming closer each turn of the wheel
Forlorn, adrift on seas of beige
In this our Golden Age
Even in our darkest hour
Never thought that it could get so bad
Bullied, suckered, pimped and patronised
Every day your tawdry little lives
So loose your head
And step within
The silence deafening
Now you saw it coming
And I saw it coming
We all saw it coming
But we still bought it
Now you saw it coming
And I saw it coming but still
Running full steam ahead
In and out of consciousness
It breaks my heart to see you like this
Crying, wringing hands and cursing fate
Always so little far too late
It's 3am I'm wide awake
There's still one call to make
Now you saw it coming
And I saw it coming
We all saw it coming
But we still bought it
Now you saw it coming
And I saw it coming
We all saw it coming
But we still bought it
Now you saw it coming
And I saw it coming
But still running full steam
Now you saw it coming
And I saw it coming but still
Running full steam
Now you
And I
We all saw it coming
But we still bought it
Now you
And I
We all saw it coming
But we still bought it
