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Teaching material > Looking for bits of text from pop songs
Looking for bits of text from pop songs
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Akanah
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This is is very intensive, the lyrics are heart-rending and so are the music itself and the singer �s voice
Something is wrong with the sum of us That I can�t seem to erase How can I be the only one Without a smile on my face
[chorus]
Well now, you�re laughing out loud At just the thought of being alive And I was wondering Could I just be you tonight
"Could I be you" Matchbox 20
Eric Clapton �s "Wonderful tonight" (Nikadixon �s one) is the most beautiful love song ever. It shows that love is in the little things.
Night everybody :=)
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29 Jul 2009
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elderberrywine
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wonderful songs - thank you so much. YOU are wonderful. Just what I was looking for. any ideas about negative emotions now? conflict, confusion, unhappiness, despair..?
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29 Jul 2009
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manonski (f)
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For unhappiness, Insensitive by Jann Arden
How do you cool your lips After a summer�s kiss How do you rid the sweat After the body bliss How do you turn your eyes From the romantic glare How do you block the sound Of a voice you�d know anywhere
Oh, I really should have known By the time you drove me home By the vagueness in your eyes Your casual good-byes By the chill in your embrace The expression on your face That told me Maybe You might have some advice to give On how to be Insensitive Insensitive Insensitive
How do you numb your skin After the warmest touch How do you slow your blood After the body rush How do you free your soul After you�ve found a friend How do you teach your heart It�s a crime to fall in love again
Oh, you probably won�t remember me It�s probably ancient history I�m one of the chosen few Who went ahead and fell for you I�m out of hope, I�m out of touch I fell too fast, I feel too much I thought that you might have Some advice to give on how to be Insensitive I really should have known By the time you drove me home By the vagueness in your eyes Your casual good-byes By the chill in your embrace The expression on your face That told me Maybe You might have some advice to give On how to be Insensitive Insensitive Insensitive
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29 Jul 2009
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goodnesses
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For this one I don �t have the lyrics yet But it is as simple as it is moving. Hope you have a strong heart.
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29 Jul 2009
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goodnesses
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Here are the Lyrics:
By Declan Galbraith
In my dream children sing a song of love for every boy and girl The sky is blue and fields are green and laughter is the language of the world Then I wake and all I see is a world full of people in need
Tell me why (why) does it have to be like this? Tell me why (why) is there something I have missed? Tell me why (why) cos I don �t understand. When so many need somebody we don �t give a helping hand. Tell me why?
Everyday I ask myself what will I have to do to be a man? Do I have to stand and fight to prove to everybody who I am? Is that what my life is for to waste in a world full of war?
Tell me why (why) does it have to be like this? Tell me why (why) is there something I have missed? Tell me why (why) cos I don �t understand. When so many need somebody we don �t give a helping hand. Tell me why?
(children) tell me why? (declan) tell me why? (children) tell me why? (declan) tell me why? (together) just tell me why, why, why?
Tell me why (why) does it have to be like this? Tell me why (why) is there something I have missed? Tell me why (why) cos I don �t understand. When so many need somebody we don �t give a helping hand.
Tell me why (why,why,does the tiger run) Tell me why (why why do we shoot the gun) Tell me why (why,why do we never learn) Can someone tell us why we let the forest burn?
(why,why do we say we care) Tell me why (why,why do we stand and stare) Tell me why (why,why do the dolphins cry) Can some one tell us why we let the ocean die ?
(why,why if we �re all the same) tell me why (why,why do we pass the blame) tell me why (why,why does it never end) can some one tell us why we cannot just be friends? |
29 Jul 2009
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Kate Winslet �s what if
Here I stand alone With this weight upon my heart And it will not go away In my head I keep on looking back Right back to the start Wondering what it was that made you change
- Tracy Chapman, Baby Can I Hold You (conflict)
Sorry Is all that you can�t say Years gone by and still Words don´t come easily Like sorry Like sorry
Forgive me Is all that you can�t say Years gone by and still Words don´t come easily Like forgive me Forgive me
But you can say baby Baby can I hold you tonight Maybe if I�d told you the right words At the right time You�d be mine
Keane �s everybody �s changing (despair/confusion) (with a litlle help from my daughter...)
You �re gone from here Soon you will disappear Fading into beautiful light �Cause everybody �s changing And I don �t feel right
Coldplay The Scientist (complexity/confusion/loss)
I was just guessing at numbers and figures, pulling the puzzles apart Questions of science, Science and progress, Do not speak as loud as my heart Tell me you love me, Come back to haunt me, Oh when I rush to the start Running in circles, Chasing our tails, Coming back as we are
Nobody said it was easy Oh It �s such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be so hard I �m going back to the start
Peter Gabriel�s BIKO
When I try to sleep at night I can only dream in red The outside world is black and white With only one colour dead Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja -The man is dead
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30 Jul 2009
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manonski (f)
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Unbreak my heart by Toni Braxton is a song about pain.
How can you mend a broken heart
I can think of younger days when living for my life Was everything a man could want to do I could never see tomorrow, but I was never told about the sorrow
And how can you mend a broken heart? How can you stop the rain from falling down? How can you stop the sun from shining? What makes the world go round? How can you mend a this broken man? How can a loser ever win? Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again
I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees And misty memories of days gone by We could never see tomorrow, no one said a word about the sorrow
And how can you mend a broken heart? How can you stop the rain from falling down? How can you stop the sun from shining? What makes the world go round? How can you mend this broken man? How can a loser ever win? Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again |
30 Jul 2009
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goodnesses
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Yes dear you should make that WS. Can �t wait to see it and the project too. To be sincere with you I have a Unit dealing with the same topic "Keep Cool" by the end of the school year. It is about emotions, feelings and humour. I am sure your project ideas and WS will be of great help and certainly very inspiring.
Wish you a lot courage.
Thanks a lot for these (at last) sweet moment.
Regards from Algeria
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30 Jul 2009
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Kate Winslet �s what if
Here I stand alone With this weight upon my heart And it will not go away In my head I keep on looking back Right back to the start Wondering what it was that made you change
Keane �s everybody �s changing (despair/confusion) (with a litlle help from my daughter...)
You �re gone from here Soon you will disappear Fading into beautiful light �Cause everybody �s changing And I don �t feel right
Coldplay The Scientist (complexity/confusion/loss)
I was just guessing at numbers and figures, pulling the puzzles apart Questions of science, Science and progress, Do not speak as loud as my heart Tell me you love me, Come back to haunt me, Oh when I rush to the start Running in circles, Chasing our tails, Coming back as we are
Nobody said it was easy Oh It �s such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be so hard I �m going back to the start
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30 Jul 2009
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manonski (f)
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Wonderful by Everclear
hey, aint life wonderful? wonderful, wonderful, wonderful... isnt it wonderful Now?
I close my eyes when I get too sad I think thoughts that I know are bad Close my eyes and I count to ten Hope its over when I open them
I want the things that I had before Like a star wars poster on my bedroom door I wish I could count to ten Make everything be wonderful again
Hope my mom and I hope my dad Will figure out why they get so mad Hear them scream, I hear them fight They say bad words that make me wanna cry
Close my eyes when I go to bed And I dream of angels who make me smile I feel better when I hear them say Everything will be wonderful someday
Promises mean everything when youre little And the worlds so big I just dont understand how You can smile with all those tears in your eyes Tell me everything is wonderful now
Please dont tell me everything is wonderful now
I go to school and I run and play I tell the kids that its all okay I laugh aloud so my friends wont know When the bell rings I just dont wanna go home
Go to my room and I close my eyes I make believe that I have a new life I dont believe you when you say Everything will be wonderful someday
Promises mean everything when youre little And the world is so big I just dont understand how You can smile with all those tears in your eyes When you tell me everything is wonderful now
No No, I dont wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now No No, I dont wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
I dont wanna hear you say That I will understand someday No, no, no, no I dont wanna hear you say You both have grown in a different way No, no, no, no I dont wanna meet your friends And I dont wanna start over again I just want my life to be the same Just like it used to be Some days I hate everything I hate everything Everyone and everything Please dont tell me everything is wonderful now...
I dont wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now |
30 Jul 2009
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