Hi! I like to listen to english songs. Recently I’ve heard one song where was the following sentence: “Why you are looking like that?” So…I’ll be very grateful if somebody can explain what it means. Or she sings about a man who is looking like a macho (e.g.) or he is looking at her somehow strangely… And it will be very nice if you can point out to me my mistakes in this text. Thanks a lot!
By the way I think it is very good to listen to songs and even learn them by heart. What do you think if we will place here the texts of our favorite english songs?
I will start. Here is the song I’ve asked about.
Inna “Amazing”
Dangerous feelings break out my soul
It’s just the meaning of being alone
I need you here wherever you are
I need you now to take me so far
I wanna run like the speed of the sound
I was somewhere, I’m sure you’re around
You give me now the meaning of life
With you I’m feeling alive
Oooh, ooooh oooooh
Why you’re lookin’ like that
I’m burning like fire I wanna be higher
Just let me know
Why you’re lookin’ like that
You’re driving me crazy
You’re lookin’ amazing…
Hi Olga,
I think that the question “Why are you looking like that?” may refer to either someone’s physical appearance or facial expression. Try looking at these examples :
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“Why are you looking like that? We are going to an interview, not a fashion show!”
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“Why are you looking like that? You look as if you’ve seen a ghost!”
If you would like to make a remark when someone is staring at you in an unusual way (which may or may not lead to you being uncomfortable), you can say :
“Why are you [looking / staring] at me [like that / that way]?”
Anyways, my answer might not be entirely valid, as I am not a native speaker myself. We might have to wait for one of the native speakers in the forum to validate them.
I definitely see eye to eye with you on this method. I find that learning English through singing songs, particularly pronounciation, is both fun and effective. In fact, you can also do that here! Care to visit a thread made by Candy_Floss?
or
Share with us your favourite song lyrics in English
See you there!
Hi, Youscream Icecream!
Thank you for your opinion! I think just like you. But I have found one translation of this song, and there was like that man is looking at her, that’s why I desided to ask someone else. I think the autor was wrong.
I was looking at the link you gave me. And it’s really intresting. Thank you, I didn’t see it on the site before.
I like your login, it is very funny )))
Hi Olga,
I am glad that you liked the link. At first, I also didn’t realize that there was such a topic in the forum. I have always used this method for my pronounciation drill and thought why hasn’t anyone post anything on this matter. I was wrong. Kitos even sing there!
The problem when you learn grammar and expression from songs is that songs aren’t always grammatically accurate. However, since songs are works of art, we couldn’t really label them as “wrong” or “right” since art is subjective by nature. It concerns beauty and you know what they say about beauty; it is in the eyes (or ears for that matter) of the beholder.
Anyway, your user name is quite interesting too. It sounds Indianish…I wondered what it means.
Hi! Nice idea. Here is my contribution. My favourite one.
Beyonce
L Y R I C S
Halo
Remember those walls I built
Well baby they’re tumbling down
And they didn’t even put up a fight
They didn’t even make a sound
I found a way to let you in
But I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your halo
I got my angel now
It’s like I’ve been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin’
It’s the risk that I’m takin’
I ain’t never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I’m looking now
I’m surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you’re my saving grace
You’re everything I need and more
It’s written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won’t fade away
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You’re the only one that I want
Think I’m addicted to your light
I swore I’d never fall again
But this don’t even feel like falling
Gravity can’t forget
To pull me back to the ground again
Feels like I’ve been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin’
The risk that I’m takin’
I’m never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I’m looking now
I’m surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you’re my saving grace
You’re everything I need and more
It’s written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won’t fade away
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo)
Everywhere I’m looking now
I’m surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you’re my saving grace
You’re everything I need and more
It’s written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won’t fade away
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
hi all
i think i’m in the right place,this is the subject that i’m looking for, some of the english songs inciting me and i eager to know the meaning of their lytrics, i will share one of the with you, but i don’t know can we share the MP3 of the song here?
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
‘This could be Heaven or this could be Hell’
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say…
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year, you can find it here
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain,
‘Please bring me my wine’
He said, ‘We haven’t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine’
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say…
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin’ it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said ‘We are all just prisoners here, of our own device’
And in the master’s chambers,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can’t kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
‘Relax,’ said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
but you can never leave!
Hi,
U2
The Fly
It’s no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
It’s no secret that our world is in darkness tonight.
They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by the moon
Y’ know I don’t see you when she walks in the room.
It’s no secret that a friend is someone who lets you help.
It’s no secret that a liar won’t believe anyone else.
They say a secret is something you tell one other person
So I’m telling you, child.
A man will beg Love, we shine like a
A man will crawl Burning star
On the sheer face of love We’re falling from
Like a fly on a wall The sky… tonight
It’s no secret at all
It’s no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest.
It’s no secret ambition bites the nails of success.
Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief;
All kill their inspiration and sing about the grief.
A man will rise Love, we shine like a
A man will fall Burning star
From the sheer face of love We’re falling from
like a fly from a wall. The sky… tonight
It’s no secret at all.
Love, we shine like a burning star
We’re falling from the sky tonight
A man will rise Love, we shine like a
A man will fall Burning star
From the sheer face of love We’re falling from
like a fly from a wall. The sky… tonight
It’s no secret at all.
It’s no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
The universe exploding 'cos-a one man’s lie.
Look I gotta go, yeah, I’m running outta change;
There’s a lot of things if I could I’d rearrange.