Lekcja #36 Sign of the Times – Harry Styles (2017)

Lekcja #36 Sign of the Times – Harry Styles (2017)

by | May 8, 2022 | Bezpłatna lekcja na youtube

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Zadanie 1. Wysłuchaj piosenki z youtube jednocześnie czytając tekst. O czym mówią słowa?

Just stop your _______________________
It’s a sign of the __________________
______________________ to the final show
Hope you’re wearing your best _____________
You can’t __________ the door on your way to the sky
You look pretty good down here
But you ___________________ really good

CHORUS: If we _________  learn, we been here before
Why are we always ______________  and running from
The bullets? 2x
We never _________________ , we been here before
Why are we always ____________ and running from
The bullets? 2x

Just stop your _____________________
It’s a sign of the times
We _______________________  get away from here
We gotta get away from here
Just stop your crying
It’ll be _____________________
They told me that the _____________________ is near
We gotta get away from here

Just stop your crying
Have the _______________________ of your life
Breaking through the _______________
And things are ______________ good from here
___________everything will be alright
We can meet again ________________________
_______________________ far away from here

CHORUS: We never learn….

Zadanie 2. Uzupełnij luki w piosence słowami poniżej.

stuck, times, clothes, ain’t, learn, gotta, alright, atmosphere, pretty, somewhere, Somewhere, crying, Welcome, bribe, never, stuck, crying, end, time, Remember

Zadanie 3. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (pogrubiona czcionka, lub/i są podkreślone). Słowa mogą być w tekście piosenki, lub w komentarzach.

    1. __________________ a metal projectile for firing from a rifle, revolver, or other small firearm, typically cylindrical and pointed, and sometimes containing an explosive.
    2. ________________ dishonestly persuade (someone) to act in one’s favour by a gift of money or other
    3. ______________ describes something that’s frozen or fixed in one place and can’t be moved.

    Zadanie 4. Przeczytaj komentarze. Czy zgadzasz się z nimi?

    • Sign of the Times’ came from ‘This isn’t the first time we’ve been in a hard time, and it’s not going to be the last time.’ The song is written from a point of view as if a mother was giving birth to a child and there’s a complication. The mother is told, ‘The child is fine, but you’re not going to make it.’ The mother has five minutes to tell the child, ‘Go forth and
    • I know this is a little morbid but I think this song is about death or something ending. I think in the song he’s saying to the person dying stop crying we can meet again somewhere (heaven) and not to worry about dying just enjoy what time you have left. I think this song could also go away for any other situations in life too where things are going bad and he’s singing that you should focus on what is happening now and enjoy it even though you may cry, overcome it, just have the time of your life.
    • It is obvious that the song is about what is going on with the planet as it pertains to Christianity and the second coming of Christ Jesus. The Illuminati / Freemasons / Satanist’s time here on Earth is coming to an end, but this group seems to have had a good run. They had it pretty good being in charge. Now they are being exposed and also freely exposing themselves. These people had it good but are not good.
    • I’ve heard that this is about the Third World War… that makes sense. Personally, I think it’s a sign of the times, the arse end of the way things are, ready for a whole new wardrobe. I mean, we have Trump, we have Europe falling apart, we have mass chaos…. the Third World War?
    • In The New York Times, Styles was asked if news events like Brexit and the tribulations of Donald Trump made their way into his songwriting. He replied: “We’re in a difficult time, and I think we’ve been in many difficult times before. Most of the stuff that hurts me about what’s going on at the moment is not politics, it’s fundamentals … Equal For everyone, all races, sexes, everything. … ?

    Zadanie 5. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (pogrubiona czcionka, lub/i są podkreślone). Słowa mogą być w tekście piosenki, lub w komentarzach.

      1.________________ characterized by an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.
      2.____________ a cause of great trouble or suffering.
      3._________________ a person’s buttocks or anus.
      4._________________ a member of an international order established for mutual help and fellowship, which holds elaborate secret ceremonies.
      5._________________ a thing that persuades or leads someone to do something.
      6.________________ overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force.
      7.___________ a Bavarian secret society founded in 1776, organized like the Freemasons.
      8._____________________ of people: having the same status, rights, or opportunities.
      9.______________ a central or primary rule or principle on which something is based.

      Zadanie 6. Posłuchaj piosenki jeszcze raz zastanawiając się: o czym ona jest? Możesz teraz zauważyć, na ile twoje pierwsze wrażenie po odsłuchaniu piosenki były słuszne.

      Lekcja #35 The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965)

      Lekcja #35 The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965)

      by | May 8, 2022 | Gotowa lekcja za darmo Analiza Piosenki

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      Zadanie 1. Wysłuchaj piosenki z youtube jednocześnie czytając tekst. O czym mówią słowa?

      In this __________ old part of the city
      Where the sun _____________to shine
      _________tell me there ain’t no use in tryin’
      Now my ________, you’re so young and pretty
      And one thing I ____________ is true
      You’ll be _______ before your time is due, I know
      Watch my ___________ in bed a-dyin’
      Watched his __________ been turnin’ grey
      He’s been workin’ and ______ his life away, oh yes I know it
      And I’ve been ____________too, baby (yeah!)
      Every ___________and day (yeah!)
      We _______________ get out of this place
      If it’s the ______________thing we ever do
      We gotta get out of this place
      ‘Cause girl, there’s a __________ life for me and you

      Zadanie 2. Uzupełnij luki w piosence słowami poniżej.

      better, dirty, girl, hair, daddy, refused, dead, slavin‘, workin’ , People, night, last, gotta, know

      Zadanie 3. Przeczytaj komentarze. Czy zgadzasz się z nimi?

      • “We Gotta Get Out of this Place” has become a symbol of the Vietnam War. In fact, the song, recorded by the Animals, was used as the intro for the television series Tour of Duty, a dramatic series set on an American base stationed in Vietnam that ran from 1997 through 1990 when there was a resurgence of Vietnam War-themed shows and movies. At first glance, the song appears to be just that, a Vietnam War anthem demanding the U.S. government to withdraw from the Vietnam conflict.  But, at closer look, the lyrics tell a different story.  The song was written by husband and wife team Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, a productive Brill Building team that started with popular “fluffy” songs such as The Drifters’ “On Broadway” and The Crystals’ “Uptown.”  Examination of the lyrics of “We Gotta Get Out of this Place” reveals that this song really is not much different than “On Broadway” or “Uptown” in that “We Gotta Get Out of this Place” is about a young couple caught in a working-class city slum, trying to make a better life for themselves before the working-class lifestyle literally kills them, like the narrator’s father who worked himself to death at a young age.  “On Broadway” and “Uptown” also refer to finding a better life in a better place.  Although “We Gotta Get Out of this Place” resonated with soldiers deployed to Vietnam during that conflict when the song was released, the song generally is more about finding a way out to pursue a better life.  It is understandable that the song became an anthem, and arguably the most requested song on Armed Forces Radio during the Vietnam conflict.  The song clearly relates to the soldiers’ need to “get out of that place.”  But, this song is a perfect example of the numerous offerings from this time period that were not specifically written as anti-war anthems, but were successfully re-purposed as such.
      • I can easily understand why a soldier in Vietnam would sing “We Gotta Get Out of This Place,” but the song wasn’t written about Vietnam. After all ,the Animals were Englishmen, from the town of Newcastle. They were in no danger of getting drafted to fight in Vietnam! The song is about a young man who yearns to get out of the dirty, dismal, smoggy industrial town he’s growing up in. His own father is getting prematurely old and gray from working at a factory, and the young man wants no part of that life. He wants to run away with his girlfriend to somewhere they can be free and happy.

      Zadanie 4. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (pogrubiona czcionka, lub/i są podkreślone). Słowa mogą być w tekście piosenki, lub w komentarzach.

        1. __________________ an increase or revival after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence.

        __________________ an instance of something becoming popular, active, or important again; comeback

        1. _____________ adapt for use in a different purpose.
        2. _______________ a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.
        3. ___________________ follow or chase (sb or sth).
        4. ________________ to be expected; natural, reasonable, or forgivable.
        5. ___________________ it may be argued
        6. ________________ make or show a connection between.
        7. ____________________ a thing produced for entertainment or sale.
        8. ____________ a person who is continually moving from place to place, without any fixed home or job.
        9. _________________ of or characteristic of an affluent area or people.
        10. _____________ a moral or legal obligation; a responsibility.
        11. __________________ (of a leisure venue, event, etc.) given a particular theme or setting.
        12. __________________ a large open or main road.
        13. __________________ have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.
        14. ________________ select (a person or group of people) and bring them somewhere for a certain purpose; conscript (someone) for military service.
        15. _____________ causing a mood of gloom or depression.
        16. _________________ frivolous or silly; lacking depth or seriousness.
        17. ________________ work excessively hard.
        18. _________________ evoke images, memories, and emotions.
        19. ________________ move (troops or equipment) into position for military action.
        20. ___________________ before the due time; ahead of time.

        Zadanie 5. Posłuchaj piosenki jeszcze raz zastanawiając się: o czym ona jest? Możesz teraz zauważyć, na ile twoje pierwsze wrażenie po odsłuchaniu piosenki były słuszne.

        Lekcja #34 You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse (2008)

        Lekcja #34 You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse (2008)

        by | May 8, 2022 | Gotowa lekcja za darmo Analiza Piosenki

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        Zadanie 1. Wysłuchaj piosenki z youtube jednocześnie czytając tekst. O czym mówią słowa?

        Meet you downstairs in the ________ and hurt
        Your rolled up __________ in your skull T-shirt
        You say “what did you do it with him __________?”
        And____________ me out like I was Tanqueray

        ‘Cause you’re my ___________, my guy
        Hand me your _____________ and fly
        By the time I’m out the __________________
        You ___________ me down like Roger Moore

         

        CHORUS: I _____________ myself
                    Like I _____________ I would
                    I told you I was _________________
                    You know that I’m no _____________

         

        Upstairs in _______________ with my ex-boy
        He’s in a ___________, but I can’t get joy
        Thinking on you in the final throes
        This is when my ____________ goes

        Run out to meet your chips and pita
        You say when “we’re ______________”
        ‘Cause you’re not bitter
        “There’ll be ___________ of him no more”
        I cried for you on the ______________ floor

                    CHORUS….

        Sweet _____________, Jamaica and Spain
        We’re like how we were again
        I’m in the ____________, you on the seat
        Lick your lips as I _____________ my feet

        Then you notice little __________ burn
        My stomach drop and my ____________ churn
        You _____________  and it’s the worst
        Who truly ____________ the knife in first

                    CHORUS…

        Zadanie 2. Uzupełnij luki w piosence słowami poniżej.

        bar, sleeves, sniffed, fella, cheated, trouble, place, buzzer, knew, reunion, tub, guts, carpet, tear, shrug, good, soak, stuck, Stella, married, today, door, bed, none, kitchen,

        Zadanie 3. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (pogrubiona czcionka, lub/i są podkreślone). Słowa mogą być w tekście piosenki, lub w komentarzach.

        1.__________________ the stomach or belly.
        2._____________________ draw in (a scent, substance, or air) through the nose.
        3.___________________ intense or violent pain and struggle, especially accompanying birth, death, or great change.
        4.____________________ (with reference to liquid) move or cause to move about vigorously; break up the surface of (an area of ground); have an unpleasant disturbed feeling.
        5.___________________ raise (one’s shoulders) slightly and momentarily to express doubt, ignorance, or indifference.
        6.________________ flat, hollow, slightly leavened bread which can be split open to hold a filling
        7._______________ make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid.
        8._________________ push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).
        9.___________________ is an English brand of gin
        10.___________________ Artois (/ɑːrˈtwɑː/ ar-TWAH) is a pilsner beer, first brewed in 1926
        11.________________ a person’s boyfriend or lover;
        12.Someone who is ____________ is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in the past: I feel very bitter about my childhood and all that I went through.
        13.______________________ an electrical device that makes a buzzing noise and is used for signalling.

        Zadanie 4. Przeczytaj komentarze. Czy zgadzasz się z nimi?

        • This song is about a girl who can’t stick to one. She’s in love with a guy, who is also very in love with her. She’s trying so hard to stay faithful to him but she just can’t. They split up, but when she cried for him and she said she was gonna change, he decided for them to get married. And when they were married she repeated her crime, and he didn’t give her any reaction. He got so fed up with her cheating that he just shrugged his shoulders and gave her the silent treatment. And she felt worse.
        • In this brutally honest song, Winehouse confesses to a number of vices.
        • Amy uses her drug and alcohol use to justify her infidelity in a relationship. The track is quite telling of Amy’s dark and dangerous lifestyle of heavy drinking and addiction, with her extensive drinking habits ultimately leading to her demise in 2011.
        • Throughout the track, Amy paints a telling picture of her tempestuous relationship with her man. Even though she exhibits warning signs of her bad behaviour and precarious lifestyle of substance abuse and cheating, her man still takes her back and looks past all her damaging actions.

        Zadanie 5. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (pogrubiona czcionka, lub/i są podkreślone).

        1.________________ a person’s death.
        2._________________ immoral or wicked behaviour.
        3.__________________ characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion.
        4.__________________ not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.
        5.________________ finally; in the end.

        Zadanie 6. Posłuchaj piosenki jeszcze raz zastanawiając się: o czym ona jest? Możesz teraz zauważyć, na ile twoje pierwsze wrażenie po odsłuchaniu piosenki były słuszne.

        Lekcja #33 The Times They Are A-Changin’ Bob Dylan (1964)

        Lekcja #33 The Times They Are A-Changin’ Bob Dylan (1964)

        by | May 8, 2022 | Gotowa lekcja za darmo Analiza Piosenki

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        Zadanie 1. Wysłuchaj piosenki z youtube jednocześnie czytając tekst. O czym mówią słowa?

        Come ___________ ’round people
        Wherever you __________________
        And admit that the ________________
        Around you have grown
        And accept it that soon
        You’ll be ______________ to the bone
        If your time to you is worth _________
        And you better start ______________
        Or you’ll ______________ like a stone
        For the times they are a-changin’

        Come _______________and critics
        Who ____________  with your pen
        And keep your eyes ______________
        The _____________ won’t come again
        And don’t _____________too soon
        For the wheel’s still in ___________
        And there’s no __________ who
        That it’s _______________________
        For the loser now
        Will be ___________________ to win
        For the times they are a-changin’

        Come ___________, congressmen
        Please ________________the call
        Don’t stand in the _______________
        Don’t block up the hall
        For he that gets _________________
        Will be he who has stalled
        The battle outside _____________
        Will soon _____________ your windows
        And _________________ your walls
        For the times they are a-changin’

        Come mothers and fathers
        ________________ the land
        And don’t criticize
        What you can’t ______________
        Your sons and your daughters
        Are beyond your __________________
        Your old road is rapidly _______________
        Please get out of the new one
        If you can’t ____________your hand
        For the times they are a-changin’

        The_________________ it is drawn
        The curse it is cast
        The ______________ one now
        Will later be fast
        As the ___________________ now
        Will later be past
        The order is rapidly _____________
        And the first one now
        Will later be last
        For the times they are a-changin’

        Zadanie 2. Uzupełnij luki w piosence słowami poniżej.

        namin’, fadin’, savin’, swimmin’, tellin’, ragin‘, agin’, senators, doorway, rattle, Throughout, command, waters, sink, gather, writers, wide, spin, heed, shake, understand, lend, roam, chance, speak, later, hurt, line, present, slow, drenched, prophesize

        Zadanie 3. Przeczytaj komentarze. Czy zgadzasz się z nimi?

        • During the same times of this song being recorded, The Vietnam War (1954-1975) was escalating. This war was a conflict between the communist North Vietnam versus South Vietnam and the USA. The Vietnam War is still dubbed as one of the costliest and futile wars in history; over 2 million civilians on both sides of Vietnam, around 250,000 Vietnam soldiers, and over 58,000 US military personnel paid their lives in this war. The pressures for changes in the US’s political stance in global affairs were rising.
        • On November 22, 1963, United States president John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Despite where the song drew its initial inspiration, it has a universal and timeless impact. If we look at the ‘protest’ element of the song, the world still needs societal participation in bringing much-needed changes into the world. On the other hand, ‘change’ is inevitable. Things that change for the better too shall pass at some point. On a grand scheme of things, ‘the inevitability of change is the only thing that does not change.’

        Zadanie 4. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (na grubo). Słowa mogą być w tekście piosenki, lub w komentarzach.

        1.______________ increasing rapidly.
        2.________________ costing a lot; expensive.
        3.___________ incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.
        4.________________ the attitude of a person or organization towards something; a standpoint.
        5._________________ a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to sth
        6.____________________ relating to society or social relations.
        7.__________________ certain to happen; unavoidable.
        8._______________ confess to be true or to be the case.
        9.__________ _____ ____________joining a cause; you pay attention to it and do what they suggest
        10.___________________ a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something.
        11.__________________ a mould used to make an object by casting.
        12.___________________ make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sounds.
        13.______________________ feel or express violent uncontrollable anger.
        14.___________________ give an unofficial name or nickname to.
        15.____________________ move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area.
        16._________________ wet thoroughly; soak.
        17.__________________________ to predict or foretell.
        18.______________________ stop or cause to stop making progress.

        Zadanie 5. Posłuchaj piosenki jeszcze raz zastanawiając się: o czym ona jest? Możesz teraz zauważyć, na ile twoje pierwsze wrażenie po odsłuchaniu piosenki były słuszne.

        Zadanie 6. Chcesz dowiedzieć się więcej?

        • Explain those lines:

         

        1. The curse it is cast
        2. Please heed the call
        3. And accept it that soon
          You’ll be drenched to the bone
        4. For the loser now will be later to win

         

        • Bob Dylan wrote this song in 1963 and this was the era of the PEACE and LOVE generation… Free spirits that would NEVER be tethered and controlled by something like the evils of Nazism, Communism or Socialism. In the 60s, Dylan could see that the times were changing, people had changed: and he favored change. Remember this was written not long after World War II. It was a time of the youth in this country being adamantly against war, divisiveness hate and injustices like racial discrimination. Young people in the 60s, if you think back to James Dean, Steve mcqueen and the young Marlon Brando: were a rebellious and outspoken bunch who were inspired to take the world by storm. If something was horribly wrong, they were out there in a protest. These are the sons and daughters that were beyond parental command, as Dylan wrote. They were the children of the war-generation and they set out to fix what the people of the world in their parents’age group screwed up. They became proactive in their own right, to try to change the times for better; a better world for themselves, and a future for their own children. They knew (collectively, most of them wearing peace symbols around their necks) a change for unity, prosperity and peace was the New Order. When Dylan says “come gather round people”, he is really speaking to the whole world, but more specifically to us in America, as world leaders to deluge the world with love, equality, our music singing praises to a free society; and a kumbaya attitude… Transforming a postwar world into a planet of peace. He is making a call for change that ALL better join the movement of the Peacemaker-Flower Children. The whole action of the 60s was about movements and protests, to right the wrongs

        A kind of mantra in those days was ‘don’t trust anyone over 30’. This made the older generation sort of a quasi-enemy. They looked on the youth of the 60s as a bunch of pot-smoking, rock and roll or folk music; free- love, hippies. The people over 30 criticized this Peace-Love generation, and even did so in the Press; calling the Baby Boomers degenerates and losers.

         

        • Yes, he was right, the times were changing.  I just wish that change had had less to do with rampant capitalism and religious fundamentalism and more to do with humanity, honesty and perhaps most of all, trying to be a decent sort of bloke in a world gone wrong.
        • Just under two years after he had written the song, Dylan did an interview with the English pop/rock/jazz/blues weekly, “Melody Maker” as said, “It was nothing to do with age or parents… This is what it was, maybe – a bitterness towards authority – the type of person who sticks his nose down and doesn’t take you seriously, but expects you to take him seriously.”

         

        1. _________________ tie (an animal) with a rope or chain so as to restrict its movement.
        2. ___________________ in a way that suggests one will not be persuaded to change one’s mind; firmly and resolutely (in an admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering manner).
        3. __________________ a tendency to cause disagreement or hostility between people.
        4. __________________ a group of people.
        5. ____________________ apparently but not really; seemingly.
        6. ____________________ inhalation of smoke or vapors released by heating the flowers, leaves, or extracts of cannabis
        7. ___________________ /dɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rət/ an immoral or corrupt person.
        8. ____________________ a person born during a baby boom 
        9. ______________ (especially of something unwelcome) flourishing or spreading unchecked.

         

        • “A-“ before a verb was a prefix quite common in 16th C. English. It is still, today, quite common in Appalachian English, in the US, which is where Dylan no doubt took his influence.

        It can mean “engaged in”, as in “He’s a-runnin! And fast!”, or “She’s a-birth, and there’s no point in hoping she’ll not.”

        It can also mean “motion to, into”, as in “I’m going a-long”, “I’m going a-bout”, “I’m going a-round”, “I’m going a-breast”.

        Lekcja #32 Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart (1983)

        Lekcja #32 Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart (1983)

        by | May 8, 2022 | Bezpłatna lekcja na youtube

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        Zadanie 1. Wysłuchaj piosenki z youtube jednocześnie czytając tekst. O czym mówią słowa?

        __________  yourself

        You always live your life

        Never thinking of the __________________

        __________  yourself

        You are the ___________ you __________________

        Take your chances, win or ________________

        ____________ yourself

        You are the _____________  you take

        You and you, and that’s the only way

        ____________ , ___________  yourself

        You’re every ____________ you ______________

        So the ________________ goes

         

        CHORUS: Owner of a lonely heart

                        Owner of a lonely heart

                        (Much _____________ than a)

                        Owner of a _______________ heart

                        Owner of a lonely heart

         

        Say, you don’t want to____________ it

        You’ve been _____________so before

        ___________________ it now

        The ______________ in the sky

        How he dancin’ one and only

        You, ______________ yourself

        No not for pity’s sake

        There’s no real _______________ to be lonely

        Be yourself

        Give your __________ ____________ a chance

        You’ve got to want to _________________

        CHORUS…

        After my own __________________

        They confused me so

        Owner of a lonely heart

        My love said never ______________ your will at all

        In the end you’ve got to go

        Look before you leap

        Owner of a lonely heart

        And don’t you ______________ at all, no no

        Sooner or later each conclusion will decide the lonely heart

        It will excite, it will delight

        It will give a better start

        Don’t deceive your free will at all

        Just receive it

        Zadanie 2. Uzupełnij luki w piosence słowami poniżej.

        question, better, reason, free will, hurt, loser, lose, succeed, chance, hesitate, indecision , future, steps, eagle, move (x2), Prove, make (x2), broken, See, shake, story, Watch

        Zadanie 3. Przeczytaj komentarze. Czy zgadzasz się z nimi?

        • The song meaning is clarified by the video. The video script/screenplay is an adaption of the Franz Kafka novel “The Trial”. The script remains faithful to the novel till the very last scene, where in typical Yes fashion we have a happy ending. This is not a betrayal of the novel as Kafka postulates the alternative ending anyway and Yes have simply taken him up on it. The Kafka novel starts with an ordinary guy with an ordinary job leading an ordinary life being arrested. He is told that he is on trial and , to cut a long story short, his sentence is death. In other words, this guy “goes with the flow” and does not question the world around him. The first couple of verses have Yes admonishing this bloke and urging him to make up his own mind about things and take control of his life. Following verses do much the same thing. “Give your free will a chance etc.”. It’s difficult for me to keep explaing the meaning of the song as it is so directly tied to the clip and the novel…I would give away the punchline(s) of the book and ruin it for those who would read it. Sufficient to say that the song is a great piece of music and the lyrics open up worlds to those who care to follow it through. See the clip, read the book and the lyrics will have another level of meaning.
        • Trust your will, your authentic will, no matter what. Keep moving forward with confidence. Trust yourself and your instincts. Full awareness. Trust i seek and i find in you – nothing else matters. What can be confusing about the song is the weak distortions of the ego during the chorus saying ‘much better than – a’ versus the soul’s will to action in the rest of the song. Not unlike our own minds. Great song and video. Yes diehards might not like it, but its great nonetheless.
        • I think this song is about a guy who is kind of a downer and he’s mad that he’s not achieving any success, but is unwilling to put himself out there in order to achieve it, using the excuse that “an owner of a lonely heart is better than an owner of a broken heart”.
        • He is an eagle in spirit, his enemies are the evil creatures which try to attack him. They represent the evil thoughts or influences that attack each one of us. But an eagle can not only defeat these creatures in the natural, it can also fly away to escape them. His problems are all brought on by his conformist mindset, and to be free he needs to go his own way, “follow his own will” or the will of God. and become the true eagle inside, his true self, or what God has created him to be.
        • I was thinking the chorus, “Owner of a lonely heart, much better than the owner of a broken heart”, means… Following your dreams and taking the road less traveled and NOT going with the flow, would be a lonelier road, therefore you would be the “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”, but it would be “much better than the owner of a broken heart”, which is what you would get, if you don’t go for what you want in life. Wasting a life following all the “shoulds” of life and the path laid out for you by the expectations of others.

        Zadanie 4. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (na grubo). Słowa mogą być w tekście piosenki, lub w komentarzach.

        1. _________________________________________ used to express impatience or make an urgent appeal.
        2. ________________________ pause in indecision before saying or doing something.
        3. ______________________________ the inability to make a decision quickly.
        4. ______________________________ the action of giving a misleading account or impression.
        5. ____________________________ a person who strongly opposes change or who continues to support something in spite of opposition.
        6.___________________ in spite of that; nevertheless.
        7.____________ ______ ____________ be relaxed and accept a situation, rather than trying to alter or control it.
        8.__________________ great pleasure

        Zadanie 5. Posłuchaj piosenki jeszcze raz zastanawiając się: o czym ona jest? Możesz teraz zauważyć, na ile twoje pierwsze wrażenie po odsłuchaniu piosenki były słuszne.