MUSIC/LEARN/TEACH-Someone like you – Adele

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Someone like you – Adele



Hi Everyone! Listening to music with English lyrics is an excellent way of developing your vocabulary, grammar and listening skills. We’ve used several songs with students before and we thought we would start posting some of them here so you can enjoy them too. Happy listening!




Here’s one interpretation of what the song is about:

‘To me this song describes perfectly the feeling that you get when you see someone you loved moving on and happy when you feel like you’ve ended up worse off. But obviously you’re still somehow close and wouldn’t wish anything bad upon them. And it seems the only way to be happy again is to find a replica of them that still won’t quite match up.’



Listen to it yourself and see if you agree. Before you listen, look at the vocabulary activity below – you’ll need these words to understand the lyrics.

Vocabulary Activity:


Match the words in the left column to their correct definitions in the right column.

1.To settle down a. used to mean that time passes very and surprisingly quickly
2.To hold back b.to arrive or appear somewhere, usually unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned
3.Ain’t c. to continue being good
4.To turn up d.to not do something, often because of fear or because you do not want to make a bad situation worse
5.Out of the blue e. To be finished
6.To be over 1.to make a very strong and urgent request
7.To last g.to accept responsibilities and live a calmer life
8.Time flies h.completely unexpected
9.To beg 1.short form of: am not, is not, are not, has not, or have not (slang)



Now listen to the song, you can read the lyrics at the same time if you like or read them afterwards. While listening, listen out for the words you studied in the vocabulary activity. When you’ve finished, look back at the vocabulary activity and check whether the definitions you chose seem correct.





Lyrics:



I heard that you’re settled down
That you found a girl and you’re married now
I heard that your dreams came true
Guess she gave you things I didn’t give to you

Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain’t like you to hold back or hide from the light

I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited
But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it
I had hoped you’d see my face and that you’d be reminded
That for me, it isn’t over

Never mind, I’ll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don’t forget me, I begged, I remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead

You know how the time flies
Only yesterday was the time of our lives
We were born and raised in a summer haze
Bound by the surprise of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited
But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it
I had hoped you’d see my face and that you’d be reminded
That for me, it isn’t over yet

Never mind, I’ll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don’t forget me, I begged, I remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead, yeah

Nothing compares, no worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes, they’re memories made
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Never mind, I’ll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you
Don’t forget me, I begged, I remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead

Never mind, I’ll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don’t forget me, I begged, I remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead





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