Learn English with Songs: “Blue Monday”

Good morning everyone!

We are still on our punk roll, so today we will be singing and dancing with New Order.

Ready?

1. Read the lyrics
2. Understand the vocabulary
3. Sing!

Lyrics

How does it feel
To treat me like you do
When you’ve laid your hands upon me
And told me who you are

I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard your words
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now how do I feel

Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They will turn away no more

And I still find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But I’m quite sure that you’ll tell me
Just how I should feel today

I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn’t for your misfortunes
I’d be a heavenly person today

And I thought I was mistaken
And I thought I heard you speak
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now how should I feel

Now I stand here waiting

I thought I told you to leave me
While I walked down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold
(grows cold, grows cold, grows cold)

Vocabulary

Treat – to deal with or think about (something) especially in a particular way.

Upon – used like “on”.

Mistaken – not correct : incorrect or wrong.

Vocations – a strong desire to spend your life doing a certain kind of work (such as religious work).

Completion – the act or process of completing or finishing something : the state of being complete or finished.

Harbor – a part of the ocean, a lake, etc., that is next to land and that is protected and deep enough to provide safety for ships.

Misfortunes – bad luck.

Heanvenly – of or relating to heaven : divine or blessed.

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