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Have you watched the movie Boyhood yet? It has been nominated for several Oscars, including Best Film. If you’ve watched it, let us know whether you liked it in the comments’ below!
Today we are going to learn some English by listening to one of the songs on Boyhood’s soundtrack: Hero.
This is what we recommend you do:
- Read the lyrics
- Understand the vocabulary
- Sing along!
Lyrics
Let me go
I don’t wanna be your hero
I don’t wanna be a big man
Just wanna fight with everyone else
Your masquerade
I don’t wanna be a part of your parade
Everyone deserves a chance to
Walk with everyone else
While holding down
A job to keep my girl around
And maybe buy me some new strings
And her a night out on the weekend
And we can whisper things
Secrets from our American dreams
Baby needs some protection
But I’m a kid like everyone else
So let me go
I don’t wanna be your hero
I don’t wanna be a big man
I Just wanna fight like everyone else
Oh
So let me go
I don’t wanna be your hero
I don’t wanna be a big man
I Just wanna fight with everyone else
Your masquerade
I don’t wanna be a part of your parade
Everyone deserves a chance to
Walk with everyone else
Vocabulary
Masquerade – a way of appearing or behaving that is not true or real.
To be a part of – “To be part of” means to participate in, to share in.
Parade – a long series of people or things that come one after the other.
Holding down a job – to work hard to keep your job, to not get fired.
Strings – guitar strings.
Whisper – to speak very softly or quietly.
Kid – a young person, a child.
Music Video
Did you enjoy the song?
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Thanks Elisabeth! That means a lot to us 🙂
really big thanks to you for your care. it is an amazing way to improving listening skill and you really encouraged me 🙂
I enjoyed it
I like it..
Thank you ABA! I enjoyed it very much, wonderful!!
It’s a nove song!
Excellent!
Thank you so much.I enjoyed it..it help well’to learn..Its wonderfull
Thanks for sharing,Kate!!!
It’s a great song, I like it a lot. I already got this song for my iPod. However, I don’t think BOYHOOD is a great picture for winning an Oscar. I mean, it’s a nice story, but it’s too long and it’s not original in its topic, there’s a lot of sitcoms speaking about that topic a lot better than BOYHOOD (for example, the children and the kids in MAD MEN, GILMORE GIRLS, FULL HOUSE, etc.). I think BIRDMAN was the best picture of 2014, I hope this movie wins the main Oscar.
Thanks for all the songs in your blog, they help me practicing my English.
Greetings from Mexico!
Thanks for you comment Cristina! You were right, Birdman won Best Picture 🙂
I am just discovering the lessons, and I enjoyed the song, it is a good thing to remember. Thank you all.
I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.
I really enjoyed this beautuful song, i hope you continue with this teaching English way. Congratulations!
It’s a good way to improve my english, Thanks for sharing!
I like your blog.It’s helpful. Thanks!