Learn English with Songs: “Love will tear us apart”

Love is an emotion which all of us feel and experience. Being able to express it is a beautiful part of life. Today we want to have a look at expressing love in English. So, let’s start the fun now by listening to Joy Division and their classic song “Love will tear us apart”.

Here’s what you have to do:

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

Lyrics

When routine bites hard,
And ambitions are low,
And resentment rides high,
But emotions won’t grow,
And we’re changing our ways,
Taking different roads.

Then love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.

Why is the bedroom so cold?
You’ve turned away on your side.
Is my timing that flawed?
Our respect runs so dry.
Yet there’s still this appeal
That we’ve kept through our lives.

But love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.

You cry out in your sleep,
All my failings exposed.
And there’s a taste in my mouth,
As desperation takes hold.
Just that something so good
Just can’t function no more.

But love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.

Vocabulary

Routine – a regular way of doing things in a particular order.

Bites – to grab and hold something without slipping.

Ambitions – a particular goal or aim : something that a person hopes to do or achieve.

Resentments – a feeling of anger or displeasure about someone or something unfair.

Ride – to be supported or carried on (a wave) : to move on (a wave).

Timing – the time when something happens or is done especially when it is thought of as having a good or bad effect on the result.

Flawed – having a mistake, fault, or weakness.

Appeal – a quality that causes people to like someone or something.

Exposed – not protected or covered.

Desperation – a strong feeling of sadness, fear, and loss of hope.