English Groove

Bruno Mars “Grenade”, 2010 Easy come, easy go, that's just how you live, oh Take, take, take it all, but you never give Should have known you was trouble from the first kiss Had your eyes wide open Why were they open? (Ooh) Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash You tossed it in the trash, you did To give me all your love is all I ever ask 'Cause what you don't understand is I'd catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah) Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah) I'd jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah) You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah) ▫️easy come, easy go - “легко пришло - легко ушло”, “как пришло, так и ушло” ▫️to toss in the trash - выбросить в мусор(-ку) ▫️to catch a grenade - поймать / схватить гранату ▫️to throw a hand on a blade - подставиться под нож / клинок Click, listen and learn. Cheers!

Evanescence “Bring Me to Life”, 2003 How can you see into my eyes, like open doors Leading you down into my core Where I've become so numb Without a soul My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold Until you find it there and lead it back home Wake me up inside (save me) Call my name and save me from the dark (wake me up) Bid my blood to run (I can't wake up) Before I come undone (save me) Save me from the nothing I've become ▫️numb - беспомощный, онемевший, бесчувственный ▫️bid my blood to run - расшевели меня, заставь кровь бежать по венам ▫️to come undone - сойти с ума Click, listen and learn. Cheers!

System of a Down “Chop Suey!”, 2001 Wake up Grab a brush and put a little make-up Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up Why'd you leave the keys upon the table? Here you go create another fable You wanted to Grab a brush and put a little makeup You wanted to Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up You wanted to Why'd you leave the keys upon the table? You wanted to I don't think you trust In... My... Self-righteous suicide I... Cry... When angels deserve to die ▪️chop suey - острое рагу по-китайски (+ подделка, фальшивка) ▪️ to fade away - угасать, утихать, постепенно исчезать ▪️ a shake-up - встряска (+ резкие изменения) ▪️ a fable - басня, небылица (по сути - ложь) ▪️ self-righteous - лицемерный, самооправданный, эгоистичный Click, listen and learn. Cheers!

AWOLNATION “Sail”, 2011 SAIL! Maybe I should cry for help Maybe I should kill myself Blame it on my ADD baby Maybe I'm a different breed Maybe I'm not listening So blame it on my ADD baby SAIL! ▫️sail! - убирайся, проваливай! Дословно - “плыви” (to sail - плавать, ходить под парусом) ⛵️ ▫️to blame - винить, обвинять ▫️ADD - attention deficit disorder = СДВ - синдром дефицита внимания ▫️a breed - порода Неофициальный клип в ютубе даже более популярен, можно ознакомиться 🙂 Click, listen and learn. Cheers!

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Nirvana "Something In The Way", 1991 "Underneath the bridge Tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped Have all become my pets And I'm living off of grass And the drippings from my ceiling It's okay to eat fish Cause they don't have any feelings Something in the way Mmm-mmm" ▪️a tarp - брезент ▪️to spring leak - давать течь, протекать ▪️to trap - заманивать в западню, ловить ▪️to live off - жить за счет чего-то, сидеть на шее (+ проживать на чем-то, питаться) ▪️drippings from ceiling - капли с потолка Click, listen and learn. Cheers!

Imagine Dragons "Whatever It Takes", 2017 "Falling too fast to prepare for this Tripping in the world could be dangerous Everybody circling, it's vulturous Negative, nepotist Everybody waiting for the fall of man Everybody praying for the end of times Everybody hoping they could be the one I was born to run, I was born for this Whip, whip Run me like a racehorse Pull me like a ripcord Break me down and build me up I wanna be the slip, slip Word upon your lip, lip Letter that you rip, rip Break me down and build me up Whatever it takes 'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins I do whatever it takes 'Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains Whatever it takes" ▫️vulturous - жадный, хищный ▫️nepotist - тот, кто творит непотизм aka "кумовство" 🙂 ▫️whip - кнут, удар хлыстом ▫️a ripcord - вытяжной трос (кольцо парашюта) ▫️a slip - оплошность, ошибка ▫️to rip - рвать ▫️chains - цепи, оковы ⛓ Click, listen and learn. Cheers!

Slipknot "Wait and Bleed", 1999 "I've felt the hate rise up in me Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves I wander out where you can't see Inside my shell I wait and bleed I wipe it off the tile, the light is brighter this time Everything is 3-D blasphemy My eyes are red and gold, the hair is standing straight up This is not the way I pictured me I can't control my shakes! How the hell did I get here? Something about this so very wrong I have to laugh out loud, I wish I didn't like this Is it a dream or a memory?" ▪️to kneel down - преклонять колени, вставать на колени ▪️leaves - листва ▪️to wander out - блуждать, бродить ▪️a shell - раковина, скорлупа 🐚 ▪️to bleed - истекать кровью ▪️to wipe off - стирать, вытирать, сметать ▪️a tile - кафель, плитка ▪️a blasphemy - богохульство, кощунство ▪️shakes - озноб, дрожь (to shake - трясти/сь, дрожать) Click, listen and learn. Cheers!

P!nk “Just Give Me a Reason”, 2012 “Right from the start You were a thief, you stole my heart And I, your willing victim I let you see the parts of me, that weren't all that pretty And with every touch you fixed them Now you've been talking in your sleep oh oh Things you never say to me oh oh Tell me that you've had enough Of our love, our love Just give me a reason, just a little bit's enough Just a second we're not broken just bent, and we can learn to love again It's in the stars, it's been written in the scars on our hearts We're not broken just bent, and we can learn to love again” ▫️a thief - вор ▫️a victim - жертва ▫️bent - согнуты, надломаны (to bend - гнуть) ▫️a scar - шрам Click, listen and learn. Cheers!

Leonard Cohen "Hallelujah", 1984 "Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah" ▪️a faith - вера ▪️a proof - доказательство ▪️to bath - купаться, принимать ванну ▪️to overthrow - ошеломлять, уничтожать ▪️to tie - привязывать, связывать ▪️a throne - трон (власть) ▪️to draw - выводить, вычерчивать, рисовать Click, listen and learn. Cheers!