Taylor remembers the good times
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In her latest single, Taylor asks her lover if their relationship is out of the woods, meaning free from difficulties or problems.
This week’s Karaoke Korner takes a look at synonyms of some of the words in the lyrics.
ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT
Name: Taylor Alison Swift
Nationality: American
Style: Pop
Albums: 1989 (2014), Red (2012), Speak Now (2010), Fearless (2008), Taylor Swift (2006)
Label: Big Machine
In Brief: This 26-year-old American singer-songwriter began singing in competitions at the age of 10. When her self-titled debut album was released in 2006, Taylor was nominated for the Best New Artist prize at the Grammy Awards. Taylor’s second album, Fearless, reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The album won a Grammy for Album of the Year and has sold more than 8 million copies. Since then, Taylor has continued to release a string of hits including “Teardrops on My Guitar,” “Fearless,” “You Belong With Me,” “The Story of Us,” “I Knew You Were Trouble,” “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and “22.” Her latest album, 1989, was released last October. It features the international hits “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space,” “Style” and “Out of the Woods.”
If you like Taylor Swift, check out: Carrie Underwood, Shania Twain and Lady Antebellum.
Website: www.taylorswift.com
“Out of the Woods”
By Taylor Swift
Looking at it now
It all seems so simple
We were lying on your couch
I remember
You took a Polaroid of us
Then discovered
The rest of the world
Was black and white
But we were in screaming color
And I remember thinking
Chorus
Are we out of the woods yet
Are we out of the woods yet
Are we in the clear yet
Are we in the clear yet
In the clear yet
Good
Looking at it now
Last December
We were built to fall apart
Then fall back together
Your necklace hanging from my neck
The night we couldn't quite forget
When we decided
To move the furniture
So we could dance
Baby, like we stood a chance
Two paper airplanes
Flying, flying, flying
And I remember thinking
(Chorus)
Remember when you hit
The brakes too soon
Twenty stitches in the hospital room
When you started crying
Baby, I did, too
But when the sun came up
I was looking at you
Remember when
We couldn't take the heat
I walked out and said
I'm setting you free
But the monsters turned out
To be just trees
And when the sun came up
You were looking at me
I remember, oh, I remember
(Chorus)
Exercises
Find vocabulary words used in the lyrics that are synonyms of the following words.
1. demons ……………………..
2. aircraft ……………………..
3. clinic ……………………..
4. weeping ……………………..
Vocabulary
- couch (n): a long comfortable seat for two or more people to sit on
stitch (n): a short piece of thread, etc. that doctors use to sew the edges of a wound together
Idiom:
stand a chance: to have the possibility of succeeding or achieving something
