Dia wants to help
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In her latest single, “The Broken Ones,” Dia Frampton sings about how she loves people with problems. She knows that nobody’s perfect and thinks that people’s faults can make them more interesting.
This week’s Karaoke Korner takes a look at some vocabulary words that use the word broken.
ABOUT DIA FRAMPTON
Name: Dia Leif Frampton
Nationality: American
Style: Pop
Albums: Red (2011)
Label: Universal Republic
In brief: This 25-year-old singer-songwriter from Utah started out as the lead singer of the band Meg & Dia, which she formed with her sister Meg. Their first album, Our Home Is Gone, was released in 2005. In 2011, Dia was one of the top two finalists on the American TV show, The Voice: Season 1. Dia then signed with Universal Republic and released her debut solo album, Red, last December. The album reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart. The album features the international hit singles “Don’t Kick the Chair” and “The Broken Ones.”
If you like Dia Frampton, check out: Selena Gomez & The Scene, Cher Lloyd and Meg & Dia
Website: http://diaframptonmusic.net
“The Broken Ones”
By Dia Frampton
I know they’ve hurt you bad
Why hide the scars you have
Baby let me straighten out
Your broken bones
All your faults to me
Make you more beautiful
Chorus
I can’t help it
I love the broken ones
The ones who
Need the most patching up
The ones who’ve
Never been loved
And maybe I see a part of me in them
The missing piece always trying to fit in
The shattered heart
Hungry for a home
No you’re not alone
I love the broken ones
You don’t have to drive
With your headlights off
It’s a pocket knife
Not a gift from God
Don’t you learn of love
From the love they kept
I will be your anchor slowly
Step by step
(Chorus)
Maybe we can rip off the bandage
Maybe you will see it for what it is
Maybe we can burn this building
Holding you in
(Chorus)
Exercises
Match each of the following vocabulary words that include the word broken with their correct definitions from the choices given.
| 1. broken-down | a. a family in which the parents are divorced or separated |
| 2. broken home | b. referring to cats and dogs that have been trained to go to the toilet outside the house |
| 3. broken heart | c. in a very bad condition |
| 4. house-broken | d. a feeling of great sadness |
Vocabulary
- shattered (adj): very shocked and upset
pocket knife (n): a small knife with one or more blades that fold down into the handle
anchor (n): a person or thing that gives somebody a feeling of safety
bandage (n): a strip of cloth used for tying around a part of the body that has been hurt in order to protect or support it
