Taylor falls out with a friend
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In her latest single, “Bad Blood,” Taylor Swift is angry with a friend or an ex-boyfriend. Whoever it is, she's so upset about what they did that she doesn't think they can ever be friends again.
This week’s Karaoke Korner takes a look at vocabulary words used 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 25-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 Best New Artist 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” and “22.” Her latest album, 1989, was released in October last year. It features the hits “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space,” “Style” and “Bad Blood.”
If you like Taylor Swift, check out: Carrie Underwood, Shania Twain and Lady Antebellum
Website: www.taylorswift.com/
“Bad Blood”
By Taylor Swift
Chorus
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
You know it used to be mad love
So take a look what you've done
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
Now we got problems
And I don't think we can solve them
You made a really deep cut
And, baby, now we got bad blood
Did you have to do this
I was thinking that you could be trusted
Did you have to ruin what was shiny
Now it's all rusted
Did you have to hit me
Where I'm weak
Baby, I couldn't breathe
And rub it in so deep, salt in the wound
Like you're laughing right at me
It's so sad to think about
The good times, you and I
(Chorus)
Did you think we'd be fine
Still got scars on my back from your knife
So don't think it's in the past
These kind of wounds they last And they last
Now did you think it all through
All these things will catch up to you
And time can heal but this won't
So if you're coming my way, just don't
(Chorus)
Band-aids don't fix bullet holes
You say sorry just for show
If you live like that,
You live with ghosts
If you love like that blood runs cold
(Chorus)
Exercises
Match each of the following words used in the lyrics with the correct definitions from the choices given.
| 1. heal ….. | a. to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth |
| 2. wound ….. | b. an injury caused by a cut, blow or other physical impact |
| 3. breathe ….. | c. not physically strong |
| 4. weak ….. | d. to become healthy again |
Vocabulary
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swift (adj): happening or done quickly and immediately
fall out with somebody (phrasal v): to argue or fight with somebody so that you are no longer friendly with them
rust (v): if metal rusts, it becomes covered with a reddish-brown substance as it reacts to water or air over time
band-aid (n): a small piece of material that you put over a small cut to stop it bleeding and keep it clean as it healsIdiom
bad blood (n): feelings of hatred or strong dislike
