Higher Power
Lyrics:
[English]
Three, two, one
...
Sometimes I just can't take it
Sometimes I just can't take it and it isn't alright
I'm not gonna make it
And I think my shoe's untied (oh-oh)
I'm like a broken record
I'm like a broken record, and I'm not playin' right
Drocer nekorb a ekil m'I
'Til you tell me on your heavenly phone
To hold tight (hold tight)
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Yeah, don't let go
Hold tight (hold tight)
Hold tight (hold tight)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
"It's alright, it's alright," she said
I've got my hands up shakin' just to let you know
That you've got a higher power
Got me singin' every second, dancin' every hour
Oh, yeah, you've got a higher power
And you're really someone I wanna know (oh-oh)
...
This boy is electric (mmm)
This boy is electric and you're sparklin' like
The universe connected
And I'm buzzin' night after night after night (oh-oh)
This joy is electric (mmm)
This joy is electric and you're circuiting through
I'm so happy that I'm alive
Happy I'm alive at the same time as you
'Cause you've got a higher power
Got me singin' every second, dancin' every hour
Oh, yeah, you've got a higher power
And you're really someone I wanna know
(I wanna know, oh-oh, oh)
You've got, yeah, you've got a higher
You've got, yeah, you've got a higher
You've got, yeah, you've got a higher
You've got
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
You've got, oh, you've got a higher
You've got, yeah, you've got a higher
You've got, oh, you've got a higher
My hands up shaking just to let you know now
You've got a higher power
You've got me singin' every second, dancin' every hour
Oh, yeah, you've got a higher power
You're once in any lifetime
I'm going a million miles an hour
When for so long, I'd been down on my knees
Then your love song saved me over and over
For so long, I'd been down on my knees
'Til your love song floats me on, ee-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
...
Vocabulary in this song:
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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take /teɪk/ A1 |
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alright /ɔːlˈraɪt/ A1 |
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broken /ˈbroʊkən/ A2 |
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tell /tel/ A1 |
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heavenly /ˈhevnli/ B2 |
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hold /hoʊld/ A1 |
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higher /ˈhaɪər/ A2 |
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power /ˈpaʊər/ A2 |
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singing /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ A1 |
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dancing /ˈdænsɪŋ/ A1 |
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electric /ɪˈlektrɪk/ B1 |
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sparkling /ˈspɑːrklɪŋ/ B2 |
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connected /kəˈnektɪd/ B1 |
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buzzing /ˈbʌzɪŋ/ B2 |
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alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2 |
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saved /seɪvd/ B1 |
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floats /floʊts/ B1 |
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Grammar:
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Sometimes I just can't take it
➔ Modal verb "can't" for expressing inability.
➔ Here, "can't take it" means the speaker is finding something unbearable or difficult to endure. "Can't" is the contracted form of "cannot".
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I'm not gonna make it
➔ "gonna" as a colloquial form of "going to" for future tense.
➔ "I'm not gonna make it" expresses a pessimistic view about future success or survival. "Gonna" is a casual way to say "going to."
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I'm like a broken record
➔ Simile using "like" to make a comparison.
➔ The phrase "I'm like a broken record" is a simile. It compares the speaker to a broken record, implying repetition or getting stuck.
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'Til you tell me on your heavenly phone
➔ Contraction "'Til" for "until". Preposition "on" with "phone".
➔ "'Til" is a shortened, informal version of "until". We use "on" when referring to communicating via a phone.
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I've got my hands up shakin' just to let you know
➔ Present perfect "I've got" (informal for "I have got"). Gerund "shakin'" modifying "hands". "Just to" expressing purpose.
➔ "I've got my hands up shakin'" means that the speaker is raising their hands and they are shaking. "Just to let you know" indicates the reason for this action.
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That you've got a higher power
➔ That-clause as object. Present perfect "you've got" (informal for "you have got").
➔ The phrase "that you've got a higher power" uses a "that" clause to express the object of knowledge. "You've got" is an informal way of saying "you have got".
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Happy I'm alive at the same time as you
➔ Ellipsis (omission of "that") in "Happy I'm alive". Prepositional phrase "at the same time as".
➔ The sentence is a shortened form of "Happy that I'm alive..." The prepositional phrase "at the same time as" indicates coincidence in timing.
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