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Gliding through on my bike 00:09
Gliding through 00:13
Like new from my recent ego death 00:17
Sirens sing over night 00:25
Violent sweet music 00:29
You met me at a really strange time in my life 00:34
Take my knife and I cut the cord 00:41
My babe can't believe I've become someone else 00:46
Someone more like myself 00:51
Who's gon love me like this? 00:57
Who could give me lightness? 01:01
Let it flow down to me 01:03
Love me like this 01:06
Now I'm broken open? 01:08
Now I go bout my day 01:22
Riding it like a wave 01:25
Playing it any way I want 01:28
Swish mouthwash, jerk off 01:31
Days go by in a haze 01:36
Stay up and sleep late 01:38
Who's gon love me like this? 01:45
Who could give me lightness? 01:49
Way he flow down through me 01:52
Love me like this 01:54
Now I'm broken open 01:56
Let's hear it for the man of the year 02:00
Hear it for the man of the year 02:08
How I hope that I'm remembered, my 02:18
Gold chain, my shoulders, my face in the light 02:22
I didn't think he'd appear 02:28
Let's hear it for the man of the year 02:32
Hear it for the man of the year 02:40
Hear it for the man of the year 02:48
02:54

Man Of The Year

By
Lorde
Album
Virgin
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Lyrics:

[English]

Gliding through on my bike

Gliding through

Like new from my recent ego death

Sirens sing over night

Violent sweet music

You met me at a really strange time in my life

Take my knife and I cut the cord

My babe can't believe I've become someone else

Someone more like myself

Who's gon love me like this?

Who could give me lightness?

Let it flow down to me

Love me like this

Now I'm broken open?

Now I go bout my day

Riding it like a wave

Playing it any way I want

Swish mouthwash, jerk off

Days go by in a haze

Stay up and sleep late

Who's gon love me like this?

Who could give me lightness?

Way he flow down through me

Love me like this

Now I'm broken open

Let's hear it for the man of the year

Hear it for the man of the year

How I hope that I'm remembered, my

Gold chain, my shoulders, my face in the light

I didn't think he'd appear

Let's hear it for the man of the year

Hear it for the man of the year

Hear it for the man of the year

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary Meanings

glide

/ɡlaɪd/

B2
  • verb
  • - to move smoothly and quietly

death

/dɛθ/

A2
  • noun
  • - the end of life

sing

/sɪŋ/

A1
  • verb
  • - to produce musical sounds with the voice

music

/ˈmjuːzɪk/

A2
  • noun
  • - sounds organized in a pattern

knife

/naɪf/

A2
  • noun
  • - a tool with a sharp blade used for cutting

lightness

/ˈlaɪtnəs/

B2
  • noun
  • - the quality of being light or not heavy

flow

/floʊ/

B2
  • verb
  • - to move steadily and continuously in a current or stream

break

/breɪk/

A2
  • verb
  • - to separate into parts by force

open

/ˈoʊpən/

A1
  • verb
  • - to make accessible or allow entry

riding

/ˈraɪdɪŋ/

B1
  • verb
  • - to sit on and control the movement of a vehicle or animal

wave

/weɪv/

A2
  • noun
  • - a movement of water with a crest and a trough
  • verb
  • - to move one's hand as a greeting or signal

feel

/fiːl/

A1
  • verb
  • - to experience with the senses

love

/lʌv/

A1
  • verb
  • - to feel deep affection or attachment
  • noun
  • - a deep feeling of affection

man

/mæn/

A1
  • noun
  • - adult male human

Grammar:

  • You met me at a really strange time in my life

    ➔ Past simple tense

    ➔ The phrase "met" indicates a completed action in the past.

  • Gliding through on my bike

    ➔ Present continuous tense

    ➔ The phrase "Gliding" shows an ongoing action happening now.

  • Take my knife and I cut the cord

    ➔ Imperative mood and simple present

    "Take" is in the imperative mood, giving a command or instruction.

  • Who's gon love me like this?

    ➔ Contraction of 'who is going to'

    ➔ The phrase "gon" is a colloquial contraction of "going to," indicating future intention.

  • Let it flow down to me

    ➔ Imperative mood with causative "let"

    "Let" is used to give permission or to encourage an action to happen.

  • Hear it for the man of the year

    ➔ Imperative/exhortative form

    ➔ The phrase "Hear it for" is an exhortative expression, encouraging applause or celebration.