Sting
25 advanced vocabulary words across 23 songs.
profound thought; continuous and profound contemplation on a deep subject
Hear this moment →He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
doubt; imagine to be the case or true or probable
Hear this moment →He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
lacking knowledge; uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
Hear this moment →I don't subscribe to this point of view
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
If the Russians love their children too
value system; an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
Hear this moment →We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
Believe me when I say to you
purposeless; producing no result or effect
Hear this moment →♪
Protest is futile
Nothing seems to get through
firmness of purpose; bring to an end; settle conclusively
Hear this moment →Now I know my love for her goes on
I resolve to call her up a thousand times a day
And ask her if she'll marry me in some old fashioned way
unique; unusual or striking
Hear this moment →But if there was a single truth, a single light
A single thought, a singular touch of grace
Then following this single point, this single flame
calm; a disposition free from stress or emotion
Hear this moment →Yuh coulda live uptown or di ina city
Wi need a world of full peace and serenity
Sting come sing out fi everybody
identification; identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
Hear this moment →Will set your heartbeat climbing
And my doctor's diagnosis?
His opinion and I quote
prove wrong; overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
Hear this moment →While the tabloids are holding a story of kiss and tell,
That he's no longer able to deny or refute
50, 000 voices rising every time he'd sing,
repeated; more than is needed, desired, or required
Hear this moment →Your dark satanic mills
Have made redundant all our mining skills
♪
expected; capable of being foretold
Hear this moment →♪
The outcome was predictable
Our banditos were despicable
cover; one celestial body obscures another
Hear this moment →In the sweetest bud
Clouds and eclipses
Stain the moon and the sun
recognize; declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
Hear this moment →To face up to the truth of his soul
It's the eyes he avoids, so afraid to acknowledge
Somethin' strange, unexpected, out of control
seeming; clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
Hear this moment →This old guy was the boss, he said, "I won't tell you no lie
But there's more to this journey than is apparent to the eye"
He said he'd heard God's message on the radio
destruction; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
Hear this moment →You say that this wasn't in your plan
Don't mess around with the demolition man
Tied to a chair, and the bomb is ticking
situation; a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
Hear this moment →You could be me in another life
In another set of circumstances
Don't judge me
notice; to become aware of through the senses
Hear this moment →Where waters smoothest run, there deepest are the fords,
The dial stirs, yet none perceives it move;
The firmest faith is found in fewest words,
forward-thinking; a person who favors reform and the protection of civil liberties
Hear this moment →I keep a fair, but for the fair to view;
A beggar may be liberal of love.
Tho' all my wares be trash, the heart is true,
unique; eminent beyond or above comparison
Hear this moment →Fear doth love, love doth fear
Beauty peerless, beauty peerless.
Farewell! farewell!
disagree; withhold assent
Hear this moment →There's a war on our democracy
A war on our dissent
There's a war inside religion
push down; lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted
Hear this moment →Another pyramid (build another pyramid)
We hate to depress the nation, but our leader has been told
He should cancel his vacation
agreement; permission to do something
Hear this moment →(For her love) He'll find some meaning in a streetlight
What would a man not consent to?
What would a man not face?
obvious; provide evidence for
Hear this moment →They'd signed on able-bodied men, but they wouldn't sail to Hell
When the name upon the manifest is Isambard Brunel
For 14 years that ship will sail, misfortune taken hard
limit; place limits on (extent or access)
Hear this moment →A soul that's been set free,
From the confines of a working life,
To find eternity