(Level: B2 / Upper-Intermediate / ***)
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| The Cure Photo credit: virginradio.fr |
Before watching / listening
The following notes could be useful:
The Cure are
an English rock band formed in 1978 with Robert Smith (songwriter ; lead
vocalist ; guitarist) as the only constant member.
The
band's debut album,Three Imaginary Boys
(1979), placed the band in the new wave movement. With the second (17 Seconds – 1980) and third (Faith – 1981) albums, the band adopted a
darker and more tormented style before they turned to more commercial pop
music.
So far, the band have released 13 studio albums and some live albums. Their 14th studio album is due to come out in 2020.
If you want to get more details about The Cure, get to their OFFICIAL SITE
Lullaby is a 1989 single from the album Disintegration.
If a lullaby is meant to soothe children, or lull them to sleep, this one is sinister as it is about the march of a monster or giant spider ...
Vocabulary
a lullaby: a song to calm / lull children to sleep berceuse
candy-stripe(d) legs: legs with stripes (like on candy / sweets)
jambes rayées comme des bonbons
blissfully: wonderfully / happily
to shiver: shake or tremble uncontrollably as a result of cold or fear frissonner
fright: fear peur / angoisse
While watching / listening
First watch the music video. Click HERE
Then have a second listen and fill in the gaps with the missing words!
On candystripe legs the spiderman comes
Softly through the shadow of the ___________________
Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead
Looking for the victim ___________________
Searching out fear in the gathering gloom
Softly through the shadow of the ___________________
Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead
Looking for the victim ___________________
Searching out fear in the gathering gloom
And suddenly a movement ________________________!
And there is nothing I can do
When I realise with fright
That the spiderman is _________________________
Quietly he laughts and shaking his head
Creeps closer now
__________________________
And softer than shadow and quicker than flies
His arms are all around me and _______________________
"Be still, be calm, be quiet now my precious boy
Don't struggle like that or I will only love you more
For it's much too late ________________________
The spiderman is _______________________
And I feel like I'm being eaten
By a thousand million shivering furry holes
And I know that in the morning I wall wake up
In the shivering cold
And the spiderman ________________________
When you are finished, you can check your answers.
On candystripe legs the spiderman comes
Softly through the shadow of the evening sun
Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead
Looking for the victim shivering in bed.
Searching out fear in the gathering gloom
Softly through the shadow of the evening sun
Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead
Looking for the victim shivering in bed.
Searching out fear in the gathering gloom
And suddenly a movement in the corner of the room!
And there is nothing I can do
When I realise with fright
That the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight.
Quietly he laughts and shaking his head
Creeps closer now
Closer to the foot of the bed
And softer than shadow and quicker than flies
His arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes
"Be still, be calm, be quiet now my precious boy
Don't struggle like that or I will only love you more
For it's much too late to get away or turn on the light
The spiderman is having you for dinner tonight.
And I feel like I'm being eaten
By a thousand million shivering furry holes
And I know that in the morning I wall wake up
In the shivering cold
And the spiderman is always hungry.
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