English song

🎵English songs I'm interested in: Something Just Like This

• Singer: The Chainsmokers & Coldplay(老菸槍雙人組 & 酷玩樂團)

1. The Chainsmokers: Founded in 2012, The Chainsmokers is an electronic music performance group from New York, USA, consisting of Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart.(Representative works: Closer, Don't Let Me Down, Paris )
2. Coldplay: Founded in 1996, Coldplay is an alternative rock band from London, England, United Kingdom. The band includes Chris Martin (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Johnny Bunland (lead guitar), Guy Berryman (bass guitar) and Will Charne (drums, chorus, other instruments).(Representative works: Yellow, The Scientist, Fix you )

• Lyricist/Composer: Andrew Taggart

📋Lyrics:

I've been reading books of old

The legends and the myths
Achilles and his gold
Hercules and his gifts
Spider-Man's control
And Batman with his fists
And clearly, I don't see myself upon that list

But she said, "Where'd you wanna go?
How much you wanna risk?
I'm not looking for somebody with some superhuman gifts
Some superhero
Some fairy tale bliss
Just something I can turn to
Somebody I can kiss"

I want something just like this
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Oh, I want something just like this
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo, doo-doo
Da-da-da, da-da-da
Oh, I want something just like this

I want something just like this

I've been reading books of old
The legends and the myths
The testaments they told
The moon and its eclipse
And Superman unrolls a suit before he lifts
But I'm not the kind of person that it fits

She said, "Where'd you wanna go?
How much you wanna risk?
I'm not looking for somebody with some superhuman gifts
Some superhero
Some fairy tale bliss
Just something I can turn to
Somebody I can miss"

I want something just like this

I want something just like this

Oh, I want something just like this
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Oh, I want something just like this
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, da-da-da

Where'd you wanna go?
How much you wanna risk?
I'm not looking for somebody with some superhuman gifts
Some superhero
Some fairy tale bliss
Just something I can turn to
Somebody I can kiss

I want something just like this

Oh, I want something just like this

Oh, I want something just like this

Oh, I want something just like this

✅Three words I learned:

1. fist(v./n.):緊握、拳頭、支配

ex:He knocked him down with one blow of his fist.

2. testament(n.):遺囑、聖約、證據

ex:The event was prophesied in the Old Testament.

3. eclipse(v./n.):使失色、日蝕、消失

ex:It was reported that there would be an annular eclipse tomorrow.

💟Why do I like the song?

The background of this song is an American child who was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 1 and a half. When people asked him what he wanted, he replied that he wanted to play Batman once. To help the child achieve his wish, Make A Wish raised funds for him to make a movie "Little Batman Strikes".The child on the cover of the film dressed as a superhero has the dream of upholding justice in the world, as if it is the epitome of everyone's childhood.  

 

The main reason I like this first one is because of the lyrics of the song, which tells the story of a girl's pure love for a boy, and what she needs is not a hero who will save the world, but an ordinary boy who can love her and protect her. I think the recurring "I want something just like this" in the lyrics means just being yourself, and you don't have to be someone that the world loves and admires because not everyone can be someone who can save the world like Batman and Spider-Man.