One of Katie Melua’s most popular songs
Katie Melua is a very popular woman singer. Here her song describes a state of confusion about an emotional involvement. Can you help to sort her out*?
Perhaps you could sort out the order of the lines of her song? That would be a good start! Good luck – she’s feeling pretty mixed-up!
*To sort someone out is an informal way of saying to help someone deal with a troublesome situation.
| a Then break my dreams the way you do? | i Then break my fall with loving lies? | q How can I think I’m standing strong, |
| b It’s so easy to break a heart; | j How can you treat me like a child | r It’s so easy to close your eyes. |
| c Feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen, | k How can happiness feel so wrong? | s I was never crazy on my own… |
| d Yet feel the air beneath my feet? | l This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known, | t How can you let me watch you sleep, |
| e How can anyone feel so blue? | m Being close to craziness and being close to you. | u Yet like a child I yearn for you? |
| f This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been | n How can anyone feel so wild? | v How can I have got in so deep? |
| g And now I know that there’s a link between the two, | o How can you make me fall apart | |
| h Why did I fall in love with you? | p How can misery feel so sweet? |
Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Chorus
…and being close to you
…and being close to you….