Lenka - Everything At Once (Learn English with Songs)

Lyrics

As sly as a fox, as strong as an ox
As fast as a hare, as brave as a bear
As free as a bird, as neat as a word
As quiet as a mouse, as big as a house

All I wanna be, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything

As mean as a wolf, as sharp as a tooth
As deep as a bite, as dark as the night
As sweet as a song, as right as a wrong
As long as a road, as ugly as a toad

As pretty as a picture hanging from a fixture
Strong like a family, strong as I wanna be
Bright as day, as light as play
As hard as nails, as grand as a whale

All I wanna be oh, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything
Everything at once
Everything at once, oh
Everything at once

As warm as the sun, as silly as fun
As cool as a tree, as scary as the sea
As hot as fire, cold as ice
Sweet as sugar and everything nice

As old as time, as straight as a line
As royal as a queen, as buzzed as a bee
As stealth as a tiger, smooth as a glider
Pure as a melody, pure as I wanna be

All I wanna be oh, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything
Everything at once

Difficult Phrases and Words

1. sly

   1. Context: As sly as a fox

   2. Definition: clever

   3. Additional sentence: Many people believe that a person has to be sly in order to rise to the highest positions in an organization.

2. fixture

   1. Context: As pretty as a picture hanging from a fixture

   2. Definition: something on which to hang something (usually a light and sometimes a picture). (Picture below.)

   3. Additional sentence:

3. grand

   1. Context: as grand as a whale

   2. Definition: very large in an impressing way

   3. Additional sentence: It is called the Grand Canyon because the canyon is very grand or impressively large. (Picture below.)

4. stealth

   1. Context: As stealth as a tiger

   2. Definition: intended not to attract attention

   3. Additional sentence: A stealth bomber is called a called that because it is built to be stealthy or not noticed. (Picture below.)

5. glider

   1. Context: smooth as a glider

   2. Definition: an aircraft similar to an airplane but without an engine. (Picture below.)

   3. Additional sentence:

Glider

light fixture

Grand Canyon

Stealth bomber

Discussion Questions

1. What do you think this song is about?

2. Can you relate to anything in this song? Do you many aspirations?

3. Who is the slyest person you know? Do you think a person needs to be sly in order to have a high position in an organization?

4. If you had to hang a very large picture from fixture, what picture would you hang on the fixture?

5. The singer wants to be “as grand as a whale”. Would you want to be as large as a whale? If you could choose your size and height, what would you choose?

6. If you could have one piece of military equipment as your own, like a stealth bomber, what piece of military equipment would you choose?

7. Would you want to fly in a glider? Over what place would you want to fly?