One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (Learn English with Songs)

Lyrics

[Liam:]
You're insecure
Don't know what for
You're turning heads when you walk through the door
Don't need make-up
To cover up
Being the way that you are is enough

[Harry:]
Everyone else in the room can see it
Everyone else but you

[All:]
Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell
You don't know
Oh, oh
You don't know you're beautiful
If only you saw what I can see
You'd understand why I want you so desperately
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe
You don't know
Oh, oh
You don't know you're beautiful
Oh, oh
That's what makes you beautiful

[Zayn:]
So c-come on
You got it wrong
To prove I'm right
I put it in a song
I don't know why
You're being shy
And turn away when I look into your eye-eye-eyes

[Harry]
Everyone else in the room can see it
Everyone else but you

[All:]
Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell
You don't know
Oh oh
You don't know you're beautiful
If only you saw what I can see
You'll understand why I want you so desperately
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe
You don't know
Oh oh
You don't know you're beautiful
Oh oh

[Harry:]
That's what makes you beautiful

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[Harry:]
Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell

[All:]
You don't know
Oh oh
You don't know you're beautiful

Baby, you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell
You don't know
Oh oh
You don't know you're beautiful (Oh)
If only you saw what I can see
You'll understand why I want you so desperately
([Harry:] desperately)
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe
You don't know
Oh oh
You don't know you're beautiful
Oh oh
You don't know you're beautiful
Oh oh

[Harry:]
That's what makes you beautiful

Difficult Phrases and Words

1. insecure

   1. Context: You're insecure

   2. Definition: lacking assurance or confidence

   3. Additional sentence: Many high school students can be insecure.

2. turning heads

   1. Context: You're turning heads when you walk through the door

   2. Definition:
      To capture people’s attention due to being exceptionally interesting, beautiful, unusual, or novel. The image is of people literally turning to stare at something as it passes by.

   3. Additional sentence: She turned a lot of heads when she walked into the room.

3. light up my world

   1. Context: Baby you light up my world like nobody else

   2. Definition: make someone’s life happier

   3. Additional sentence: My girlfriend lights up my world.

4. flip your hair

   1. Context: The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed

   2. Definition: video below

   3. Additional sentence: She flirted with all of the guys by flipping her hair while looking at the guys.

5. Overwhelmed

1. Context: The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed

2. Definition: completely overcome or overpowered by thought or feeling

3. Additional sentence: I sometimes get overwhelmed by all of the work I have to do.

6. turn away

1. Context: And turn away when I look into your eye-eye-eyes

2. Definition: Literally, to turn one's body, head, or eyes in a different direction, typically to avoid facing or looking at someone or something.

3. Additional sentence: If a stranger starts an argument with you, just turn away and leave.

Discussion Questions

1. What do you think this song is about?

2. Can you relate to anything in this song? Was there a time when you really liked a woman/man?

3. Was there a time or time in your life when you turned a lot of heads? Did you like getting all of that attention?

4. What lights up your world?

5. Do you flip your hair? How do you flirt with guys/girls (if you do)?

6. When do you get overwhelmed?

7. When someone you like looks into your eyes - do you turn away, flirt with the person, stare back at the person, say something, or do something else?