Taylor Swift- Enchanted (Learn English with Songs)

Lyrics

There I was again tonight
Forcing laughter, faking smiles
Same old tired lonely place

Walls of insincerity,
Shifting eyes and vacancy
Vanished when I saw your face

All I can say is it was enchanting to meet you

Your eyes whispered, "Have we met?"
Across the room your silhouette
Starts to make its way to me
The playful conversation starts
Counter all your quick remarks
Like passing notes in secrecy

And it was enchanting to meet you
All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you

This night is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you

The lingering question kept me up
2 AM, who do you love?
I wonder 'til I'm wide awake
And now I'm pacing back and forth
Wishing you were at my door
I'd open up and you would say, "Hey,
It was enchanting to meet you,
All I know is I was enchanted to meet you."

This night is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
This night is flawless, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, dancing around all alone
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you

This is me praying that
This was the very first page
Not where the story line ends
My thoughts will echo your name
Until I see you again
These are the words I held back
As I was leaving too soon
I was enchanted to meet you

Please don't be in love with someone else
Please don't have somebody waiting on you
Please don't be in love with someone else
Please don't have somebody waiting on you

This night is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
This night is flawless, don't you let it go
(Please don't be in love with someone else)
I'm wonderstruck, dancing around all alone
(Please don't have somebody waiting on you)
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
(Please don't be in love with someone else)
I was enchanted to meet you

Please don't be in love with someone else
Please don't have somebody waiting on you

Difficult Phrases and Words

1. vacancy

   1. Context: Walls of insincerity, / Shifting eyes and vacancy / Vanished when I saw your face

   2. Definition: empty space

   3. Additional sentence: The organization has a lot of job vacancies. The hotel has some vacant rooms.

2. Vanished

1. Context: Walls of insincerity, / Shifting eyes and vacancy / Vanished when I saw your face

2. Definition: to pass quickly from sight

3. Additional sentence: The robber vanished from the store. The rabbit vanished into the bushes.

3. enchanting

1. Context: All I can say is it was enchanting to meet you

2. Definition: powerfully pleasing, appealing, or delightful

3. Additional sentence: Visiting Norway is an enchanting experience.

4. silhouette

1. Context: Across the room your silhouette / Starts to make its way to me

2. Definition: the outline of a body

3. Additional sentence: Looking into the window across the street, I saw a man’s silhouette walking into different rooms.

silhouette

5. lingering

1. Context: The lingering question kept me up

2. Definition: to remain existent although often waning in strength, importance, or influence. To be slow in parting.

3. Additional sentence: I lingered at the party because I had a lingering feeling that I would meet someone special at the party.

6. blushing

1. Context: I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home

2. Definition: The face and often cheeks become red, often from an emotion like embarrassment.

3. Additional sentence: The girl blushed when she walked into the men’s restroom.

7. flawless

1. Context: This night is flawless, don't you let it go

2. Definition: having no flaw or imperfection

3. Additional sentence: Your answer to the question is flawless.

8. echo

1. Context: My thoughts will echo your name

2. Definition: the repetition of a sound

3. Additional sentence: He yelled at the top of the mountain, and he heard a great echo in response.

Discussion Questions

1. What do you think this song is about?

2. Can you relate to anything in this song?

3. Was there a time when you left your apartment or room vacant in order to travel? Did you still have to pay rent?

4. Have you ever seen a UFO? Did it vanish quickly? Did you see some other strange thing vanish quickly before?

5. What was the most enchanting place you visited before?

6. Do you linger around at social events, or do you leave the event well before the end time?

7. Taylor Swift blushed all the way home after meeting a man. Is there a person who you like that makes you blush?

8. Taylor Swift said that the night was flawless. Do you think that it is possible to have a flawless day or night? Do you think there are flaws in life?

9. Taylor Swift says that her thoughts will echo the name of the man she likes. Do you think constant thinking about a person is healthy? When does it become unhealthy?