The Affair
: Transcript
?How did the exorcism work .I sent your father five final letters, one at a time .Each one with a task .Every time he completed a task, I sent him another .Read this .Find my scent in nature .Delphine will help you
I am not the only traveler /Who has not repaid his debt/ I’ve been searching for a trail To follow again Take me back To the night we met And then I can Tell myself /What the hell I’m supposed to do /And then I can tell myself/ Not to ride along
.Task two .Write down everything you love about me, and then wrap the words around my scent .I love that she always calls me on my shit .I love how smart she is .I love how she deals with grief head-on .When our boy died I couldn’t admit my own grief, so I made her carry the burden for the both of us .I made her feel like she was the weak one .I made her feel like she was going crazy so I wouldn’t lose my own mind
I had all and then most of you Some and now none of you Take me back To the night we met
.Number three .Build a pyre .Imbue each stone with something you hate about me .Add the smell and the things you love .And then set it all ablaze .I hate how unforgiving you are .I hate that you never told me how unhappy you were .I hate that you ran off with Noah ……… Solloway .And I hate what shitty taste you have in men .That you are always picking guys who don’t deserve you .I hate that you gave up on me .I hate that I can’t give up on you .What do you want? Before you do this, you need to state your intention .I want to be free of you
I had all and then most of you Some and now none of you Take me back to the night we met I don’t know what I’m supposed to do Haunted by the ghost of you Oh, take me back to the night we met When the night Was full of terrors And your eyes Were filled with tears When you had not touched me yet Oh, take me back To the night we met I had all and then most of you Some and now none of you
Language Focus
Exorcism the process of making yourself forget a bad memory or experience
Scent a pleasant smell that something has :SYN fragrance a yellow rose with a lovely scent
Trail path
Head-on if someone deals with a problem head-on, they do not try to avoid it, but deal with it in a direct and determined way
Grief extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died
grief over/at .The grief she felt over Helen’s death was almost unbearable
Burden :something difficult or worrying that you are responsible for .His family responsibilities had started to become a burden
Pyre :a high pile of wood on which a dead body is placed to be burned in a funeral ceremony a funeral pyre
Imbue :to make someone or something have a quality, idea, or emotion very strongly .His philosophical writings are imbued with religious belief
Set in all ablaze burning strongly with a lot of flames blaze: Within minutes the whole house was ablaze .The factory had been set ablaze (=made to burn)
Give up on sb :to stop hoping that someone or something will change or improve .He’d been in a coma for six months, and doctors had almost given up on him
Haunted :if the soul of a dead person haunts a place, it appears there often .The pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former landlord
Lyrics
I am not the only traveler who has not repaid his debt I’ve been searching for a trail to follow again take me back to the night we met and then I can tell myself what the hell I’m supposed to do and then I can tell myself not to ride along with you I had all and then most of you, some and now none of you take me back to the night we met I don’t know what I’m supposed to do, haunted by the ghost of you oh take me back to the night we met when the night was full or terror and your eyes were filled with tears when you had not touched me yet oh take me back to the night we met I had all and then most of you, some and now none of you take me back to the night we met I don’t know what I’m supposed to do haunted by the ghost of you take me back to the night we met
