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2021-08-08 15:30:01 Eminem
"The Real Slim Shady", 2000

"Feminist women love Eminem
Chicka-chicka-chicka Slim Shady, I'm sick of him
Look at him, walkin' around, grabbin' his you-know-what
Flippin' the you-know-who, yeah but he's so cute though
Yeah, I probably got a couple of screws up in my head loose
But no worse, than what's goin' on in your parents bedrooms
Sometimes I wanna get on TV and just let loose, but can't
But it's cool for Tom Green to hump a dead moose

My bum is on your lips (x2)
And if I'm lucky you might just give it a little kiss"

sick of - надоел, достал
to grab - хватать
get screws up in the head loose - плохо с головой (a screw - гайка / loose - разболтанный)
to let loose - оторваться
to hump a dead moose - трахать мервого лося (to hump - трахать, чаще всего - изображать это, как собаки с мягкими игрушками / a moose - лось )

PS. Tom Green - канадский комик, автор ролика "Tom Green Humps A Dead Moose" и клипа "The Bum Bum Song". Youtube помнит
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2021-08-06 12:10:00 Radiohead
"Fake Plastic Trees", 1995

"Her green plastic watering can
For her fake Chinese rubber plant
In the fake plastic Earth
That she bought from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plans
To get rid of itself
It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out"

fake - искусственный, ненастоящий, выдуманный
a watering can - лейка (для поливки)
rubber - резиновый
to get rid of something - избавиться, освободиться от чего-то
to wear out - изнурять, истощать, выматывать

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2021-08-05 16:15:00 Twenty One Pilots
"Car Radio", 2011

"I ponder of something great
My lungs will fill and then deflate
They fill with fire, exhale desire
I know it's dire my time today

I have these thoughts, so often I ought
To replace that slot with what I once bought
'Cause somebody stole my car radio
And now I just sit in silence"

to ponder (on, over, of) - размышлять, обдумывать
lungs - легкие
to deflate - сдуваться, выпускать воздух (vs to inflate - наполняться воздухом, надуваться
to exhale - выдыхать (vs to inhale - делать вдох)
dire - ужасный, страшный, зловещий ("it's dire my time today" - сегодня у меня ужасный день)

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2021-08-04 13:00:04 Rihanna
"Stay", 2012

"All along it was a fever
A cold sweat, hot headed believer
I threw my hands in the air, said, "Show me something"
He said, "If you dare, come a little closer"

Round and around and around and around we go
Oh, now tell me now, tell me now, tell me now you know

Not really sure how to feel about it
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can't live without you
It takes me all the way
I want you to stay"

all along - изначально, с самого начала
a fever - лихорадка, жар, нервное возбуждение
a cold sweat - холодный пот
to dare - осмеливаться

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2021-08-03 13:40:00 Coldplay
"Hymn For The Weekend", 2016

"Life is a drink, and love's a drug
Oh now I think I must be miles up
When I was hurt, withered, dried up
You came to rain a flood

So drink from me, drink from me
When I was so thirsty
We're on a symphony
Now I just can't get enough
Put your wings on me, wings on me
When I was so heavy
We're on a symphony
When I'm lower, lower, lower, low

Ah-oh-ah-oh-ah
Got me feeling drunk and high
So high, so high"

withered - изнуренный, увядший
dried up - иссохший
a flood - наводнение
thirsty - мучимый жаждой
to put on - надевать
wings - крылья
high - под кайфом

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2021-08-02 13:40:02 Dua Lipa
"New Rules", 2018

"I keep pushin' forwards, but he keeps pullin' me backwards
(Nowhere to turn) No way
(Nowhere to turn) No
Now I'm standin' back from it, I finally see the pattern
(I never learn, I never learn)
But, my love (Love)
He doesn't love me, so I tell myself
I tell myself, I do, I do, I do

One: Don't pick up the phone
You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone
Two: Don't let him in
You have to kick him out again
Three: Don't be his friend
You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning
And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him

I got new rules, I count 'em
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself"

to push forward / pull backwards - продвигаться вперед / тащить назад, возвращать
to stand back - держать дистанцию, отстраняться
a pattern - шаблон, схема
to pick up the phone - брать трубку
to kick out - выгонять, гнать в шею
to get over someone - забыть, пережить разрыв

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2021-08-01 12:00:45 Sting with Dominic Miller
“Shape Of My Heart”, 1993

“He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
He don't play for respect

He deals the cards to find the answer
The sacred geometry of chance
The hidden law(s) of a probable outcome
The numbers lead a dance

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart”

Spades / Clubs
Diamonds / Hearts

to deal cards - сдавать карты
to suspect - предполагать, подозревать
sacred - сакральный, свящённый
an outcome - исход, результат
to lead a dance - морочить голову, водить за нос
a sword - меч
shape of heart - то, к чему лежит душа, по душе (дословно - форма сердца )

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2021-07-29 14:02:00 Nirvana
"Smells Like Teen Spirit", 1991

"Load up on guns, bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over-bored and self-assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word

Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello

With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido
Yeah, hey"

to load up on something - запасаться
to pretend - притворяться
self-assured - самоуверенный
with the lights out - в темноте, с выключенным светом
contagious - заразный
A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido - мулат, альбинос, москит, мое либидо Смысл не ищите, чисто word play

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2021-07-28 20:40:00 Miley Cyrus
"Wrecking ball", 2013

"I put you high up in the sky
And now, you're not coming down
It slowly turned, you let me burn
And now, we're ashes on the ground

Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you

I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me

I came in like a wrecking ball
Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung
Left me crashing in a blazing fall
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me"

a wrecking ball - груша для сноса зданий (разрушительная сила)
to wreck - разрушать
to put high up in the sky - возносить к небесам, боготворить
ashes on the ground - пепел на земле
to live a lie - жить во лжи, вести двойную жизнь
to swing - раскачиваться
to crash in a blazing fall - сорваться в стремительном, ярком падении

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2021-07-27 18:10:01 Sia
"Chandelier", 2014

"Party girls don't get hurt
Can't feel anything, when will I learn?
I push it down, push it down
I'm the one "for a good time call"
Phone's blowin' up, ringin' my doorbell
I feel the love, feel the love

One, two, three, one, two, three, drink
One, two, three, one, two, three, drink
One, two, three, one, two, three, drink
Throw 'em back 'til I lose count

I'm gonna swing from the chandelier
From the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist"

a chandelier - люстра
to push it down - наливать выпить (алко)
good time call - приглашение тусануть (the one for a good time call - кого всегда зовут потусить - верный вариант)
to blow up - взрываться, разрываться (phone's blowing up - телефон разрывается)
to throw back (a shot) - выпить, "хлопнуть" рюмку
to lose count - сбиться со счета
to swing from the chandelier - отрываться без тормозов (от дословного "раскачиваться на люстре")

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