Learning by Song: Real Friends – Camila Cabello

Với chất giọng sâu lắng và giai điệu đượm buồn, “Real Friends” như lời tâm sự về sự cơ đơn của bản thân giữa cuộc sống.

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No, I think I’ll stay in tonight
Skip the conversations and the “Oh, I’m fines”
No, I’m no stranger to surprise
This paper town has let me down too many times
Why do I even try? Give me a reason why
I thought that I could trust you, never mind
Why all the switching sides? Where do I draw the line?
I guess I’m too naive to read the signs

I’m just lookin’ for some real friends
All they ever do is let me down
Every time I let somebody in
Then I find out what they’re all about
I’m just lookin’ for some real friends
Wonder where they’re all hidin’ out
I’m just lookin’ for some real friends
Gotta get up out of this town

Oh, ohhh
Ohhh, ah

I stay up, talkin’ to the moon
Been feelin’ so alone in every crowded room
Can’t help but feel like something’s wrong, yeah
‘Cause the place I’m livin’ in just doesn’t feel like home

I’m just lookin’ for some real friends
All they ever do is let me down
Every time I let somebody in
Then I find out what they’re all about
I’m just lookin’ for some real friends
Wonder where they’re all hidin’ out
I’m just lookin’ for some real friends
Gotta get up out of this town

Lookin’ for some new friends
Oh, ohhh
Ohhh, ah

I just wanna talk about nothin’
With somebody that means something
Spell the names of all our dreams and demons
For the times that I don’t understand
Tell me what’s the point of a moon like this
When I’m alone again
Can I run away to somewhere beautiful
Where nobody knows my name?

I’m just lookin’ for some real friends
All they ever do is let me down
Every time I let somebody in
But I find out what they’re all about
I’m just lookin’ for some real friends
All they ever do is let me down
I’m just lookin’ for some real friends
Gotta get up out of this town

Oh, ohhh
Ohhh, ah

Vocabulary:

– paper town: thị trấn đầy giả tạo (cách nói ẩn dụ)

– switching sides: lật mặt nhanh chóng, thay đổi nhiều

– draw the line: tạo giới hạn, ngăn cách

– Spell the names of all our dreams and demons: tâm sự, gọi tên những giấc mơ và những góc khuất của bản thân