Halo
by Beyonce Knowles
an American superstar singer who recorded this song in 2008 for her third album, “I Am… Sasha Fierce.” She wrote this song with Ryan Tedder and Evan Bogart.
Remember those walls I built
Well, baby they’re tumbling down
And they didn’t even put up a fight
They didn’t even make a sound
I found a way to let you in
But I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your halo
I got my angel now
It’s like I’ve been awakened
Every rule I had you breaking
It’s the risk that I’m taking
I ain’t never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I’m looking now
I’m surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you’re my saving grace
You’re everything I need and more
It’s written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won’t fade away
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You’re the only one that I want
Think I’m addicted to your light
I swore I’d never fall again
But this don’t even feel like falling
Gravity can’t forget
To pull me back to the ground again
It’s like I’ve been awakened
Every rule I had you breaking
The risk that I’m taking
I’m never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I’m looking now
I’m surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won’t fade away
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
Halo, halo
Everywhere I’m looking now
I’m surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you’re my saving grace
You’re everything I need and more
It’s written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
I pray it won’t fade away
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
Vocabulary:
walls – walls around my heart for protection
tumbling – falling
put up a fight – try to fight
let you in – let you into my heart
had a doubt – believed that you were not the one for me
halo – the light around your head that shows you are a good person
angel – perfect lover
awakened – woken up
risk – danger
ain’t never gonna – am not ever going to
shut you out – not be open to your love
embrace – hug
my saving grace – the person who will save me
pray – hope
fade away – disappear over time
ray – piece of light
my darkest night – worst time of my life
I’m addicted – I must have it
swore – promised myself
fall – fall in love
gravity – the force that pulls me down
© 2015 Ambien Malecot for vocabulary lesson only