phoebemia
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Hi, there's a part from Pride and Prejudice. Here's the musical link. Lizzy sings from 4:54 and the lines on Youtube go like below:
♫ IT'S A MISBEGOTTEN WORLD WHERE I FEEL OUT OF PLACE.
IS IT MY AFFLICTION? OR IS IT MY SAVING GRACE?
I DON'T HAVE SECRET DREAMS. I DON'T WISH ON A STAR.
BUT I AM NOT SO CERTAIN. I LIKE THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE.
CAUSE I'M HEADSTRONG CRASHING INTO WALLS.
SOMETIMES STARTING BRAWLS WITH JUST A WORD.
COULD SOCIAL MORES. BE MORE ABSURD.
I'M... HEADSTRONG KICKING UP THE DUST.
I SPEAK BECAUSE I MUST, THOUGH I KNOW OTHERS FEEL THAT I SHOULD SHOW
A LITTLE MORE RESTRAINT.
FOR NO ONE FINDS A HEADSTRONG WOMAN QUAINT.
BUT IT'S NOT EXACTLY CLEAR WHICH ROAD MY LIFE SHOULD TAKE.
I'M NOT DEMURE AND HUMBLE. I'M NOT GOOD FOR GOODNESS SAKE.
CAUSE I'M HEADSTRONG FINDING MY OWN WAY.
NOT AFRAID TO SAY THE THINGS I FEEL.
AND I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY REVEAL.
I'M... HEADSTRONG ATTRACTABLE AND BOLD,
IMPULSIVE TOO AS I'VE BEEN TOLD.
AND I DON'T SEEM TO WANT THE SAME THINGS OTHER WOMEN DO.
I'M THE LONGBOURN INGENUE.
IT'S MY UNTAMING OF THE SHREW.
I'M THE WOMAN YOU ONCE KNEW SOMEWHERE.
I'M FEARLESS AND I'M SMART EVEN IF I DON'T KNOW MY HEART.
I'M HEADSTRONG CRASHING INTO WALLS.
SOMETIMES TAKING FALLS AS PEOPLE CAN
AND I FALL AS WELL AS ANY MAN.
I'M WILLFUL BUT IS THAT SUCH A CRIME?
I SPEAK MY CONSCIOUS EVERY TIME AND I AM NOT AS FOOLISH AS MY YOUNGER SISTERS ON THE HUNT FOR THEIR TWO MISTERS. THAT IS NOT MY CARE.
CAUSE I'M TOO HEADSTRONG FOR ANY MAN TO BEAR.
I looked them up in dictionary and also googled them, but I still have the following questions:
1. What does CRASHING INTO WALLS mean?
2. What does COULD SOCIAL MORES mean?
3. What is ATTRACTABLE ?
4. What does IT'S MY UNTAMING OF THE SHREW mean?
5. What does I FALL AS WELL AS ANY MAN mean?
6. What does I SPEAK MY CONSCIOUS mean?
♫ IT'S A MISBEGOTTEN WORLD WHERE I FEEL OUT OF PLACE.
IS IT MY AFFLICTION? OR IS IT MY SAVING GRACE?
I DON'T HAVE SECRET DREAMS. I DON'T WISH ON A STAR.
BUT I AM NOT SO CERTAIN. I LIKE THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE.
CAUSE I'M HEADSTRONG CRASHING INTO WALLS.
SOMETIMES STARTING BRAWLS WITH JUST A WORD.
COULD SOCIAL MORES. BE MORE ABSURD.
I'M... HEADSTRONG KICKING UP THE DUST.
I SPEAK BECAUSE I MUST, THOUGH I KNOW OTHERS FEEL THAT I SHOULD SHOW
A LITTLE MORE RESTRAINT.
FOR NO ONE FINDS A HEADSTRONG WOMAN QUAINT.
BUT IT'S NOT EXACTLY CLEAR WHICH ROAD MY LIFE SHOULD TAKE.
I'M NOT DEMURE AND HUMBLE. I'M NOT GOOD FOR GOODNESS SAKE.
CAUSE I'M HEADSTRONG FINDING MY OWN WAY.
NOT AFRAID TO SAY THE THINGS I FEEL.
AND I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY REVEAL.
I'M... HEADSTRONG ATTRACTABLE AND BOLD,
IMPULSIVE TOO AS I'VE BEEN TOLD.
AND I DON'T SEEM TO WANT THE SAME THINGS OTHER WOMEN DO.
I'M THE LONGBOURN INGENUE.
IT'S MY UNTAMING OF THE SHREW.
I'M THE WOMAN YOU ONCE KNEW SOMEWHERE.
I'M FEARLESS AND I'M SMART EVEN IF I DON'T KNOW MY HEART.
I'M HEADSTRONG CRASHING INTO WALLS.
SOMETIMES TAKING FALLS AS PEOPLE CAN
AND I FALL AS WELL AS ANY MAN.
I'M WILLFUL BUT IS THAT SUCH A CRIME?
I SPEAK MY CONSCIOUS EVERY TIME AND I AM NOT AS FOOLISH AS MY YOUNGER SISTERS ON THE HUNT FOR THEIR TWO MISTERS. THAT IS NOT MY CARE.
CAUSE I'M TOO HEADSTRONG FOR ANY MAN TO BEAR.
I looked them up in dictionary and also googled them, but I still have the following questions:
1. What does CRASHING INTO WALLS mean?
2. What does COULD SOCIAL MORES mean?
3. What is ATTRACTABLE ?
4. What does IT'S MY UNTAMING OF THE SHREW mean?
5. What does I FALL AS WELL AS ANY MAN mean?
6. What does I SPEAK MY CONSCIOUS mean?