[Vocabulary] Things that only native speakers know!

[ceciliafontes]

Hi, guys... How you doing?

I have some questions about vocabulary and grammar (I'm writing songs :lol. Follows:

1) "You do like a big voodoo" (she talks about a man who controls her mentally. It's like "he wants, she gives"!).
2) Then she says "As long as I'm in voodoo, You have my heart, stuck in the dark".
3) And "I came to you like a big voodoo, I came to you like a large (voodoo)..."

"Big" and "large" are being used in the right way? And about "I'm in voodoo"? It's correct? Or is "I'm in a voodoo"?

Another song is about betrayal.

4) "Even you took my breath, I will never learn...".

This is correct?

Thanks.
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[ceciliafontes]

But I need to know if it makes sense!

 

[ceciliafontes]

That make no sense at all to me. That wouldn't stop some song-writers using it.

"Big" was used to say that voodoo that the guy does is really powerful! Now it makes sense?

 

[Matthew Wai]

voodoo that the guy does

www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/voodoo
If the above definition is correct, I would consider 'voodoo' a religion, but I am not a teacher.
So how could someone 'do' a religion to control others?

 

[MikeNewYork]

In that use, "do" means "practice".

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think the OP's intended meaning is 'using magic' instead of 'practising a religion' to control someone, but I am not a teacher.

 

[probus]

I think the OP's intended meaning is 'using magic' instead of 'practising a religion' to control someone, but I am not a teacher.

I can't detect any difference between them.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Do you mean 'practising a religion' is the same as 'using magic'?

 

[probus]

Yes.

 

[tedmc]

I think one can do just about anything.
It is the "do like" that I find objectionable.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think the OP means 'What you do is like', but I am not a teacher.

 

[ceciliafontes]

Hi, guys...

Matthew Wai understood! I mean 'What you do is like a big voodoo'. In this sense, voodoo means using magic to control the actions of a person.
But what I want to know is if those 4 sentences have logical and understandable sense. In other words: Lyrically, it all make sense? (Do a voodoo, do a "Big" or "large" voodoo and about "be in a voodoo").

HELP! I love you, guys!

 

[ceciliafontes]

No one answered my four questions within 24 hours.
And I was really clear.

My questions are so difficult? I think not!

 

[konungursvia]

The sentences are poorly constructed and difficult to understand. Besides, the song has already been written: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwXai-sgM-s (Screamin' Jay Hawkins, I put a spell on you.)

 

[Rover_KE]

Cecilia, one thing I can tell you is the correct way to ask a question.

[STRIKE]"Big" and "large" are being used in the right way? [/STRIKE]

Are "big" and "large" being used in the right way?

[STRIKE]It's correct?[/STRIKE]

Is it correct?

[STRIKE] Now it makes sense? [/STRIKE]

Does it make sense now?

[STRIKE] Lyrically, it all make sense? [/STRIKE]

Lyrically, does it all make sense?

[STRIKE]My questions are so difficult? [/STRIKE]

​Are my questions so difficult?

 

[Matthew Wai]

ceciliafontes, please tell me whether the following are your intended meanings.

'What you do to me is like a big magic spell.'
'As long as I am under the spell, my heart is stuck in the dark.'
'I came to you like a big puppet. I came to you like a large puppet.'
'Even if you take my life, I will still not know.'

Matthew Wai understood!

I have thought hard for hours but am still not sure whether I have understood correctly, because I am not a teacher.

 

[SoothingDave]

"Voodoo" is not countable. So it wouldn't be "a big voodoo." If you use voodoo, you use voodoo. Not voodoos or a voodoo.

 

[Matthew Wai]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/voodoo
It says the plural of 'voodoo' is 'voodoos', but I don't know whether it is correct, because I am not a teacher.

 

[Barb_D]

Is the OP writing a song, or is the OP trying to understand lyrics of a song that was heard?

Moderator comment: I'm happy the side-bar conversation equating religion to magic ceased. Had it continued, all such posts would have been deleted. Let's try to keep the focus on the OP's questions, at least until those questions are answered. Whimsical comments after the primary purpose of the thread has been fulfilled are a different story.