Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Music Lyrics Explained 4. All right. The
music tonight is by the Righteous Brothers and the name of the song is
'Unchained Melody.' All right. Probably most students would
know this because this was the famous song from the very, very old movie "Ghost"
about 20, 20 years ago or 30 years ago. And of course the song has been around
for a very long time. It's been around all the way since 1955. So the song is
whoa nearly 70 years old now. Okay. So anyway , let's take a look at the note
first here. All right. This was first written for a 1955 movie called "Unchained."
Wow, yeah. I always wondered why did they call it Unchained Melody well it because
it was originally written for a movie called "Unchained" Okay. The story was
about a man in jail. He is torn about whether he should behave, you know, and do
his time meaning spend his time in jail, or try to escape, so he can see his wife
that he is deeply in love with and misses terribly. So he was torn whether
he should do this so this was the basis of you know why they had this song in
the movie. All right. Let's continue here. Many people can relate to the deep
feeling in this song , especially people who have long-distance relationships
where you know maybe the person they love is stationed far away or living far
away and they can't see them all the time. They often are touched, especially
by this song. Okay or need or a forced to be away. Yeah. Like maybe you know
soldiers who are stationed overseas or maybe people in prison just like maybe
the original movie. Therefore or separated from the one they love for
whatever reason. So many people focus you know many people in these situations
really relate to the song. I've heard it's also one of the most
famous slow dancing songs like an at a disco if they you know there was a
couple and the slow dance comes on. This was always a famous classic one for that
as well. Okay, and just like usual I'll go over the lyrics and we'll we'll check
back here with some vocabulary. All right. Anyway,
this is if you remember this is the way it starts. Oh, my love, my darling.
Well remember of course darling is a term of endearment. Like you know honey
or sweetheart. Okay. I've hungered for your touch.
I remember if we say to hunger for something means to have an intense or
very serious yearning or need for, So you hunger for it. We often hear hunger for
somebody's love. I actually think I did a verb phrase video on hunger for as well.
Where I mentioned, it's often in a lot of songs.
Meaning expressing deep love. So I hunger for your touch you know, and in
the the song itself if you know it, of course, it's very slow-moving you know, your
hunger for your touch. You could almost you know know could almost feel the touch and
you know like of somebody you know who loves you touching you actually like
giving you chills. So that's kind of that's kind of the idea before, behind it.
So again. Let's continue. So Oh my love,
my darling , I hunger for your touch. A long lonely time. So of course, you spent a
long time away and of course very very lonely. Time goes by so slowly and time
can do so much. Al right. Yeah. Of course, you know any time you're missing
somebody, or you know you're waiting for something you really want. Time does seem
to go by very, very slowly. It seems much longer than ever and time can do so much,
meaning that like when you're separated from somebody who you really, really love,
you start to realize things. You realize how deep your feelings are for that
person. How much you really love them. So that's why it says and time can do so
much. Meaning it can make you realize these things. It can make you feel those
things. Are you mine ? And they really stretch that out. I don't know if my voice is
good enough to do that, but uh yeah of course you know just like the original
story, if the guy was in jail you know or or you're separated from somebody can't
see them all the time you , you know you really don't know what's going on with
them. You you hope that they are faithful to you. So you're asking are you
still mine ? Do you still have those feelings for me that I feel now ? Are you
still mine ? Did you give your love to somebody else ? Okay and then of course, it
goes you know. I need your love, I need your love. God speed your love to me . You
know, something like that. Remember , if we say God speed, it actually comes from Old
English. Here, meaning , may God help you to succeed or may God help make this
thing happen . God please help bring the
well back to me and quickly you know , may God speed your love to me. Mm-hmm.
Okay. And then of course he goes on. Lonely rivers flow to the sea , to the sea.
All right. Why is he saying rivers I don't know maybe it's an association
with luck water and tears. And of course the rivers maybe you're imagining a
lonely river. I don't know is it being reunited with the sea. I don't know maybe
to the open arms of the sea. So of course you know maybe it's like imagining you
know being with her , you know open arms meeting her. So like a river
meeting with the sea. I don't know . Is the river and the sea a couple ? I'm not
sure. Lonely rivers sigh. All right, remember if we say to sigh. The act of breathing out
slowly making a long loud sound. You know. We do it for a number of reasons.
Sometimes we do it because we're bored. Sometimes because we're tired . Sometimes
because we're disappointed about something . Like, like that didn't happen.
So I think it's really disappointed it's probably the one that they mean here.
That they're not together. Okay. So yeah. You know, wait for me , wait for me like
please wait for me. Don't go with somebody else. Wait for me. Wait I'll be
coming home wait for me. You know , so basically you say please wait for me. I'll
get out one day or I'll be able to get to see you again one day. And then of
course, it goes through the whole chorus again. You know, oh my love. All right. And
until we get to the next part. And the next part of course is lonely mountains gaze
at the stars, at the stars. So he's really using nature here. Of course stars are
romantic. It might be pretty good to use that , and he's making the mountains the
ones that actually seems lonely here. Waiting for the dawn of the day. All right. So if you're
waiting for the dawn. Dawn sounds like a new beginning. You know, so maybe when
they can finally be reunited hopefully. All alone I gaze
at the stars, at the stars dreaming of my love far away. You know, so basically
again missing , missing them. Your love far away. We can't be together and again we
we have another chorus again. Where again it goes into all my love. Of course we
can skip that because we already covered all the vocabulary there. Yeah and and
that's basically it. That's basically it. Again it was one of
the most romantic movies that we remembers is the one with the "Ghost. "So
that's what most people associate this movie with "Ghosts. " That's probably what's
always on their mind. But for some people this song is a very personal song and
really touches their heart when they think of like missing the person that
they really love and they have to be away from. Okay, Anyway I hope you got it.
I hope it was food for thought. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.