LIVE, LEARN, & LOVE
Do you take delight in watching
films or listening to pop music? For English learners, movies, songs, and books
are one of the most wonderful sources to explore the language! You can indulge
in your favorite pastime and still learn some expressions, words of wisdom, and
oftentimes good lessons while you’re at it.
#5. “On the Shelf” sung by
Donny & Marie Osmond
This song conveys the deep sense of loss,
frustration, heartbreak, and loneliness experienced after a breakup, using a
lot of metaphors like a dog without a bone and a house that's not a home to
illustrate the emptiness and abandonment felt by the artist.
I'm
like a lock without a key
Nobody
wants to lean on me
I′m so lonely, lonely without you
Back on
the shelf am I, baby
Back on
the shelf am I
The
expression/ the title of the song “on the shelf” refers to somebody or
something that is unwanted, not in use, abandoned ,inactive, or postponed (like
an idea or project put aside) it can also describe a person, typically an older
woman, who is considered past the usual age for marriage and is thus
"unwanted" or "left behind," though this usage is
considered outdated and offensive.
·
Jean’s
small thoughts on the song:
Heartbroken after leaving or being left out on the shelf? I hear you
all. How about coloring the shared time with your loved one (who left you) in
light pink in the back of your mind? You could revisit the shared love in your
heart forever. Even the lost love could still be cherished as love.
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