THE HOUSE By: Katie Melua Before you listen to the song, guess and underline the correct article: a/the/Now listen to the song and check your answers Who is in that house? I opened a/the door to see Who is up the/- stairs? I’m walking up foolishly Can you explain?!?!?!?!?! Upstairs vs up the stairs And at the/- end of the hall was a/the door And I got pulled in by -/a sound But I wish I’d never found In a/the privacy of your own room Where the/- flowers in the wallpaper bloom Where I just don’t understand In a/the privacy of your room Look away now, look away now At the/- moon Is somebody watching me? You really shouldn’t see Why did you climb that last stair You found me unaware Find a synonym for hate What I’m doing now it’s my own And I don’t want it to be known And it has to just remain In a/the privacy of your own room Where the/- flowers in the wallpaper bloom Where I just don’t understand In a/the privacy of your room Look away now, look away now At the/- moon Puzzle me now with mystery clothes These apples I love, these apples I loathe And always forgive the/- future to come For stealing the light from -/the sun Question to ponder: What does the singer mean by the last verse?! Find a synonym for to confuse ANSWER KEY THE HOUSE KATIE MELUA Who is in that house? I opened the door to see Who is up the stairs? I’m walking up foolishly And at the end of the hall was a door And I got pulled in by a sound But I wish I’d never found In the privacy of your own room Where flowers in the wallpaper bloom Where I just don’t understand In the privacy of your room Look away now, look away now At the moon Is somebody watching me? You really shouldn’t see Why did you climb that last stair You found me unaware ‘Upstairs’ can be an adjective (We have an upstairs bedroom) or a noun (Go upstairs to see the bedroom), but ‘up the stairs’ is an adverbial prepositional phrase (You will have to carry your luggage up the stairs.) ‘Upstairs’ is about the place, whereas ‘up the stairs’ refers to the action What I’m doing now it’s my own And I don’t want it to be known And it has to just remain In the privacy of my own room Where flowers in the wallpaper bloom Where you just don’t understand In the privacy of my room Look away now, look away now At the moon Loathe Puzzle me now with mystery clothes These apples I love, these apples I loathe And always forgive the future to come For stealing the light from the sun Answers can vary There is no one definite answer to the question It’s just a way to trigger discussion about something which is a bit ambiguous and hard to explain To puzzle