SESSION 3: A SONG

SESSION 3: A SONG

CELINE DION: A NEW DAY HAS COME

This song is about a very special kind of love. After having her first child, Celine Dion stopped singing for two years. This song marked her return and topped number 1 in the USA in 2002. The lyrics are so beautiful that they become almost cheesy, but the choirs and melody and the true meaning of the lyrics turn all the love cliché into one of Celine Dion's masterpieces.

The song looks like yet another love song, a bit too sentimental for that matter. But the true meaning goes deeper than that. Céline Dion had long wanted to have a child and finally she had a boy. Two years after having her baby she made her comeback with this song: A New Day Has Come. In this song she’s talking about how much she had suffered and how much she had wanted to have a baby. Finally that baby arrived, “an angel”, and it became her “light in the sky”. She feels so touched by this new creature that all her world changed and a new day began and she can say: “Where it was dark now there's light, where there was pain now there's joy, where there was weakness. I found my strength, all in the eyes of a boy”. Also, we can't forget that when she says "a new sun" it may also be "a new son" (same pronunciation).

The song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VIQ3Mo2x9w
 
The Lyrics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Ev4J2Y_zw
 

Some expressions explained:

 

FOR SO LONG: For a very long time.

HOLD ON: Wait.

DON’T SHED A TEAR: Don’t cry. If you shed a tear, you let a drop of liquid come out of your eyes.

I’D MAKE IT THROUGH: If you make it through you can survive a difficult situation.

I HAD IT ALL: I had everything.

HUSH= Be quiet(in this context it means: stop crying). This expression is most often used when talking to babies because the sound of it is relaxing and comforting (but we can also use it for adults).

BLINDING ME: A blind person can’t see. If a light blinds you it is so strong that you can’t see.

I’VE BEEN TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL WITH LOVE: An angel has touched me with love.

LET THE RAIN COME DOWN: I want the rain to come down.

… WASH AWAY MY TEARS: She was crying so there are tears on her face. If it rains, the rain will fall on her face and wash those tears away, the tears will disappear.

DROWN: To die or kill by putting a person or animal under water so they cannot breathe. If the rain drowns my fears, my fears die, disappear.

SHATTER: Destroy. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow.

SHATTER THE WALLS: The city walls are the big walls surrounding ancient cities for protection. Figuratively we can also talk about the walls of a person. Those walls are psychological barriers of protection that person built in order not to suffer, but the same walls that protect us from the bad things outside are also making it difficult for the good things to come to us. So if you break the walls, you are more receptive and love can get to you.

WEAKNESS: The quality of being weak (the opposite of “strong”).

STRENGTH: The quality of being strong.

Comments taken from 'Multimedia English Classroom'