Friday Sessions #66: ‘Every part of me says, “Go ahead” – ‘It Feels Like We Only Go Backwards’ Tame Impala
It’s Friday and another Friday Session. So, how’s your week been? Did you progress with your work and personal goals? Did you feel like you were going backwards or forwards?…
Today’s lyric:
“It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, “Go ahead”
There are many ways to talk about progress, we could be referring to a relationship, a project, a negotiation, or even the process of learning a language. How many different ways can you talk about going forwards or going backwards? Take a look at this short list and see if you can find a new phrase to add to your toolbox. Practice answering questions like: “How’s the ………… going?”
To express that you are going forwards:
to take a step forwards
to make headway
to step/ or to go up a gear
to proceed
to get ahead
To express that you are going backwards:
to take a step backwards
to slow down
to fall behind
to lag behind
to be delayed (or on hold)
Examples:
Q: “So, how’s the negotiation going? Did you reach an agreement yet?”
A: “Well, we were making headway at first, but we seem to have taken a step backwards over the last few days.”
Q. “Hey, how’s your English? Do you feel like you’re making progress?”
A. “Well, ………………………………………………………….” *What would your response be to this question?
Lyrics:
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, “Go ahead”
But I got my hopes up again, oh, no, not again
Feels like we only go backwards, darling
I know that you think
You sound silly when you call my name
But I hear it inside my head all day
When I realise I’m just holding
Onto the hope that, maybe
Your feelings don’t show
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, “Go ahead”
Then I got my hopes up again, oh, no, not again
Feels like we only go backwards, darling
The seed of all this indecision isn’t me, oh, no
‘Cause I decided long ago
But that’s the way it seems to go
When trying so hard to get to something real
It feels
It feels like I only go backwards, darling
Every part of me says, “Go ahead”
But I got my hopes up again, oh, no, not again
Feels like we only go backwards, darling
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, “Go ahead”
But I got my hopes up again, oh, no, not again
Feels like we only go backwards, darling
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, “Go ahead”
But I got my hopes up again, oh, no, not again
Feels like we only go backwards, darling