Uncle Jed

"Brother"
Matt Corby

Ooh ooh ooh...

Somebody call ___ to your brother
Sleep now under my skin He’s_______ out your name
Make sure you’ll cry/try/buy 1 to Ooh ooh ooh
Conjure the wind/wing/wheel 2 Hiding under the covers
And please/ease/miss 3 my mind With no one else to ______
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh... You couldn’t help out your own neighbor
You couldn’t tell it to his face
Somebody call at/up/out 4 to your brother You were fucked up by the ________
He’s coming/calling/carrying 5 out your
name You ______in the corner
Ooh ooh ooh Confide in your father
Hiding under the covers Let it out and say
With no one else to blame/flame/same 6 Let it break/right/bright 10 your day
Ooh ooh ooh
You couldn’t help out your own neighbor Wait there
You couldn’t tell it to his face Pull yourself out of this state dear
You were fucked up by the Acknowledge you were a fake here
place/way/blame 7 From there on you might just grow
Oh oh oh
You call her/cover/cower 8 in the corner
Confide in your father Somebody call out to your brother
Let it out and say He’s calling out your name
Let it pass away/this way/awake 9 Ooh ooh ooh
Hiding under the covers
Sleep now under my skin With no one else to blame
Make sure you’ll ______ to Ooh ooh ooh
Conjure the ________ Oh, you couldn’t help out your own
And ______ my mind neighbor
You couldn’t tell it to his face
Ooh ooh ooh... You were fucked up by the blame

 Read the lyrics and guess what’s the correct option in bold.

1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10
  What’s most accurate meaning of these expressions according to the lyrics?

To call out
a) To shout trying to get sb’s attention
b) To ask a person or organization that provides a service to come and deal with something for
you

To help out
a) To help sb with an outdoors activity.
b) To help sb with sth they have to do or by giving them money.
To be fucked up
a) To be forced to do sth unwanted.
b) To be damaged in some way (physically, mentally, morally, etc.)
To let out
a) To make a loud sound to express one’s feelings.
b) To allow a person or animal to leave or go outside.
Pass away
a) To die; to disappear
b) To go far away.
Pull yourself out of sth
a) take off a piece of clothing
b) free yourself from sth with great effort.

 Find the expressions above in the lytics and try to figure out the meaning of the
sentence in context.

 Read the lyrics and find an expression that means…

1. Not being able to say the truth directly

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2. To take the mind to a calm state
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3. To admit you were untrustworthy or not true to yourself
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