The Big Blue - Lingua Franca
Damian NowakCall me Ishmael. Some years ago -- never mind how long precisely -- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. (Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville)
Over generations Ishmael took us on board the whaler Pequod on which Ahab commanded his revenge on the white whale. Lingual misfortune drafted you on my ship sailing to quite different shores. On the lower deck you will chore vocabulary and grammar while on the upper deck you will be exposed to the tides of speaking , listening, reading and writing.
Vietnam, me love you long time. All day, all night, me love you long time. 'Delta One-Niner, this is Alpha patrol. We are on the north-east face of hill Seven-Zero-Five and taking fire, I repeat, taking fire. Immediate air assistance required on the fucking double. Can you confirm?' ... Yea, though I walk through the vally of death I will fear no evil, for my name is Richard. I was born in 1974. (The Beach by Alex Garland)
https://soundcloud.com/moby/porcelain
(Verse) In my dreams I'm dying all the time; Then I wake it's kaleidoscopic mind; I never meant to hurt you; I never meant to lie; So this is goodbye?; This is goodbye...; (Bridge) Tell the truth, You've never wanted me; Tell me; (Outro) In my dreams I'm jelous all the time; When I wake I'm going out my mind; Going out of my mind