Lesson 22 Activity: Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song”

"Beautiful Liar"

Ay, Ay, Ay

Nobody likes being played

Beyonce, Beyonce

Shakira, Shakira (hey)

[Beyonce] He said I'm worth it, his one desire

[Shakira] I know things about 'em that you wouldn't wanna read about

[Beyonce] He kissed me, his one and only, (yes) beautiful Liar

[Shakira] Tell me how you tolerate the things that you just found out about

[Shakira] You never know

[Beyonce] Why are we the ones who suffer

[Shakira] I have to let go

[Beyonce] He won't be the one to cry

[Beyonce] (Ay) Let's not kill the karma

(Ay) Let's not start a fight

(Ay) It's not worth the drama

For a beautiful liar

[Shakira] Can't we laugh about it (Ha Ha Ha)

(Oh) It's not worth our time

(Oh) We can live without 'em

Just a beautiful liar

[Shakira] I trusted him, but when I followed you, I saw you together

[Beyonce] I didn't know about you then 'till I saw you with him again

[Shakira] I walked in on your love scene, slow dancing

[Beyonce] You stole everything, how can you say I did you wrong

[Shakira] You never know

[Beyonce] When the pain and heartbreak's over

[Shakira] I have to let go

[Beyonce] The innocence is gone

[Beyonce] (Ay) Let's not kill the karma

(Ay) Let's not start a fight

(Ay) It's not worth the drama

For a beautiful liar

[Shakira] Can't we laugh about it (Ha Ha Ha)

(Oh) It's not worth our time

(Oh) We can live without 'em

Just a beautiful liar

[Shakira] Tell me how to forgive you

When it's me who's ashamed

[Beyonce] And I wish could free you

Of the hurt and the pain

(Both) But the answer is simple

He's the one to blame

Beyonce Beyonce

Shakira Shakira

Shakira Shakira

(Hey)

[Beyonce] (Ay) Let's not kill the karma

(Ay) Let's not start a fight

(Ay) It's not worth the drama

Beyonce Beyonce

For a beautiful liar

[Shakira] Can't we laugh about it (Ha Ha Ha)

(Oh) It's not worth our time

(Oh) We can live without 'em

Just a beautiful liar

Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song.”

Beautiful Liar

By: Beyonce Knowles

Lesson 22 Activity: Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song”

Comparison

Siren Song

BY MARGARET ATWOOD

This is the one song everyone

would like to learn: the song

that is irresistible:

the song that forces men

to leap overboard in squadrons

even though they see the beached skulls

the song nobody knows

because anyone who has heard it

is dead, and the others can't remember.

Shall I tell you the secret

and if I do, will you get me

out of this bird suit?

I don't enjoy it here

squatting on this island

looking picturesque and mythical

with these two feathery maniacs,

I don't enjoy singing

this trio, fatal and valuable.

I will tell the secret to you,

to you, only to you.

Come closer. This song

is a cry for help: Help me!

Only you, only you can,

you are unique

at last. Alas

it is a boring song

but it works every time.

Both of these songs are related because they both have to to with deceiving. In the song, "Beautiful Liar" it tells about a handsome, beautiful man that has been doing some lying. Beyonce calls him a beautiful liar. It wasn't expected of him to lie. It doesn't matter how amazing something or someone may seem, you can't trust anything. In the "Siren Song" the woman makes it seem like she is in trouble but in reality she is the evil one. She tricks people.