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Kids who have it all

Europe needs many more babies to avert a population disaster

Across Europe birth rates are tumbling. The net effect is a ‘perfect demographic storm’ that will imperil economic growth across the continent

When Spanish business consultant Alejandro Macarrón started crunching the numbers behind Spain’s changing demographics, he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. “I was astonished,” said Macarrón. “We have provinces in Spainwhere for every baby born, more than two people die. And the ratio is moving closer to one to three.”

Spain has one of the lowest fertility rates in the EU, with an average of 1.27 children born for every woman of childbearing age, compared to the EU average of 1.55. Its crippling economic crisis has seen a net exodus of people from the country, as hundreds of thousands of Spaniards and migrants leave in the hope of finding jobs abroad. The result is that, since 2012, Spain’s population has been shrinking.

Record numbers of economic migrants and asylum-seekers are seeking to enter the European Union this summer and are risking their lives in the attempt. The paradox is that as police and security forces battle to keep them at bay, a demographic crisis is unfolding across the continent. Europe desperately needs more young people to run its health services, populate its rural areas and look after its elderly because, increasingly, its societies are no longer self-sustaining.

In Portugal, the population has been shrinking since 2010. For many analysts, the question now is how low can it go, with projections by the National Statistics Institute suggesting Portugal’s population could drop from 10.5 million to 6.3 million by 2060. According to prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho: “We’ve got really serious problems.”

In Italy the retired population is soaring, with the proportion of over-65s set to rise from 2.7% last year to 18.8% in 2050. Germany has the lowest birthrate in the world: 8.2 per 1,000 population between 2008 and 2013, according to a recent study by the Hamburg-based world economy institute, the HWWI.

The UK’s population reached 64.6 million by mid-2014, a growth of 491,000 over the previous year, according to the Office for National Statistics. On average, Britain’s population grew at a faster rate over the last decade than it has done over the last 50 years.

Macarrón is astonished at the reluctance of Spanish authorities to address what he calls a direct threat to economic growth as well as pensions, healthcare and social services. He and a few friends took it upon themselves to begin tackling the issue, starting the non-profit group Demographic Renaissance in 2013, with the aim of raising awareness of the crisis.

“Most people think we’re only talking about something that will be a problem in 50 years, but we’re already seeing part of the problem,” he said. “If current numbers hold, every new generation of Spaniards will be 40% smaller than the previous one.”

A political knock-on effect is the overwhelming political power of the grey vote. Macarrón points to the crippling austerity measure put in place during the economic crisis: “During the same time frame, expenditures on pensions rose by more than 40%. We’re moving closer to being a gerontocratic society – it’s a government of the old.”

The region of Galicia is one of the few in Spain that has addressed the issue. The population of this north-western region has been shrinking, leaving it home to the nearly half Spain’s abandoned villages. More than 1,500 settlements – once home to schools, businesses and filled with children – now sit abandoned, overgrown with weeds and bushes.

In 2012, the regional government launched a multi-pronged initiative to address the falling fertility rate, with plans to roll out measures such as home and transport subsidies for families and radio advertisements urging women to have more children. But it is still estimated that Galicia’s population could shrink by 1 million residents in the next 40 years, a loss of just under one third of the region’s population.

For southern Europe, migration within the EU has become a grave problem. Hundreds of thousands of Portuguese have left, hoping to find better opportunities abroad. Coelho has said the next 10 to 15 years would be decisive in reversing the trend. If no action is taken, he said last year, “these issues will only be solved by a miracle.”

The EU’s Eurostat agency estimates that by 2050, Portugal will be the country in Europe that is home to the smallest proportion of children, with just 11.5% of the population expected to be under the age of 15. Toy shops and hundreds of schools are closing while petrol stations and motels are being converted into nursing homes.

Coelho has called on the EU to make falling birthrates a priority in the next five years. “This question has a dimension that is not strictly national,” he said, pointing to labour legislation and “the manner in which urban life is organised.”

Last year he created a commission dedicated to coming up with proposals to reverse the country’s dwindling birthrate. Led by Professor Joaquim Azevedo from the Catholic University of Portugal, a recent report by the commission warned that failure to reverse the demographic crisis could leave Portugal “unsustainable in terms of economic growth, social security and the welfare state.”

“We are losing our population, as we know. These matters are crystal clear,” said Azevedo. “ It is a reality. Facts are facts and that is what is happening.”

Ad hoc political solutions at a national level are failing. Italy has tried to overcome its bleak demographic outlook with initiatives ranging from pension cuts to a baby bonus, but the statistics are not on their side.

The country’s falling birthrate has multiple causes, such a lack of financial security that prompts many Italians to live with their parents well into their 30s. The difficulty for mothers to return to the workplace also means women must make considerable sacrifices if they decide to have children.

With the fertility rate falling from 2.37 in 1970 to 1.39 in 2013, the government is encouraging Italians to have children. Prime minister Matteo Renzi announced plans last year to give low-income couples a monthly “baby bonus” of €80 (£57), but he is well aware finances are only a small part of the problem. Last year an estimated 91,000 Italians emigrated, a sharp increase from the 50,000 that did so in 2011. The youth jobless rate hit 44.2% in June, while overall it stood at 12.3%.

In Germany last week there was a rare piece of good news. Germany’s birthrate was found to be higher than it has been for 13 years, thanks to the 33,000, or 4.8%, more babies born last year than in 2013. Nevertheless, the scale of the demographic crisis Europe’s largest economy faces has finally hit home. For decades there have been far more deaths (last year 153,000 more) than births in Germany. Those women who do give birth are bearing relatively few (on average 1.4) children. Experts say to keep the population at its current rate, that would need to rise to just over two.

By 2060 the government expects the population to plunge from 81 million to 67 million, a decrease that is being accelerated by depressed areas in both eastern and western parts of the country that are haemorrhaging large numbers. The UN predicts that, by 2030, the percentage of Germans in the workplace will drop 7% to just 54%. No other industrial land is as starkly affected – and this is despite a strong influx of young migrant labourers.

In order to offset this shortage, Germany needs to welcome an average of 533,000 immigrants every year, which perhaps gives context to the estimate that 800,000 refugees are due to come to Germany this year.

Only Scandinavia appears to be weathering the demographic storm with any success, partly thanks to generous parental leave systems, stable economies, and, in the cases of Sweden and Norway, high net immigration.

“We do face an ageing population but the problem is not so alarming due to relatively high fertility rates,” says Nizar Chakkour of Statistics Sweden.

Chakkour He puts the high fertility rates down to social support for parents. “One common explanation [for the fertility rate] is that in Sweden it is possible to combine motherhood with a working life,” he argues. “It is not only the parental leave: it is also the subsidised childcare and the gender equality.”

For Swedes, improving the demographic profile is advanced as one of the most powerful arguments in favour of immigration. At a meeting in Brussels in June, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven enjoined other European countries follow his country’s example.

“I am not going to sweep under the carpet the fact that it’s a major challenge at the moment,” he said of Sweden’s high levels of asylum applications. “But it is also an asset. We must recognise that if we do not do this now, we are going to have a gigantic problem in a few years.”

Immigration also props up the fertility rate and Britain and France have received a similar fillip to its population growth as a result.

But across huge swaths of the European Union, longstanding communities are disappearing and the social burden on the young is becoming unsustainable. Meanwhile, in Kos, Lampedusa and on the Hungarian border, tens of thousands plead to be allowed in.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/23/baby-crisis-europe-brink-depopulation-disaster

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all, every y whole

Las “reglas” para el uso de all, every y whole tienen tantas excepciones que uno tiene que preguntarse si realmente merece la pena aprendérselas. Igual que con tantos otros temas de gramática, se trata de ver muchísimos ejemplos, fijarte en ellos, memorizar algunos, y poco a poco ir interiorizando el uso de estas palabras. Aquí tienes unas ideas generales para ayudarte en este proceso…

El error más llamativo que cometen los hispanohablantes con all es el de utilizarlo así:

We like all. 

All is fine. 

Normalmente all no se emplea como el sujeto o el objeto de una frase. Para ello, utiliza everything:

We like everything. (Nos gusta todo.)

Everything is fine. (Todo está bien.)

Acuérdate de que all tiene que ir seguido de algo. Lo utilizamos con sustantivos plurales:

Have you put all the dishes in the dishwasher? (¿Has puesto todos los platos en el lavavajillas?)

También utilizamos all con sustantivos incontables:

We drank all the wine. (Bebimos todo el vino.)

Con sustantivos contables singulares utilizamos whole, que significa entero. Por algún motivo muchos estudiantes de inglés no conocen esta palabra, ¡pero es sumamente común! Se pronuncia exactamente como hole (agujero); la w es muda.

We spent the whole class talking about the elections. (Pasamos toda la clase/la clase entera hablando de las elecciones.)

Para sentir mejor la diferencia entre all y whole, compara estas dos frases:

I read the whole book in one night. (Leí todo el libro/el libro entero en una noche.)

I read all the books in one night. (Leí todos los libros en una noche.)

Cuando hablamos de periodos de tiempo, en muchos casos podemos utilizar all o whole.

We’ve been waiting all day. (Llevamos todo el día esperando.)

We spent the whole day at the festival. (Pasamos todo el día en el festival.)

Sin embargo, cuando hablamos de frecuencia en el tiempo, utilizamos every (¡y no all!)

We go there every year all years. (Vamos allí todos los años/cada año.) 

There’s a bus every ten minutes. (Hay un autobús cada 10 minutos.)

Para entender la diferencia entre every y all en el contexto del tiempo, compara estas dos frases:

I see him every day. (Lo veo todos los días.)

I see him all day. (Lo veo durante todo el día.)

Ejercicios

Traduce estas frases:

1. Perdimos todo.

2. Todos los niños están en la cama.

3. Todo el país vio el partido.

4. ¿Puedes comer una pizza entera?

5. ¿Cómo está todo?

6. No se hablaron durante todo el viaje.

7. Todos los trenes paran aquí.

8. Todo ha cambiado en el último año.

9. Escucho la radio todas las mañanas.

10. “¿Cuánto tiempo tardaste en hacer esto?””Toda la mañana.”

Respuestas:

1. We lost everything.

2. All the children/kids are in bed.

3. The whole country saw the match.

4. Can you eat a whole pizza?

5. How is everything?

6. They didn’t talk to each other during the whole trip.

7. All the trains stop here.

8. Everything has changed in the last year.

9. I listen to the radio every morning.

10. “How long did it take you to do this?””All morning/The whole morning.”

¿Cómo pedir en inglés en un restaurant? Una guía para comunicarse y que llegue lo que esperamos

¿Te preocupa no saber cómo comunicarte en inglés al momento de estar en un restaurant? Este artículo es de gran ayuda.

Si andas de viaje por negocios o placer, sí o sí tendrás que detenerte a comer en un restaurant. Si bien puedes sobrevivir tratando de entender el menú o simplemente apuntando hacia lo que quieres comer o beber, es mucho mejor si sabes cómo comunicarte de la forma apropiada, es por esto que, a continuación, compartimos contigo algunas frases de utilidad:

- Una mesa para cuatro, por favor: A TABLE FOR four, please. También se puede decir: A PARTY OF four.

- ¿Qué van a PEDIR?: What would you like to ORDER? Nota: En los restaurantes la palabra no es “ask for”, sino ORDER.

- ¿Me puede traer el menú?: Can I have the menu, please?

- ¿Qué van a beber?: What WOULD YOU LIKE to drink? Nota: Observa cómo en inglés la pregunta es siempre con WOULD YOU LIKE, y la respuesta también. I WOULD LIKE… Nunca “I WANT”.

- ¿Cuál es la OFERTA DEL DÍA?: What is the SPECIAL of the day? Nota: En español no solemos hablar de “oferta del día”, más bien hablamos de “menú del día” (que también suele ser una oferta). En este caso la palabra es “set-price menu”. Menú de precio fijo.

- Tomaré una ensalada de ENTRADA: I’d like to have a salad FOR STARTER. Nota: Otra forma de decirlo es APPETIZER. Estos típicamente son ensaladas, sopas, o cualquier cosa que sirva para abrir el apetito.

- Y de PLATO PRINCIPAL tomaré pollo con arroz: and for MAIN COURSE I’ll have the chicken with rice.

- ¿Cómo quiere la carne?: How would you like your meat?

- (Respecto del punto de cocción de la carne) Poca hecha, poco hecha pero más, hecha o en su punto, muy hecha. Rare, medium rare, medium, well done

- ¿Algo más de acompañamiento?: Any SIDE DISH? Nota: Un “side dish” es un plato extra, como arroz, o papas, que pides para complementar tu comida.

- ¿Va/n querer algo de postre?: Would you like to have some dessert?

- ¿Me puede traer LA CUENTA por favor?: Can I have the BILL/CHECK please?

Ojalá te sirvan todas éstas frases para que puedas disfrutar de una deliciosa comida y un muy buen momento durante tus viajes.

• by Soffia Carbone

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre las palabras Street y Road? Una confusión frecuente

Puede que esto te confunda como hispanoparlante, por eso, en este post veremos las diferencias.

Street: calle

“Street” es, es como en español, un camino que tiene casas en cualquiera de los lados.

“Street “se puede usar para ciudades y pueblos siempre que nos refiramos a un camino en el que haya casas. Pero NO se puede usar para caminos rurales.

Por ejemplo, podemos decir:

-This is the main STREET in my village: Esta es la CALLE principal de mi pueblo.

Pero NO podemos decir:

-This is the STREET out of my village.

Debemos decir entonces:

-This is the ROAD out of my village.

Fíjate como en este ejemplo nos estamos refiriendo a un camino que sale del pueblo, por tanto, deja de tener viviendas a los lados y se convierte en un camino rural, por tanto, la palabra correcta a utilizar es ROAD.

Road: calle, camino rural, pasaje

A diferencia de STREET, ROAD se puede usar para ciudades, pueblos y carreteras rurales. Y dependiendo del contexto se traducirá de una u otra manera.

• by Soffia Carbone

‘Idioms’ relacionados con delitos y condenas: Expresiones para entender mejor el inglés

Qué difícil se nos hace entender los "idioms". Es necesario estudiarlos para así no quedar sin entender una conversación.

A continuación, veremos varios de estos idioms relacionados con delitos, o palabras que tienen que ver con delitos o con los castigos por los mismos.

-HIT-AND-RUN: Atropello y fuga

· Unfortunately, the accident was a HIT-AND-RUN. The drive sped off and left the victim lying on the ground.

· Lamentablemente, el accidente fue un atropello con fuga. El conductor aceleró y dejó a la víctima herida en el suelo.

-TO DO A RUNNER (UK) A DINE AND DASH (US): Hacer “perro muerto”, irse sin pagar de un restaurante u hotel.

· Those guys DID A RUNNER yesterday (UK) Those guys PULLED A DINE AND DASH yesterday (US). As soon as they finished their dinner they left the restaurant without paying.

· Esos tipos hicieron “perro muerto”. En cuanto terminaron de cenar, se fueron del restaurante sin pagar.

-TO BE CAUGHT RED HANDED: Ser pillado con las manos en la masa/ infraganti

· She WAS CAUGHT RED-HANDED shoplifting.

· La pillaron infraganti robando en una tienda.

-TO BEAT THE RAP: Evitar o escaparse de ser juzgado y condenado por un delito

· He had a very good lawyer so in spite of having killed his wife he was able to BEAT THE RAP.

· Tuvo un muy buen abogado así que a pesar de haber matado a su mujer, pudo evitar ser condenado.

TO BE BEHIND THE BARS: Estar preso, estar tras las rejas

· He was sentenced to four years in prision so he’s now BEHIND THE BARS.

· Fue sentenciado a cuatro años de prisión así que ahora está tras las rejas.

-TO BE ON THE RUN: Estar a la fuga.

· He escaped from prision and he’S now ON THE RUN.

· Escapó de la cárcel y ahora está a la fuga.

• by Soffia Carbone

¿Cómo comunicarse en inglés durante un viaje? Consejos muy útiles para saber qué decir

Viajar es cada vez más frecuente en el mundo actual, y hay que saber cómo darse a entender y qué responder en inglés.

Acerca del vuelo

· ¿Qué tal el vuelo?: How was your flight?

· Mi vuelo fue retrasado, pero finalmente llegamos a tiempo: My flight was delayed but finally we arrived in time.

· ¿Está/s un cansado/a?: Are you tired?

· Sí, necesito un café: Yes, I need a coffee.

· No, estoy bien: No, I’m okay.

Acerca del hotel

· ¿Qué tal el hotel?: How’s your hotel?

· Está bien situado y es cómodo. ¡Así que es perfecto!: It’s well-located and is comfortable. So it’s perfect!

· Me temo que tendré que cambiarme a otra habitación porque es muy ruidosa: I’m afraid I’ll have to change to another room because it’s very noisy.

· Lamento, escuchar esto. Si necesita/s que te/le ayude/mos, dímelo/dígamelo: I’m so sorry to hear this. If you need my/our help, please let me know.

· No, no hay problema. Ya he pedido el cambio: No, no problem. I have already asked for the change.

· Sí, por favor, si pudieses buscarme un hotel más hacia las afueras de la ciudad, sería perfecto: Yes, please, if you could find a hotel in the outskirts of the city for me, it would be perfect.

· Lo intentaremos y te/le mantendremos informado. Siento las molestias: We’ll try and keep you informed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Acerca del clima/tiempo

· ¿Qué tal estaba el tiempo en (ciudad) cuando se marchó/te marchaste?: How was the weather in (city) when you left?

· Demasiado caluroso/frío para esta época del año: Too hot/cold for this time of the year.

· Como puedes ver está lloviendo.: As you can see, it’s raining.

· Sí, y no tengo paraguas: Yes, and I don’t have an umbrella.

· No hay problema, te podemos dejar uno: No problem, you can borrow one from us.

· Muy mal tiempo hoy: Terrible weather today.

· Hace un bonito día: It’s a nice day

Acerca de la ciudad

· ¿Conoce/s ya (la ciudad)?: Have you been to (city) before?

· No, es la primera vez que estoy aquí: No, it’s the first time I’m here.

· ¿Has hecho (un poco) de turismo?: Have you been sightseeing?

· Le/Te recomiendo visitar (lugar): I recommend that you visit (place).

· Es muy fácil llegar allí. Puede ir andando: It’s very easy to get there. You can go on foot.

Acerca de la comida

· ¿Qué tipo de comida te/le gusta? ¿Pescado? ¿Carne?: What kind of food do you like? Fish? Meat?

· Me gusta todo, especialmente la carne: I like everything, especially meat.

Esperamos que todas estas frases te sean de gran ayuda durante tu viaje!

• by Soffia Carbone
• https://www.guioteca.com/ingles/como-comunicarse-en-ingles-durante-un-viaje-consejos-muy-utiles-para-saber-que-decir/

¿Cómo comunicarse en Inglés en una peluquería? 40 expresiones de gran utilidad

¿Cómo nos expresamos en la peluquería? A continuación, te mostramos frases muy útiles.

Quizás nunca ha pasado por tu cabeza el visitar una peluquería si estás en otro país, pero cómo nunca se sabe lo que puede ocurrir, te queremos entregar algunas frases muy útiles al momento de ir a un salón de belleza.

· I’d like to have a haircut, PLEASE: Me gustaría cortarme el pelo, por favor.

PELUQUERÍA. HAIRDRESSER’S (*), HAIR SALON, SALON

· Peluquera/o – HAIRDRESSER

· Peluquero – BARBER

· Peluquería de caballeros – BARBER

(*) El apóstrofe ‘S después de la “R” se pone para indicar literalmente que es el “lugar donde está el peluquero”. En este caso “S” indica “lugar”.

TIPOS DE CABELLOS, CORTES Y PEINADOS

· Pelo liso: STRAIGHT hair

· Pelo rizado: CURLY hair

· Pelo con ondas: WAVY hair

· Melena: LONG hair

· Peinado -HAIRDO- Me gusta tu peinado: I like your HAIRDO

· Media melena: BOB

· Pelo muy corto: PIXIE CUT

· Pelo pincho: SPIKY HAIR

· Un moño: A BUN

· Llevar pelo recogido (hacia arriba): To wear the HAIR UP

· Llevar flequillo: To have a FRINGE / (UK) To have BANGS (US)

COLORES DE PELO

· Rubio: BLOND, FAIR

· Rubio oscuro: DARK BLOND

· Rubio claro: LIGHT BLOND

· Rubio ceniza: ASH BLOND

· Castaño: BROWN

· Negro: BLACK

· Caoba: CHESTNUT

· Blanco/canoso: GREY (UK) GRAY (UK)

EN LA PELUQUERÍA

· Quiero pedir una cita: I’d like to ask for an APPOINTMENT

· ¿Qué se va hacer?: What (services) would you like?

· Quiero cortarme el pelo, por favor: I’d to GET A HAIRCUT, please

· Quiero cortarme las puntas como una pulgada: I’d like to TRIM THE ENDS ONE INCH OFF

· Quiero lavarme, cortarme y secar con el secador: I’d to like a WASH, CUT and BLOWDRY

· Quiero teñirme: I’d like TO COLOUR my hair- DYE my hair.

· Quiero cubrirme las canas: I’d like to GET MY GRAY HAIR COVERED

· Quiero darme unas mechas: I’d like to GET SOME HIGHLIGHTS

· Quiero decolorarme el pelo: I’d like to BLEACH my hair

· Quiero alisarme el pelo: I’d like to get my hair STRAIGHTEN

· Quiero una permanente: I’d like a PERMANENT

· Quiero un moño/recogido: I’d like a BUN/my HAIR UP

· Quiero una trenza: I’d like a PLAIT BRAID

· Quiero una coleta: I’d like a PONYTAIL

· Quiero hacerme las uñas: I’d like to GET MY NAILS DONE

Repasa estas frases una y otra vez para que puedas estar preparado o preparada en cualquier ocasión!

by Sophia Carbonne

https://www.guioteca.com/ingles/como-comunicarse-en-ingles-en-una-peluqueria-40-expresiones-de-gran-utilidad/

Take a chance on me ABBA

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try

Take a chance on me
(That's all I ask of you honey)
Take a chance on me

We can go dancing, we can go walking, as long as we're together
Listen to some music, maybe just talking, get to know you better
'Cos you know I've got
So much that I wanna do, when I dream I'm alone with you
It's magic
You want me to leave it there, afraid of a love affair
But I think you know
That I can't let go

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try

Take a chance on me
(Come on, give me a break will you?)
Take a chance on me
Oh you can take your time baby, I'm in no hurry, know I'm gonna get you
You don't wanna hurt me, baby don't worry, I ain't gonna let you
Let me tell you now
My love is strong enough to last when things are rough
It's magic
You say that I waste my time but I can't get you off my mind
No I can't let go
'Cos I love you so

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best, baby can't you see
Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me
(Take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)

Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best, baby can't you see
Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me
(Take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)

Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa ba-ba
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me

[fade]

Sunday Morning by Maroon 5

Sunday morning rain is falling
Steal some covers share some skin
Clouds are shrouding us in moments unforgettable
You twist to fit the mold that I am in
But things just get so crazy living life gets hard to do
And I would gladly hit the road get up and go if I knew
That someday it would lead me back to you
That someday it would lead me back to you

That may be all I need
In darkness she is all I see
Come and rest your bones with me
Driving slow on Sunday morning
And I never want to leave

Fingers trace your every outline
Paint a picture with my hands
Back and forth we sway like branches in a storm
Change the weather still together when it ends

That may be all I need
In darkness she is all I see
Come and rest your bones with me
Driving slow on Sunday morning
And I never want to leave

But things just get so crazy living life gets hard to do
Sunday morning rain is falling and I'm calling out to you
Singing someday it'll bring me back to you
Find a way to bring myself back home to you

May not know

That may be all I need
In darkness she is all I see
Come and rest your bones with me
Driving slow on Sunday morning 

the Power of Vulnerability

Taylor Swift BLANK SPACE

Nice to meet you, where you been?
I could show you incredible things
Magic, madness, heaven, sin
Saw you there and I thought
Oh my God, look at that face
You look like my next mistake
Love's a game, want to play?

New money, suit and tie
I can read you like a magazine
Ain't it funny, rumors fly
And I know you heard about me
So hey, let's be friends
I'm dying to see how this one ends
Grab your passport and my hand
I can make the bad guys good for a weekend

So it's gonna be forever or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over, if the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane
Cause you know I love the players, and you love the game

Cause we're young and we're reckless, we'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless, or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space baby, and I'll write your name

Cherry lips, crystal skies
I could show you incredible things
Stolen kisses, pretty lies
You're the King baby I'm your Queen
Find out what you want, be that girl for a month
Wait the worst is yet to come, oh no

Screaming, crying, perfect storms
I can make all the tables turn
Rose garden filled with thorns
Keep you second guessing like
"Oh my God, who is she?"
I get drunk on jealousy
But you'll come back each time you leave
Cause darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream

So it's gonna be forever or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over, if the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane
Cause you know I love the players, and you love the game

Cause we're young and we're reckless, we'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless, or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space baby, and I'll write your name

Boys only want love if it's torture
Don't say I didn't, say I didn't warn you
Boys only want love if it's torture
Don't say I didn't, say I didn't warn you

So it's gonna be forever or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over, if the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane
Cause you know I love the players, and you love the game

Cause we're young and we're reckless, we'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless, or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space baby, and I'll write your name