"Hunger" by Florence and the Machine

Watch the video. Can you describe what it happens? What do you think the song is about?

Listen to the song and fill in the gaps.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

At seventeen, I started to 1.__________ myself
I thought that love was a kind of 2. __________
And at least I understood then, the hunger I felt
And I didn't have to call it 3. ___________

We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger

Tell me what you need, oh, you look so 4. ______________
The way you use your 5. ________, baby, come on and work it for me
Don't let it get you down, you're the best 6. __________ I've seen
We never found the 7. __________ but we knew one thing

We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)

And it's Friday 8. ________ and it's kicking in
In that pink dress, they're gonna 9. ____________ me
Oh, and you in all your vibrant 10. ____________
How could anything bad ever happen to you?
You make a fool of death with your 11. __________, and for a moment

I thought that love was in the 12. _________
But the more I took, the more it took away
And I could never get 13. __________
I thought that love was on the stage
You give yourself to 14. ___________
You don't have to be afraid
And then it tries to find a home with 15. __________, or when I'm alone
Picking it apart and staring at your 16. ___________

We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger

Tell me what you need, oh, you look so 17. ______________
The way you use your 18. ________, baby, come on and work it for me
Don't let it get you down, you're the best 19. __________ I've seen
We never found the 20.__________ but we knew one thing

We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)

And it's Friday 21. ________ and it's kicking in
In that pink dress, they're gonna 22. ____________ me
Oh, and you in all your vibrant 23. ____________
How could anything bad ever happen to you?
You make a fool of death with your 24. __________, and for a moment

I forget to worry

"Hunger" is a song by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine from their fourth studio album, High as Hope (2018). The song deals with singer Florence Welch's teenage struggles with an eating disorder. Ryan Reed of Rolling Stone wrote that throughout "Hunger", Welch meditates on the correlation between beauty, romance and mortality. (Wikipedia)

Key

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

At seventeen, I started to starve myself
I thought that love was a kind of emptiness
And at least I understood then, the hunger I felt
And I didn't have to call it loneliness

We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger

Tell me what you need, oh, you look so free
The way you use your body, baby, come on and work it for me
Don't let it get you down, you're the best thing I've seen
We never found the answer but we knew one thing

We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)

And it's Friday night and it's kicking in
In that pink dress, they're gonna crucify me
Oh, and you in all your vibrant youth
How could anything bad ever happen to you?
You make a fool of death with your beauty, and for a moment

I thought that love was in the drugs
But the more I took, the more it took away
And I could never get enough
I thought that love was on the stage
You give yourself to strangers
You don't have to be afraid
And then it tries to find a home with people, or when I'm alone
Picking it apart and staring at your phone

We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger

Tell me what you need, oh, you look so free
The way you use your body, baby, come on and work it for me
Don't let 'em get you down, you're the best thing I've seen
We never found the answer but we knew one thing

We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)

And it's Friday night and it's kicking in
In that pink dress, they're gonna crucify me
Oh, and you in all your vibrant youth
How could anything bad ever happen to you?
You make a fool of death with your beauty, and for a moment
I forget to worry