Shadowing Practice: Tems "Higher" (Live Performance) | Open Mic - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I am
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I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am
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Tell me why you're crying, how can it be, tell
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When you gave me something I don't really feel
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But you knew that already
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When I found you on the ground, you were dragging
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Now you call me to my yard, uninvited Can you see me on the air, I'm a naughty
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If the world was ending
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Would you cry or would you try to get me
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Tell me now, I want you to be glad
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Tell me now, I need you to be glad I will wait for you,
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for you I will wait for you I will wait for you
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Yeah babe Can you put the time on the rewind?
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Yeah, help me understand, can you tell me now
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Why you made a war, then we're fighting now
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And you fall and you run, when you see my big guns
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Run around, run away, as the rebel comes out
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Then you go call on me, when you call me I come
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But then you go again
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With your deaf ears, open your mind to the sound of the trumpet
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What do you want from a life of the hopeless?
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Now yeah you want, you're begging and crying I want to fly, yeah I'm flying till morning
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Running away to the land of discovery
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Running away from the suffering, I'm gone, yeah
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Running away from the darkness, I'm out, yeah, yeah
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Higher than all these limits
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Going way beyond the noise in your feelings
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When you speak, all I can hear is silence
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Running back from all the pain and violence
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Big tunes, now it's big tunes I'm giving
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Cry now from the side, now call my name
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Fall down when you see me, you know that
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You know that I will stay for you I will wait for you,
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for you I will wait for you I will wait for you
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Tems "Higher"”. This video has 35 sentences and 342 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:57. The speaker talks at a steady 116 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| tune noun | /tjuːn/ | A melody. |
| silence noun | /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/ | The absence of any sound. |
| discovery noun | /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/ | Something discovered. |
| suffer verb | /ˈsʌfɚ/ | To undergo hardship. |
| ear noun | /ˈɪə̯/ | The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. |
| darkness noun | /ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/ | The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light. |
| drag verb | /dɹæɡ/ | To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty. |
| babe noun | /beɪb/ | A baby or infant; a very young human or animal. |
| rebel noun | /ˈɹɛb.əl/ | A person who resists an established authority, often violently. |
| deaf adjective | /diːf/ | Unable (or partially able) to hear. |
| naughty adjective | /ˈnɔːti/ | Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child). |
| hopeless adjective | /ˈhoʊplɪs/ | Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive. |
| trumpet noun | /ˈtɹʌmpɪt/ | A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not… |
| rewind verb | /ɹiːˈwaɪnd/ | To wind (something) again. |
| uninvited adjective | Not invited. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| run away from verb | To avoid or shirk a problem or consequences; to rush to back away from or disclaim responsibility for something. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| fall down verb | /fɔl ˈdaʊn/ | To fall to the ground. To collapse. |
| run around verb | To be very busy doing many different things. | |
| run away verb | To flee by running. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like tune, silence, discovery.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.