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Ottolenghi by Loyle Carner  
Comprehension Worksheet

Musical notes and lyrics illustration

🎵 Part 1: Retrieval Questions
I was sat up on the trainStaring out the window at the rain (aye)I heard this little lady must've felt the painAsk her mum if the blazing sun'll ever shine againI felt ashamed feel the same not her mother thoughNah, started to laugh got her son involved (aye)Mention the past like a running jokeAnd told her without all the rain, there's no stunt in growth
Close, ah, to everything and nothingPicture past the honeymoon and bluffingWhere the wooden spoon is only cuffingShorter the discussion but the roots can't maneuver out of nothingI've been suffering these dreamy days (ah)Remedy and lust don't hold any memories of usRather hold you every day until the memories are dustYo, we only caught the train 'cause you know I hate the busNever get enough
Born and raisedMade attempts to crawl awayFind a way to exist and hide your face some relateLeave everything in yesterday
They ask about the bible I was readingTold them that the title was misleading labelled itJerusalem but really it's for cooking Middle-EasternI could see your mind was changingWith the seasons shady for a reason (ah)They will start decreasing, leaving like the orange in the eveningIt was creeping through the clouds butNow I'm proud to see the images releasingI just wish the little lady could've seen it but she was dreaming (ah)
Reckon she's standing with her mum saying to her 'lookMother, here's the sun rooted in the moment 'til the memories are doneSo I sit and start to wonder on the woman she'll becomeWonder if I'll have a son or a daughterOnes that I brought up never strong never telling me to runNever tried to find a sumTryna get it done, yo, I wonder if she'll ever be as clever as her mum, one
Born and raisedMade attempts to crawl awayFind a way to exist and hide your face some relateLeave everything in yesterday

Read the lyrics carefully and answer the following questions about specific details.

1. What is the main setting or location mentioned in the song?
2. Which of the following emotions is most clearly expressed in the first verse?

Joy

Sadness

Anger

Hope

3. List three specific actions or events mentioned in the lyrics:

a) _________________________________

b) _________________________________

c) _________________________________

4. What time of day or season is referenced in the song?

🧠 Part 2: Understanding Questions

Think about the meanings of words and phrases in context.

5. What does the phrase "  I've been suffering these dreamy days" suggest about the speaker's feelings?
6. The word "remedy" in verse 2 most likely means:

Fix

Medicine

Cure

Problem

7. What is the overall message or theme of this song? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
8. How does the songwriter use imagery to create mood? Give two examples:

Example 1: ________________________________________

Example 2: ________________________________________

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