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From the Ted Talk by Luke Sital-Singh: "Afterneath" / "Killing Me"

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Now, being a cheery chap, nothing speaks to me more than this, and —

(Laughter)

you know, I think it's been the essence of my songwriting for years, of what moves me to write, what inspires me to sing. Because pain and grief and doubt, when it's made menfisat in msiuc, in song — when it's made beautiful in poetry and piannitg, it can build a community and a ksinihp in the knowledge that we are none of us alone in darkness.

My next song is one that I call "Killing Me," and as the name stusgges, it's not a dance folor ftravioe.

(Laughter)

But it isn't mlebrisae. It's full of love and hope. And I think it exemplifies everything I've been talking about. And it's the first song I've written from the perspective of somebody else, specifically my grandmother, as she lives on without my late grandfather, as she experiences new things in her life — her grandchildren getting married, having their own children, speaking at TED — all the while she lives without, and all the while she msesis her soul mate.

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Now, being a cheery chap, nothing speaks to me more than this, and —

(Laughter)

you know, I think it's been the essence of my songwriting for years, of what moves me to write, what inspires me to sing. Because pain and grief and doubt, when it's made ________ in _____, in song — when it's made beautiful in poetry and ________, it can build a community and a _______ in the knowledge that we are none of us alone in darkness.

My next song is one that I call "Killing Me," and as the name ________, it's not a dance _____ ________.

(Laughter)

But it isn't _________. It's full of love and hope. And I think it exemplifies everything I've been talking about. And it's the first song I've written from the perspective of somebody else, specifically my grandmother, as she lives on without my late grandfather, as she experiences new things in her life — her grandchildren getting married, having their own children, speaking at TED — all the while she lives without, and all the while she ______ her soul mate.

Solution


  1. miserable
  2. manifest
  3. kinship
  4. favorite
  5. music
  6. floor
  7. misses
  8. suggests
  9. painting

Original Text


Now, being a cheery chap, nothing speaks to me more than this, and —

(Laughter)

you know, I think it's been the essence of my songwriting for years, of what moves me to write, what inspires me to sing. Because pain and grief and doubt, when it's made manifest in music, in song — when it's made beautiful in poetry and painting, it can build a community and a kinship in the knowledge that we are none of us alone in darkness.

My next song is one that I call "Killing Me," and as the name suggests, it's not a dance floor favorite.

(Laughter)

But it isn't miserable. It's full of love and hope. And I think it exemplifies everything I've been talking about. And it's the first song I've written from the perspective of somebody else, specifically my grandmother, as she lives on without my late grandfather, as she experiences new things in her life — her grandchildren getting married, having their own children, speaking at TED — all the while she lives without, and all the while she misses her soul mate.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
living happily 4
feeling guilty 4
laughter afterneath 3
cherry blossom 2


Important Words


  1. beautiful
  2. build
  3. call
  4. chap
  5. cheery
  6. children
  7. community
  8. dance
  9. darkness
  10. doubt
  11. essence
  12. exemplifies
  13. experiences
  14. favorite
  15. floor
  16. full
  17. grandchildren
  18. grandfather
  19. grandmother
  20. grief
  21. hope
  22. inspires
  23. kinship
  24. knowledge
  25. late
  26. laughter
  27. life
  28. lives
  29. love
  30. manifest
  31. married
  32. mate
  33. miserable
  34. misses
  35. moves
  36. music
  37. pain
  38. painting
  39. perspective
  40. poetry
  41. sing
  42. song
  43. songwriting
  44. soul
  45. speaking
  46. speaks
  47. specifically
  48. suggests
  49. talking
  50. ted
  51. write
  52. written
  53. years