What the song is about
The singer looks at someone they love and praises them from head to toe, meaning every part of them. The song moves through the body, from the hair on the head down to the feet, and says that everything is beautiful and perfectly made.
Useful words: the body
- head, hair, face, nose, eyes, ears, mouth, lips, neck
- shoulders, back, chest, arms, hands, fingers
- legs, feet (one foot, two feet), toes
Useful expressions
- from head to toe: the whole body, completely. She was wet from head to toe.
- perfectly made: made with no mistakes, ideal.
- sunlight / shade: direct light from the sun / a cool, dark place out of the sun.
- charms: attractive qualities. Natural charms are good qualities you are born with.
- reach out: stretch your hand toward something.
- a sight for sore eyes: an idiom for a person or thing you are very happy to see, especially after a long time or a hard day. Here it is used more loosely, to mean "lovely to look at."
- my darling: a loving way to talk to a partner or a child.
Grammar
- Present simple for describing things that are always true: Your eyes are like stars, Your ears hear the music.
- Present continuous for an action happening now: When you are walking on your two feet.
- Possessive your: your head, your arms, your hands.
- Simile with like: Your eyes are like stars. You compare two things with like.
- made to + verb shows purpose: A mouth made to speak, and lips made to smile (a mouth that exists so you can speak).
- from … to … for a range: from head to toe, from your head to your toes.
Careful: song language
- Look in the mirror, what do you see? / A beautiful face looking back at me: the point of view changes here so that me rhymes with see. In normal English you would say looking back at you.
- The shape of your nose is perfectly right: this phrase is chosen to rhyme with bright. People usually say just right or simply perfect.
- Your neck holds it up in an elegant style: this rhymes with smile. In everyday English, elegantly is more natural. It means the head.
- reach out to the skies: the plural skies is poetic. In everyday speech, say the sky.