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Behind Blue Eyes

The Who · 1971

Behind Blue Eyes by The Who (1971) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • No one knows what it's like
  • To be the bad man
  • To be the sad man
  • Behind blue eyes

Echo the hook

  • But my dreams, they aren't as empty
  • As my conscience seems to be
  • I have hours, only lonely
  • My love is vengeance that's never free
knowsit'sbehind

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

No onewhat it's like

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

As myseems to be

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

To feelfeelings

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

But my dreams, theyas empty

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

When my fistcrack it open

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And if Ianything evil

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But my dreams, they aren't as empty

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I blame you

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When I smile, tell me some bad news

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And if I swallow anything evil

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

To be the bad man

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

No one ? what it's like

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I have ? only lonely

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

No one ? back as hard

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

My love is vengeance ? never free

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Before I ? and act like a fool

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "knows" in the whole song?

"knows"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • I have hours, only lonely
  • My love is vengeance that's never free
  • No one knows what it's like

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • No one bites back as hard
  • To be the bad man
  • When my fist clenches, crack it open

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Behind Blue Eyes" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

knowsit'sbehindblue

Exercise 27

If you could ask The Who one question about "Behind Blue Eyes", what would it be and why?

knowsit'sbehindblue

Exercise 28

Rewrite the chorus of "Behind Blue Eyes" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

knowsit'sbehindblue

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • aren't→
  • that's→

Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Behind Blue Eyes", what would happen instead?

knowsit'sbehindblue