Chasing Cars
Snow Patrol · 2006
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- If I lay here
- If I just lay here
- Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Echo the hook
- Forget what we're told
- Before we get too old
- Show me a garden that's bursting into life
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
Fill the blank in this line:
Exercise 2
Fill the blank in this line:
Exercise 3
Fill the blank in this line:
Exercise 4
Translate this line to Portuguese:
We'll do it all
Exercise 5
Translate this line to Portuguese:
If I lay here
Exercise 6
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I don't quite know
Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
They're not enough
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Before we get too old
Exercise 9
Choose the missing word:
I ? quite know
Exercise 10
Choose the missing word:
Show me a ? that's bursting into life
Exercise 11
Choose the missing word:
I ? your grace
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Show me a garden ? bursting into life
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
All that I ? was
Exercise 14
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 15
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 16
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 19
How many times do you hear the word "forget" in the whole song?
"forget"
Exercise 20
How many times do you hear the word "world" in the whole song?
"world"
Exercise 21
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- They're not enough
- To find my own
- We'll do it all
Exercise 22
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Before we get too old
- Let's waste time
- On our own
Exercise 23
Who in your life would you dedicate "Chasing Cars" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 24
Compare "Chasing Cars" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 25
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Chasing Cars", what would happen instead?
Exercise 26
Write the full form of each contraction:
we'll→don't→they're→we're→that's→let's→
Exercise 27
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 28
If you had to summarize "Chasing Cars" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 29
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 30
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Chasing Cars" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.