Even Flow
Pearl Jam · 1991
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
- Ohh, he don't know, so he chases them away, oh
- Ohh, someday yet he'll begin his life again
- Life again, life again
Echo the hook
- Him away, him away
- Yeah
- Woo!
- Ah, yeah
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Maybe he'll see a little betters, any days
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh-oh, hand out
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Ohh, whispering hands gently lead him away
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Fuck it up
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Maybe ? see a little betters, any days
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Even ? thoughts arrive like butterflies
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Now to ? that has never showed him anything
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Even flow, ? arrive like butterflies
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Ohh, ? hands gently lead him away
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "life" in the whole song?
"life"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "he'll" in the whole song?
"he'll"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Maybe he'll see a little betters, any days
- Ohh, someday yet he'll begin his life again
- Ohh, whispering hands gently lead him away
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
- Him away, him away
- Oh-oh, hand out
Exercise 26
Who in your life would you dedicate "Even Flow" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 27
Compare "Even Flow" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 28
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Even Flow", what would happen instead?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
can't→he's→don't→doesn't→
Exercise 30
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.