Everything I Wanted
Billie Eilish · 2019
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- I had a dream
- I got everything I wanted
- Not what you'd think
- And if I'm being honest
Echo the hook
- But when I wake up, I see
- You with me
- And you say
- "As long as I'm here, no one can hurt you
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:
I had a dream
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Not what you'd think
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Thought I could fly fly
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I saw them standing right there
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You with me
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I got ? I wanted
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
So I ? off the Golden, mm
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Don't ? lie here, but you can learn to
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
They ? me weak
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
But I don't wanna let ? know
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 "don't" in the whole song?
"don't"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "cried" in the whole song?
"cried"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- But I don't wanna let anybody know
- I got everything I wanted
- I had a dream
Exercise 25
If you could ask Billie Eilish one question about "Everything I Wanted", what would it be and why?
Exercise 26
Rewrite the chorus of "Everything I Wanted" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 27
If you had to summarize "Everything I Wanted" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
you'd→i'm→don't→wanna→wouldn't→
Exercise 29
Describe the mood of "Everything I Wanted" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 30
Imagine you are making a short film with "Everything I Wanted" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?