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Fix You

Coldplay · 2005

Fix You by Coldplay (2005) — 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

  • Lights will guide you home
  • And ignite your bones
  • And I will try to fix you

Echo the hook

  • Tears stream down your face
  • When you lose something you cannot replace
  • Tears stream down your face, and I...
  • Tears stream down your face

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

When you feel sobut you can't sleep

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

When you loseyou can't replace

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Lights willyou home

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

And high upor down below

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

But if youtry, you'll never know

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

When you lose something youreplace

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you lose something you can't replace

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I will try to fix you

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Just what you're worth

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Tears stream down your face, and I...

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And the tears come streaming down your face

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

When you try your ? but you don't succeed

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And the ? come streaming down your face

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Lights will ? you home

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

When ? too in love to let it go

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

When you lose ? you cannot replace

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 "tears" in the whole song?

"tears"

Exercise 23

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

"face"

Exercise 24

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

  • And high up above, or down below
  • Stuck in reverse
  • When you lose something you cannot replace

Exercise 25

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

  • And the tears come streaming down your face
  • Lights will guide you home
  • Tears stream down your face, and I...

Exercise 26

If you had to summarize "Fix You" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

tearsfacestreamlights

Exercise 27

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

tearsfacestreamlights

Exercise 28

If you could ask Coldplay one question about "Fix You", what would it be and why?

tearsfacestreamlights

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't
  • can't
  • you're
  • you'll

Exercise 30

Compare "Fix You" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

tearsfacestreamlights