Fix You
Coldplay · 2005
🎤 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
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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:
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:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
Put the words in the right 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?
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.
Exercise 28
If you could ask Coldplay one question about "Fix You", what would it be and why?
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?