Demo mode — real UI, fake students. Buttons show a preview toast instead of saving.

Back to demo dashboard
← Back to dashboard
A2.1·pop·4:15

Hey Brother

Avicii · 2013

Hey Brother by Avicii (2013) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

💡 Click the CC button on the player for synced captions.

Timestamps may not be synchronized — edit them via Personalize on the Songs menu.

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Oh, if the sky comes falling down
  • For you
  • There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do

Echo the hook

  • What if I'm far from home?
  • Oh brother, I will hear you call
  • What if I lose it all?
  • Oh sister, I will help you out

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

There's anroad to rediscover

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Know thatsweet, but blood is thicker

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

There'sin this world I wouldn't do

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh, if the sky comesdown

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

There's nothing in thisI wouldn't do

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

OhI will help you out

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Do you still believe in love? I wonder

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh brother, I will hear you call

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh sister, I will help you out

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Know that water's sweet, but blood is thicker

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

There's an ? road to rediscover

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Oh, if the sky ? falling down

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Oh, if the sky comes ? down

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

What if I ? it all?

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

There's an endless ? to rediscover

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 "there's" in the whole song?

"there's"

Exercise 23

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

"brother"

Exercise 24

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

  • Oh, if the sky comes falling down
  • There's an endless road to rediscover
  • What if I'm far from home?

Exercise 25

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Hey Brother", what would happen instead?

there'sbrothersistercomes

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Hey Brother" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

there'sbrothersistercomes

Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Hey Brother" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

there'sbrothersistercomes

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • there's
  • wouldn't
  • i'm

Exercise 29

"Hey Brother" was released in 2013. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

there'sbrothersistercomes

Exercise 30

If you could ask Avicii one question about "Hey Brother", what would it be and why?

there'sbrothersistercomes