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A2.1·pop · rock·3:11

High Hopes

Panic! at the Disco · 2018

High Hopes by Panic! at the Disco (2018) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Always had high, high hopes
  • Mama said, "Fulfill the prophecy
  • Be something greater, go make a legacy"
  • Manifest destiny back in the days

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Always had high, high hopes
  • Had to have high, high hopes for a living
  • Didn't know how, but I always had a feeling
  • I was gonna be that one in a million
highhopesalways

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Had to have high, highfor a living

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I wasbe that one in a million

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Begreater, go make a legacy"

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Rewrite yourlight up your wildest dreams"

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Mama said, "Don't give up, it's acomplicated

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Strangerain't ever wannabes"

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We wanted everything, wanted everything

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Always had high, high hopes high, high hopes

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Mama said, "Fulfill the prophecy

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Manifest destiny back in the days

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Rewrite your history, light up your wildest dreams"

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Had to have ? high hopes for a living

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I was ? be that one in a million

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

We ? everything, wanted everything

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

We wanted ? wanted everything

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Stranger ? ain't ever wannabes"

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 "high" in the whole song?

"high"

Exercise 23

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

"hopes"

Exercise 24

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

  • High, high hopes
  • Mama said, "Burn your biographies
  • Stranger crusaders ain't ever wannabes"

Exercise 25

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

  • Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)
  • The weird and the novelties don't ever change
  • We wanted everything, wanted everything

Exercise 26

"High Hopes" was released in 2018. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

highhopesalwaysliving

Exercise 27

Imagine you are making a short film with "High Hopes" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

highhopesalwaysliving

Exercise 28

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

highhopesalwaysliving

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • couldn't→
  • didn't→
  • gonna→
  • don't→
  • it's→
  • i'd→

Exercise 30

If you could ask Panic! at the Disco one question about "High Hopes", what would it be and why?

highhopesalwaysliving