Immortals
Fall Out Boy · 2014
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Just not for long, for long
- And live with me forever now
- Pull the blackout curtains down
- Just not for long, for long
Sing it again — final chorus
- Just not for long, for long
- We could be immor-immortals
- Immor-immortals
- (Immortals)
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:
They say we are what we are
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'll be the watcher watcher
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
We could be immor-immortals
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
We could be immortals, immortals
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Just not for long, for long
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
But we ? have to be
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Of the ? flame
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
And ? with me forever now
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Sometimes the only ? for having any faith
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
It ? be your wound, but they're my sutures
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 "immortals" in the whole song?
"immortals"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "long" in the whole song?
"long"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Just not for long, for long
- Pull the blackout curtains down
- They say we are what we are
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- But we don't have to be
- I'm still comparing your past to my future
- We could be immor-immortals
Exercise 26
Rewrite the chorus of "Immortals" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 27
If you had to summarize "Immortals" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 28
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Immortals" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
don't→i'm→i'll→can't→it's→they're→
Exercise 30
Who in your life would you dedicate "Immortals" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?