Lay Low
Tiësto · 2023
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Surround me
- Anytime anywhere
- On my mind in the air
- They're waiting for me
Sing it again — final chorus
- Surround me
- Yeah we cool yeah we drunk lost my mind and baby I feel high
- I feel high
- They're calling on me
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
Fill the blank in this line:
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
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'm hearing voices in my head
Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
They surround me
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, they're calling on me
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
They're calling on me
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
On my mind in the air
Exercise 11
Choose the missing word:
I'm ? voices in my head
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
On my ? in the air
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
They're ? for me
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Oh, ? calling on me
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
They're ? on me
Exercise 16
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 21
How many times do you hear the word "real" in the whole song?
"real"
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "good" in the whole song?
"good"
Exercise 23
Imagine you are making a short film with "Lay Low" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 24
Rewrite the chorus of "Lay Low" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 25
Who in your life would you dedicate "Lay Low" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 26
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'm→there's→they're→
Exercise 27
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 28
If you had to summarize "Lay Low" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 29
Compare "Lay Low" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 30
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?