Lightning Crashes
Live · 1994
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- I can feel it
- Lightning crashes
- A new mother cries
- This moment she's been waiting for
Echo the hook
- Lightning crashes
- A new mother cries
- Her placenta falls to the floor
- The angel opens her eyes
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:
I can feel it
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I can feel it coming back again
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Her placenta falls to the floor
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
The confusion sets in
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
An old mother dies
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
A new ? cries
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Before the ? can even close the door
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Like a ? thunder chasing the wind
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Pale ? colored iris, presents the circle
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
I can feel it ? back again
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 "feel" in the whole song?
"feel"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "thunder" in the whole song?
"thunder"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- A new mother cries
- I can feel it coming back again
- Like a rolling thunder chasing the wind
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Her placenta falls to the floor
- I can feel it
- Pale blue colored iris, presents the circle
Exercise 26
Describe the mood of "Lightning Crashes" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 27
Who in your life would you dedicate "Lightning Crashes" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 28
Compare "Lightning Crashes" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 29
Imagine you are making a short film with "Lightning Crashes" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 30
Rewrite the chorus of "Lightning Crashes" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).