Locked Out of Heaven
Bruno Mars · 2012
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (ooh)
- Oh, yeah, yeah
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (ooh)
- Never had much faith in love or miracles (ooh)
Echo the hook
- I've been locked out of heaven
- For too long, for too long
- Yeah, you make me feel like
- I've been locked out of heaven
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
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
'Cause you make me feel like
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Yeah, you make me feel like
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
One, two, one, two, three
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ooh
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
'Cause your sex takes me to paradise
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Oh, ? yeah, yeah, yeah (ooh)
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
But ? in your water's something spiritual (ooh)
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
I've been ? out of heaven
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
You can make a ? change his ways (ooh)
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Can I just ? here?
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
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "long" in the whole song?
"long"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "cause" in the whole song?
"cause"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- For too long, for too long, oh
- I've been locked out of heaven
- One, two, one, two, three
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Can I just stay here?
- Oh, yeah, yeah
- Yeah, yeah, yeah
Exercise 26
Imagine you are making a short film with "Locked Out of Heaven" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
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
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
wanna→i'm→i've→can't→
Exercise 30
Rewrite the chorus of "Locked Out of Heaven" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).