Lovely
Billie Eilish · 2018
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Hello, welcome home
- Walking out of town
- Looking for a better place (looking for a better place)
- Something's on my mind
Sing it again — final chorus
- Hello, welcome home
- Woah, yeah
- Yeah, ah
- Woah, woah
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:
Thought I found a way
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
But you never go away never go away
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Isn't it lovely? All alone
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Tear me to pieces, skin to bone
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Walking out of town
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Thought I ? a way
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
So I ? I gotta stay now
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Isn't it ? All alone
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Tear me to ? skin to bone
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Wanna feel ? outside I can't fight my fear
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 "place" in the whole song?
"place"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "can't" in the whole song?
"can't"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Always in my head space
- Heart made of glass, my mind of stone
- Thought I found a way
Exercise 25
If you had to summarize "Lovely" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 26
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Lovely" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 27
If you could ask Billie Eilish one question about "Lovely", what would it be and why?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
gotta→i'll→can't→wanna→isn't→
Exercise 29
Compare "Lovely" 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?