Memories
Maroon 5 · 2019
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Memories bring back, memories bring back you
- There's a time that I remember when I never felt so lost
- And I felt all of the hatred was too powerful to stop (ooh, yeah)
Echo the hook
- Here's to the ones that we got
- Cheers to the "wish you were here, but you're not"
- 'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
- Of everything we've been through
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:
Here's to the ones that we got
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Memories bring back, memories bring back you
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Of everything we've been through no, no
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Toast to the ones here today
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Everybody hurts someday, ay-ay
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Here's to the ? that we got
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Of ? we've been through
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Everybody ? someday, ay-ay
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Everybody hurts ? ay-ay
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Toast to the ones here ? (ay)
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 "bring" in the whole song?
"bring"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "memories" in the whole song?
"memories"
Exercise 24
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- 'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
- Memories bring back, memories bring back you
- Of everything we've been through (no, no)
Exercise 25
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Memories", what would happen instead?
Exercise 26
Describe the mood of "Memories" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 27
Who in your life would you dedicate "Memories" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
you're→we've→there's→can't→it's→i'll→
Exercise 29
"Memories" was released in 2019. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 30
If you could ask Maroon 5 one question about "Memories", what would it be and why?