Nothing Else Matters
Metallica · 1991
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- And nothing else matters
- Never opened myself this way
- Life is ours, we live it our way
- All these words, I don't just say
Echo the hook
- Never cared for what they do
- Never cared for what they know
- But I know
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:
Forever trusting who we are
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
All these words, I don't just say
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Never cared for what they do
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
But I know
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Never cared for what they say
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
So ? no matter how far
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Life is ? we live it our way
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Every day for us ? new
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
It ? be much more from the heart
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Trust I seek and I ? in you
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 "never" in the whole song?
"never"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "cared" in the whole song?
"cared"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Never cared for what they know
- So close, no matter how far
- Trust I seek and I find in you
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- And nothing else matters
- Couldn't be much more from the heart
- Every day for us something new
Exercise 26
Describe the mood of "Nothing Else Matters" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 27
Who in your life would you dedicate "Nothing Else Matters" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 28
Compare "Nothing Else Matters" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
couldn't→don't→
Exercise 30
Imagine you are making a short film with "Nothing Else Matters" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?