Ocean Eyes
Billie Eilish · 2016
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- I've never fallen from quite this high
- Falling into your ocean eyes
- Those ocean eyes
- I've been walking through a world gone blind
Sing the opening verse
- I've been watching you for some time
- Can't stop staring at those ocean eyes
- Burning cities and napalm skies
- 15 flares inside those ocean 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've been watching you for some time
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
When you give me those ocean eyes
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I've been walking through a world gone blind
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'm scared I'm scared
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Burning cities and napalm skies
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I've been ? you for some time
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
15 ? inside those ocean eyes
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Falling into your ? eyes
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Careful ? made friends with time
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
You really ? how to make me cry
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 "ocean" in the whole song?
"ocean"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "eyes" in the whole song?
"eyes"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- I've been watching you for some time
- I've never fallen from quite this high
- Those ocean eyes
Exercise 25
Who in your life would you dedicate "Ocean Eyes" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 26
Compare "Ocean Eyes" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 27
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Ocean Eyes", what would happen instead?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
i've→can't→i'm→
Exercise 29
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 30
If you had to summarize "Ocean Eyes" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?