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Return to Innocence

Enigma · 1993

Return to Innocence by Enigma (1993) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • The return to innocence
  • The return to innocence
  • And if you want, then start to laugh
  • If you must, then start to cry

Sing it again — final chorus

  • The return to innocence
returndon'tinnocence

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't beto be weak

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't be tooto be strong

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

That will be theto yourself

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Bedon't hide

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Justin destiny

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Justyour own way

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And if you want, then start to laugh

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Don't be afraid to be weak

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Just look into your heart, my friend

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The return to innocence

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Just believe in destiny

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Don't be ? to be weak

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Just look into your ? my friend

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And if you ? then start to laugh

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Just ? in destiny

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Just ? your own way

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "return" in the whole song?

"return"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • And if you want, then start to laugh
  • Don't be afraid to be weak
  • Don't give up and use the chance

Exercise 25

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Return to Innocence", what would happen instead?

returndon'tinnocenceyourself

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Return to Innocence" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

returndon'tinnocenceyourself

Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Return to Innocence" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

returndon'tinnocenceyourself

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • that's→
  • it's→

Exercise 29

"Return to Innocence" was released in 1993. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

returndon'tinnocenceyourself

Exercise 30

If you could ask Enigma one question about "Return to Innocence", what would it be and why?

returndon'tinnocenceyourself