Save Your Tears
The Weeknd · 2020
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- I don't know why I run away
- I make you cry when I run away
- You could've asked me why I broke your heart
- You could've told me that you fell apart
Echo the hook
- Save your tears for another day
- Save your tears for another day
- (so)
- I made you think that I would always stay
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 don't know why I run away
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You could've told me that you fell apart
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Take me back 'cause I wanna stay
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I realize that I'm much too late
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'll make you cry when I run away
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I saw you ? in a crowded room (uh)
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
A ? teardrop falling from your eye
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
But you ? past me like I wasn't there
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Save your ? for another
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Girl, take me back 'cause I ? stay
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 "save" in the whole song?
"save"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "tears" in the whole song?
"tears"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- A single teardrop falling from your eye
- Save your tears for another
- Save your tears for another day (yeah)
Exercise 25
Imagine you are making a short film with "Save Your Tears" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 26
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 27
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'm→don't→wasn't→didn't→wanna→won't→
Exercise 29
Rewrite the chorus of "Save Your Tears" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 30
Who in your life would you dedicate "Save Your Tears" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?