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Scar Tissue

Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1999

Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999) — 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

  • With the birds I'll share
  • With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
  • With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
  • Push me up against the wall

Sing it again — final chorus

  • With the birds I'll share
  • With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
  • With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
  • Soft spoken with a broken jaw

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Scarthat I wish you saw

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

With theI'll share

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Push me upthe wall

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Ah,all over myself

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Southern girl with adrawl

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Softwith a broken jaw

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Scar tissue that I wish you saw

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

With the birds I'll share

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

With the birds I'll share this lonely view

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Sarcastic mister know it all

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Young Kentucky girl in a push-up bra

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Scar ? that I wish you saw

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

With the ? I'll share

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Young ? girl in a push-up bra

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Southern ? with a scarlet drawl

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Autumn's ? we call it fall

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 "i'll" in the whole song?

"i'll"

Exercise 23

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

"birds"

Exercise 24

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

  • Autumn's sweet we call it fall
  • Scar tissue that I wish you saw
  • With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'

Exercise 25

If you could ask Red Hot Chili Peppers one question about "Scar Tissue", what would it be and why?

i'llbirdssharelonely

Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "Scar Tissue" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

i'llbirdssharelonely

Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "Scar Tissue" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

i'llbirdssharelonely

Exercise 28

Describe the mood of "Scar Tissue" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

i'llbirdssharelonely

Exercise 29

Imagine you are making a short film with "Scar Tissue" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

i'llbirdssharelonely

Exercise 30

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

i'llbirdssharelonely