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Semi-Charmed Life

Third Eye Blind · 1997

Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind (1997) — 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

  • I want somethin' else
  • To get me through this
  • Semi-charmed kinda life
  • Baby, baby

Sing it again — final chorus

  • I want somethin' else
  • I'm not listenin' when you say
  • Goodbye
  • I believe in the sand beneath my toes
wantsomethin'else

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mand I'm holdin'

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

One stop to thethat divides you

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

To get methis

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Then Iagain, I said

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And the fourchords can make me cry

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Those days you werethat velvet dress

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm packed and I'm holdin'

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Keep on smilin' what we go through

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I want somethin' else

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Smilin' in the pictures you would take

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I keep stock with the tick-tock rhythm

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? and I'm holdin'

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Come on like a ? show takes the stage

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I was ? sips of it through my nose

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I believe in the ? that grows

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

You're the ? I must confess

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 "want" in the whole song?

"want"

Exercise 23

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

"somethin'"

Exercise 24

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

  • I'm packed and I'm holdin'
  • Then I bumped again, I said
  • Those days you were wearing that velvet dress

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • I'm not listenin' when you say
  • I'm smilin', she's livin', she's golden
  • Those little red panties they pass the test

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Semi-Charmed Life" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

wantsomethin'elsethrough

Exercise 27

If you could ask Third Eye Blind one question about "Semi-Charmed Life", what would it be and why?

wantsomethin'elsethrough

Exercise 28

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

wantsomethin'elsethrough

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • she's→
  • wanna→
  • won't→
  • you're→
  • we're→

Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Semi-Charmed Life", what would happen instead?

wantsomethin'elsethrough