Separate Ways
Journey · 1983
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- True love won't desert you
- You know I still love you
- Though we touched and went our separate ways
Sing it again — final chorus
- True love won't desert you
- You know I still love you
- I still love you, girl
- I really love you, girl
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:
Here we stand
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
If we can't go on
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Break those chains that bind you
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
How we touched and went our separate ways
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
True love won't desert you
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Worlds ? hearts broken in two, two, two
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
To ? the tide, love divides
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
If he ? hurts you
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
If you must go, I ? you love
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
How we touched and went our ? ways
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 "touched" in the whole song?
"touched"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "went" in the whole song?
"went"
Exercise 24
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Worlds apart, hearts broken in two, two, two
- You know I still love you
- You'll never walk alone
Exercise 25
Describe the mood of "Separate Ways" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 26
Who in your life would you dedicate "Separate Ways" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 27
Compare "Separate Ways" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'm→it's→can't→won't→you'll→
Exercise 29
Imagine you are making a short film with "Separate Ways" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 30
Rewrite the chorus of "Separate Ways" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).