Sex on Fire
Kings of Leon · 2008
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Your sex is on fire
- The dark of the alley
- The breaking of day
- Head while I'm driving
Echo the hook
- With what's to transpire
- Hot as a fever
- Rattle of bones
- I could just taste it
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:
Lay where you're laying
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Head while I'm driving
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I could just taste it
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Don't make a sound
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
The kiddie like play
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Lay where ? laying
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
The ? like play
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
The ? of the alley
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Soft ? are open
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
With ? to transpire
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 "fire" in the whole song?
"fire"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "you're" in the whole song?
"you're"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Lay where you're laying
- Rattle of bones
- The breaking of day
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Don't make a sound
- Feels like you're dying
- If it's not forever
Exercise 26
If you could ask Kings of Leon one question about "Sex on Fire", what would it be and why?
Exercise 27
Rewrite the chorus of "Sex on Fire" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 28
If you had to summarize "Sex on Fire" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
you're→don't→they're→i'm→what's→it's→
Exercise 30
Describe the mood of "Sex on Fire" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?