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Supermassive Black Hole

Muse · 2006

Supermassive Black Hole by Muse (2006) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Supermassive black hole
  • Supermassive black hole
  • Supermassive black hole
  • Supermassive black hole

Echo the hook

  • You set my soul alight
  • You set my soul alight
  • (You) Glaciers melting in the dead of night
  • And the superstars sucked into the supermassive (Set my soul alight)
supermassivesoulglaciers

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Youme under false pretenses

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

(You)melting in the dead of night

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

(You) glaciersin the dead of night

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

II was a fool for no one

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

You're theof the superficial

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And thesucked into the supermassive

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Ooh, baby, don't you know I suffer?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You caught me under false pretenses

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You set my soul alight

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But mmh, baby I'm a fool for you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And how long before you tell the truth?

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Ooh, ? don't you know I suffer?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

You ? me under false pretenses

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

(You) ? melting in the dead of night

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

But mmh, baby I'm a ? for you

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

(You) Glaciers melting in the ? of night

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 "supermassive" in the whole song?

"supermassive"

Exercise 23

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

"soul"

Exercise 24

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

  • Ooh, baby, don't you know I suffer?
  • Supermassive black hole
  • You're the queen of the superficial

Exercise 25

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

  • (You) glaciers melting in the dead of night
  • Glaciers melting in the dead of night
  • Ooh, baby, can you hear me moan?

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Supermassive Black Hole" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

supermassivesoulglaciersmelting

Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Supermassive Black Hole" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

supermassivesoulglaciersmelting

Exercise 28

Compare "Supermassive Black Hole" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

supermassivesoulglaciersmelting

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • i'm→
  • you're→

Exercise 30

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

supermassivesoulglaciersmelting