Tell It to My Heart
MEDUZA · 2021
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Tell it to my heart
- 'Cause I can't keep guessing if it's me you're missing?
- Tell it to my heart
- 'Cause the sound of silence is a place we're dying
Sing it again — final chorus
- Tell it to my heart
- Before a light goes out
- Come and tell me now if something's fading
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:
I can't work you out
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Holding on to you
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Whatever time we have, I'm not gonna waste
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Tell it to my heart, heart, oh-ah
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Come and tell me now if something's fading
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I ? work you out
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Are you ? 'bout something better?
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
The only ? you smile is in the photographs
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Before a ? goes out
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Whatever time we have, I'm not ? waste
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 "heart" in the whole song?
"heart"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "tell" in the whole song?
"tell"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- I can't work you out
- Tell it to my heart
- Tell it to my heart, heart, oh-ah
Exercise 25
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 26
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Tell It to My Heart" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 27
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Tell It to My Heart", what would happen instead?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
can't→it's→you're→we're→i'm→gonna→
Exercise 29
"Tell It to My Heart" was released in 2021. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 30
If you could ask MEDUZA one question about "Tell It to My Heart", what would it be and why?