"Mistakes of my Youth" by Eels

“Mistakes of My Youth” by Eels

Watch the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it8bSb-THFI

Imagine the boy is 70 years old today. Is thereanything he regrets about his youth?

E. g. I wish I hadn’t started smoking when I was 17.

1. ________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________

7. ________________________________________________

Now listen to the song and fill in the gaps with the missing words.

“Mistakes of My Youth” byEels

In the waning days ______________,
I gotta look back down the road.
I know that it's not ____________.
All the stupid things I've said,
And people I've hurt ____________.

I hope it's not my fate
To keep _____________my own self,
And keep repeating yesterday.
I can't keep ___________ myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The ___________ of my youth.

In the dark of night, I might
Be able to ______________________
That I'm still a younger man.
But when the ______________ shines down,
There's no way to get around it,
I'm not the _____________ man.

I keep _____________ my own self,
And keep repeating yesterday.
I can't keep __________ myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The ___________ of my youth.

The _________ is mine for making
A better road ____________
The road that I've been taking,
Headed for a _____________,
But it's not too late to turn around

In the final moments
I hope that I know that ____________
To do best I could
To stop ____________ my own self
And stop repeating yesterday.

I can't keep ____________myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The ___________ of my youth

Songwriters: Jeffrey Scott
Lyster / Mark O. Everett

KEY
In the waning days ahead,
I gotta look back down the road.
I know that it's not too late.
All the stupid things I've said,
And people I've hurt in my time.
I hope it's not my fate

To keep defeating my own self,
And keep repeating yesterday.
I can't keep defeating myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The mistakes of my youth.

In the dark of night, I might
Be able to make myself think
That I'm still a younger man.
But when the light of day shines down,

There's no way to get around it,
I'm not the younger man.

I keep defeating my own self,
And keep repeating yesterday.
I can't keep defeating myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The mistakes of my youth.

The choice is mine for making
A better road ahead
The road that I've been taking,
Headed for a dead-end,
But it's not too late to turn around

In the final moments
I hope that I know that I tried
To do best I could
To stop defeating my own self
And stop repeating yesterday.

I can't keep defeating myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The mistakes of my youth

Songwriters: Jeffrey Scott
Lyster / Mark O. Everett

" Catch and Realease"

What place is special for you? Can you describe it?

Now watch the video and describe how you think the people in it are feeling.

"Catch & Release" – Matt Simons

         

There's a place _________

Where no one knows me

It's not ____________

It's a necessary thing

It's a place I made ____

Find out what I'm made ___

The nights I've stayed _____

Counting stars and fighting __________

Let it wash over me

I'm ready to lose ___________

Take me _____ to the place where one reveals life's mystery

Steady on down the line

Lose every sense of time

Take it all in and wake ___ that small ____________

Day to day I'm blind to see

And find how far

To go

Everybody got ____________

Everybody got their way

We're just catching and releasing

What builds _____ throughout _____________

It gets into your body

It flows right through your blood

We can tell each other ____________

And remember how to love

There's a place I'm going

No one knows me

If I breathe real slowly

Let it out and let it in

It can be ____________

To be slowly dying

Also clarifying

We end where we __________

So let it wash over me

I'm ready to lose _________

Take me ____ to the place where one reveals life's mystery

Steady on down the line

Lose every sense ___________

Take it all in and wake ____ that small part of me

Day to day I'm blind to see

And find how far

To go

Everybody got __________

Everybody got their way

We're just catching and releasing

What builds ___ throughout ___________

It gets into your body

And it flows right through your blood

We can tell each other ___________

And remember how to love

Everybody got __________

Everybody got their way

We're just catching and releasing

What builds up throughout ___________

And it gets into your body

And it flows right through your blood

We can tell each other secrets

And remember how to love

Key

"Catch & Release" – Matt Simons

There's a place I go to

Where no one knows me

It's not lonely

It's a necessary thing

It's a place I made up

Find out what I'm made of

The nights I've stayed up

Counting stars and fighting sleep

Let it wash over me

I'm ready to lose my feet

Take me off to the place where one reveals life's mystery

Steady on down the line

Lose every sense of time

Take it all in and wake up that small part of me

Day to day I'm blind to see

And find how far

To go

Everybody got their reason

Everybody got their way

We're just catching and releasing

What builds up throughout the day

It gets into your body

It flows right through your blood

We can tell each other secrets

And remember how to love

There's a place I'm going

No one knows me

If I breathe real slowly

Let it out and let it in

It can be terrifying

To be slowly dying

Also clarifying

We end where we begin

So let it wash over me

I'm ready to lose my feet

Take me off to the place where one reveals life's mystery

Steady on down the line

Lose every sense of time

Take it all in and wake up that small part of me

Day to day I'm blind to see

And find how far

To go

Everybody got their reason

Everybody got their way

We're just catching and releasing

What builds up throughout the day

It gets into your body

And it flows right through your blood

We can tell each other secrets

And remember how to love

Everybody got their reason

Everybody got their way

We're just catching and releasing

What builds up throughout the day

And it gets into your body

And it flows right through your blood

We can tell each other secrets

And remember how to love

"Counting Stars" by OneRepublic

 Watch the video and explain what happens there. Then listen to the song and correct the mistakes.

“Counting Stars” by OneRepublic

Lately, I've been, I've been lose sleep
Thinking about the things that we could be
But baby, I've been, I've be praying hard
Said no more chasing dollars
We'll be counting stars
Yeah, we'll be counting stars

I see this side, like a swinging vine
Swing my heart across the map
And in my body is flashing signs
Seek it out and ye shall find

Old, but I'm not this old
Young, but I'm not this bold
And I don't think the car is sold
On just doing what we're told

I feel something so wrong
Doing the right thing
And I feel something so wild
Doing the right thing
I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie
Everything that kills me makes me feel arrive

CHORUS

I feel your heart and I feel it burn
Down this mountain, every turn
Hope is our four-letter word
Make that monkey, watch it burn

Old, but I'm not this old
Young, but I'm not this bold
And I don't think the car is sold
On just doing what we're told

And I feel something so wild
Doing the right thing
I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie
Everything that drowns me makes me wanna try

CHORUS

Oh, take that money, watch it grow
Sink in the sea the lessons I've learned
Take that money, watch it grow
Sink in the sea the lessons I've learned
Take that money, watch it grow
Sink in the sea the lessons I've learned
Take that money, watch it grow
Sink in the sea the lessons I've learned
Everything that kills me
Makes me feel arrive

CHORUS

 

 

"Hunger" by Florence and the Machine

Watch the video. Can you describe what it happens? What do you think the song is about?

Listen to the song and fill in the gaps.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

At seventeen, I started to 1.__________ myself
I thought that love was a kind of 2. __________
And at least I understood then, the hunger I felt
And I didn't have to call it 3. ___________

We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger

Tell me what you need, oh, you look so 4. ______________
The way you use your 5. ________, baby, come on and work it for me
Don't let it get you down, you're the best 6. __________ I've seen
We never found the 7. __________ but we knew one thing

We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)

And it's Friday 8. ________ and it's kicking in
In that pink dress, they're gonna 9. ____________ me
Oh, and you in all your vibrant 10. ____________
How could anything bad ever happen to you?
You make a fool of death with your 11. __________, and for a moment

I thought that love was in the 12. _________
But the more I took, the more it took away
And I could never get 13. __________
I thought that love was on the stage
You give yourself to 14. ___________
You don't have to be afraid
And then it tries to find a home with 15. __________, or when I'm alone
Picking it apart and staring at your 16. ___________

We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger

Tell me what you need, oh, you look so 17. ______________
The way you use your 18. ________, baby, come on and work it for me
Don't let it get you down, you're the best 19. __________ I've seen
We never found the 20.__________ but we knew one thing

We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)

And it's Friday 21. ________ and it's kicking in
In that pink dress, they're gonna 22. ____________ me
Oh, and you in all your vibrant 23. ____________
How could anything bad ever happen to you?
You make a fool of death with your 24. __________, and for a moment

I forget to worry

"Hunger" is a song by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine from their fourth studio album, High as Hope (2018). The song deals with singer Florence Welch's teenage struggles with an eating disorder. Ryan Reed of Rolling Stone wrote that throughout "Hunger", Welch meditates on the correlation between beauty, romance and mortality. (Wikipedia)

Key

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

At seventeen, I started to starve myself
I thought that love was a kind of emptiness
And at least I understood then, the hunger I felt
And I didn't have to call it loneliness

We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger

Tell me what you need, oh, you look so free
The way you use your body, baby, come on and work it for me
Don't let it get you down, you're the best thing I've seen
We never found the answer but we knew one thing

We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)

And it's Friday night and it's kicking in
In that pink dress, they're gonna crucify me
Oh, and you in all your vibrant youth
How could anything bad ever happen to you?
You make a fool of death with your beauty, and for a moment

I thought that love was in the drugs
But the more I took, the more it took away
And I could never get enough
I thought that love was on the stage
You give yourself to strangers
You don't have to be afraid
And then it tries to find a home with people, or when I'm alone
Picking it apart and staring at your phone

We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger
We all have a hunger

Tell me what you need, oh, you look so free
The way you use your body, baby, come on and work it for me
Don't let 'em get you down, you're the best thing I've seen
We never found the answer but we knew one thing

We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)
We all have a hunger (we all have a hunger)

And it's Friday night and it's kicking in
In that pink dress, they're gonna crucify me
Oh, and you in all your vibrant youth
How could anything bad ever happen to you?
You make a fool of death with your beauty, and for a moment
I forget to worry