COLDPLAY - GREEN EYES Singer: Coldplay Year: 2002 Best Album: A Rush of Blood to the Head (It won the 2003 Grammy for the Best Alternative Music Album It has sold 15 million copies worldwide ) A) Read the lyrics of the song Look at the sentences that are written in bold Try to combine them by using relative pronouns who/ which to get the original lyrics of it (You can work in pairs.) GREEN EYES Honey you are a rock I stand upon you And I come here to talk I hope you understand That green eyes Yeah the spotlight, shines upon you And how could anybody deny you I came here with a load And it feels so much lighter Now I met you And honey you should know That I could never go on without you Green eyes Honey you are the sea I float upon you _ And I came here to talk I think you should know That green eyes You're the one I wanted to find you And anyone must be out of their mind He/She tried to deny you Because I came here with a load And it feels so much lighter Since I met you And honey you should know That I could never go on without you Green eyes Green eyes Ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh Honey you are the rock I stand upon you B) Now listen to the song Correct your sentences when it is necessary C) D) Look at the words that are highlighted Listen to the song again Put these words in the correct column on the table E) F) G) H) I) J) rock talk hope spotlight know go on float K) /ɒ/ (e.g got ) O) P) Q) R) S) T) U) V) W) X) AA) L) Y) anybody load wanted so M) /ɔ:/ (e.g ball) N) Z) /ǝʊ/ (e.g home) AB) BF) AC) BG) AD) BH) AE) BI) AF) BJ) AG) BK) AH) BL) AI) BM) AJ) BN) AK) BO) AL) BP) AM) • Do you like the song? Which line doBQ) you like most? Why? AN) • Omit some of the words from the song; replace them with one of BR) AO) BS)better? Yours or Coldplay’s?:) these words below Which lyrics are AP) (You don’t have to use all of these BT) words) AQ) AR) AS) BU) a go, escape, rival, strenuous, slip, trip over, sore, have migrate, plain, conquer, defeat, shooting star, recognize, survive, disappointed, BV) BW) AT) BX) AU) BY) AV) BZ) ANSWERS AW) CA) AX) AY) AZ) BA) BB) BC) BD) BE) CB) /ɒ/ (e.g got ) CC) CD) /ɔ:/ (e.g ball) CE) CF) /ǝʊ/ (e.g home ) CG) CH) ROCK CI) SPOT CS) CT) TALK LIGH T CJ) ANYB ODY CK) ON CL) WAN TED CM) CU) CV) HOPE CW) OAD CX) KNOW CY) GO CZ) FLOAT DA) SO CN) CO) CP) CQ) CR) DB) DC) COLDPLAY- GREEN EYES DD) Honey you are a rock Upon which I stand And I come here to talk I hope you understand That green eyes Yeah the spotlight, shines upon you And how could anybody deny you I came here with a load And it feels so much lighter Now I met you And honey you should know That I could never go on without you Green eyes Honey you are the sea Upon which I float And I came here to talk I think you should know That green eyes You're the one that I wanted to find And anyone who tried to deny you Must be out of their mind Because I came here with a load DE) And it feels so much lighter Since I met you And honey you should know That I could never go on without you Green eyes Green eyes Ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh Honey you are the rock Upon which I stand