Police - Every Breath You Take Lyrics. Every breath you ______ and every move
you ______,. Every bond you ______,. Every step you ______, I'll be watching ...
Tasks & Questions Police - Every Breath You Take Lyrics
Every breath you ______ and every move you ______, Every bond you ______, Every step you ______, I'll be watching you. Every single ______ and every word you ______, Every game you ______, Every night you ______, I'll be watching you. Oh can't you _____ you belong to _____? How my poor heart ______ with every step you ______. Every move you _______ and every vow you ______, Every smile you ______,
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Listen to the song once and fill in the blanks with rhyming words. What do you think the song is about? Discuss with a partner. Read about Sting below. Were you correct about the topic of the song? Do the verb + noun collocations below, then listen to the song again and check the answers you wrote before. 5. Read through the whole song again. On each line, is it possible to insert the relative pronoun that anywhere? Are these defining or non-defining relative clauses? Are commas used with them? 6. Explain the problem with the sentence in the box.
Every claim you ______, I'll be watching you. Since you've gone I've been lost without a ______.
Every bond you _______, every step you ______, I'll be watching you. Every single ______, every word you ______. Every game you ______, every night you ______, I'll be watching you. Every move you ______, every vow you ______,
(When) I dream at night, I can only see your ______.
Every smile you ______, every claim you _____, I'll be watching you.
I look around, but it's you I can't _______. I feel so cold and I long for your ________. I keep crying baby, baby please.
Every single ______, every word you ______, every game you ______, Every night you _____, I'll be watching you. Every breath you _____, every move you _____, every bond you _______,
Oh can't you ______ you belong to ______? How my poor heart _______ with every step you ______. Every move you ______ and every vow you ______, Every smile you ______, Every claim you ______, I'll be watching you. Every move you ______, every step you ______, I'll be watching you. I'll be watching you. Every breath you ______, every move you ______
Every step you _____, I'll be watching you. Every single _____, every word you _____, every game you _______, Every night you _____, I'll be watching you. Every move you _____, every vow you _____, every smile you _______, Every claim you _____, I'll be watching you. Every single _____, every word you _____, every game you _______, Every night you _____, I'll be watching you. Every breath you _____, every move you _____, every bond you ______, Every step you ______, I'll be watching you.
The Meaning of the Song The track was written during the collapse of Sting's marriage to Frances Tomelty; the lyrics are the words of a sinister, controlling character, who is watching "every breath you take; every move you make". I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the piano and had written it in half an hour. The tune itself is generic, an aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting. It sounds like a comforting love song. I didn't realise at the time how sinister it is. I think I was thinking of Big Brother, surveillance and control. —Sting
Sting later said he was disconcerted by how many people think the song is more positive than it is. He insists it's about unrequited love (the song was written at the time he and his then wife divorced), about the obsession with the lost lover, the jealousy and surveillance that followed. "One couple told me 'Oh we love that song; it was the main song played at our wedding!' I thought, 'Well, good luck.’” When asked why he appears angry in the music video Sting told BBC Radio 2, "I think the song is very, very sinister and ugly and people have misinterpreted it as being a gentle, little love song."
verb + noun collocations
1. to take a breath
a) to escape from a situation that has had control over you
2. to make a move
b) emphasising each one
3. to break one’s bonds
c) to say something / to add something to a discussion
4. to take a step
d) something which is gone and you will never be able to find it
5. every single + noun (person, hour, slice of pizza)
e) to go / to leave / to start on a journey
6. to say a word
f)
7. to play a game
g) to say that something is yours
8. to stay the night
h) to pretend to be happy
9. to break a vow
i)
to really want something
10. to stake a claim (to/on something) – [in the past people would put
j)
to breathe once (often to relax when you are angry)
to sleep one night in someone’s house
stakes into unclaimed ground to show that they had claimed it for
k) to progress forward one pace (often metaphorically)
themselves]
l)
11. to fake a smile 12. to be lost without a trace 13. to long for something
to cheat somebody / to play a game(!)
m) not to honour a promise
Police - Every Breath You Take Lyrics (teacher’s)
Every breath you take and every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take, I'll be watching you Every single day and every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay, I'll be watching you Oh can't you see you belong to me? How my poor heart aches with every step you take Every move you make and every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake, I'll be watching you Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace I dream at night, I can only see your face I look around but it's you I can't replace I feel so cold and I long for your embrace I keep crying baby, baby please Oh can't you see you belong to me? How my poor heart aches with every step you take Every move you make and every vow you break, every smile you fake Every claim you stake, I'll be watching you, every move you make Every step you take, I'll be watching you, I'll be watching you Every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break Every step you take, I'll be watching you Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay, I'll be watching you Every move you make, every vow you break, every smile you fake Every claim you stake, I'll be watching you Every single day, every word you say, every game you play Every night you stay, I'll be watching you Every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break Every step you take, I'll be watching you Every single day, every word you say, every game you play Every night you stay, I'll be watching you Every move you make, every vow you break, every smile you fake Every claim you stake, I'll be watching you Every single day, every word you say, every game you play Every night you stay, I'll be watching you Every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break Every step you take, I'll be watching you
