GREEN DAY – 21 GUNS

középfok
A mai leckében meghallgathatod a Green Day 2009-es, 21st century breakdown című albumáról az egyik legnagyobb slágert. Továbbá: dalszöveg, szószedet, feladatok.

Hallás alapján fejtsd meg, mik a hiányzó szavak:

Do you know what’s worth fighting for?
When it’s not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocating?

Does the ..(1).. weigh out the pride?
And you look for a place to ..(2)..?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You’re in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms, give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky, you and I

When you’re at the end of the road
And you lost all ..(3).. of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your ..(4).. breaks the spirit of your soul

Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn’t pass
Nothing’s ever built to last
You’re in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms, give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky, you and I

Did you try to live on your own
When you ..(5).. the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire
Like a ..(6).. looking for forgiveness from a stone?

When it’s time to live and let die
And you can’t get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You’re in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms, give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms, give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky, you and I

Megfejtés a lap alján

Vocabulary

suffocating – fullasztó
to weight out – kimér
to be ruins – romokban van
toll – vám (közmondás: thoughts pay no toll= a gondolatok vámmentesek)
forgiveness – megbocsátás

A cím eredete:

Gun salutes are the firing of cannons or arms as a (military or naval) honor. As naval customs evolved, 21 volleys came to be fired for heads of state, with the number decreasing with the rank of the recipient of the honor. Multiples of 21-gun salutes may be fired for particularly important celebrations.

Megfejtés:

(1) pain
(2) hide
(3) sense
(4) mind
(5) burned down
(6) liar