Here is a listening lesson for our higher level students. Read through the lyrics below to the beautiful song ‘this too shall pass’, sung by India Arie. First try to guess which word completes the gaps from the context then listen to check your answers. If you really want a challenge, have a look at the missing words and try to think of synonyms that could replace them...
Become a lyricist for the day!
Leson by Caroline
Achieved – accomplished
Pieces – separate bits of something
Bankrupt – being in a ruined state, to be being lacking in something
Tunnel – an underground passage
Ancestors – relatives who have died
Healing – getting better
War – a conflict
Barely – only just
Fear – the state of feeling frightened
Amateur – non-professional
I _1_ so much in life
But I'm an _2_ in love
My bank account is doing just fine
But my emotions are _3_
My body is nice and strong
But my heart is in a million _4_
When the sun is shining so am I
But when the night falls so does my tears
Sometimes the beatings so loud in my heart
That I can _5_ tell our voices apart
Sometimes the _6_ is so loud in my head
That I can barely hear what God says
Then I hear a whisper that this too shall pass
I hear the angel's whisper that this too shall pass
My _7_ whisper that this day will one day be the past
So I walk in faith that this too shall pass
The one that loved me the most
Turned around and hurt me the worst
I'm doing my best to move on
But the pain just keeps singing me songs
My head and my heart are at _8_
Cause love ain't happening the way I wanted
Feel like I'm about to break down
Can't hear the light at the end of the _9_
So I pray for _10_ in my heart
To be put back together what is torn apart
And I pray for quiet in my head
That I can hear clearly what God says
Now decide what the ten missing words are:
