- Have you ever heard about Coldplay?
- What do you know about this band?
- Have you ever heard this song, ‘Green Eyes”?
- What do you think this song talks about? Love, friendship, affairs…?
VOCABULARY:
Metaphors & their
meanings in the song:
Lighter: Fig. to comparative of light; the opposite of heavier.
To go on: phrasal verb; to continue.
To Stand: metaphor; to be placed or situated an upright position.
To Shine: What light does when it hits a metal or glass surface. Also what the sun does.
To flow: What water or air does when it moves.
Out of one’s mind: Fig. to be silly and senseless; to be crazy and irrational.
- Upon: is much more formal that ‘on’, but it can be used with the same meanings as the preposition on.
- Cause = Because ( or “cos” )
Honey you are a rod/rock
Upon which I hand/stand
And I come here to balk/talk
I hope you understand/comprehend
(Chorus) Put these sentences in order and complete the word missing:
Listen and match the lines correctly(complete the words missing):
a) without you
b) and it feels so much lighter
c) eyes
d) and honey you _______ know
Listen and choose the right word (there's one modal verb missing).
Honey you are the seed/sea
Upon which I gloat/float
And I came here to talk/walk
I think you _______ show/know
Fill in with the correct modal verbs:
(Chorus)
The green eyes
You're the one that
I wanted to find
Anyone who
Tried to deny you
________be out of their mind
'cause I came here with a load
And it feels so much lighter
Since i've met you
And honey you ________ know
That I _______ never go on
Without you
Green eyes
Green eyes ohohohoh
Ohohohoh
Ohohohoh
Ohohohoh
Honey you are a rock
Upon which I stand...
POST-LISTENING
1) What do you think the song is about?
2) How does the singer feel?
3) What kind of feelings does the
Singer Chris Martin express
through this song?
Do you think it is a happy or sad
song?
3) Who is addressing?
4) Have you ever had a special person
at any point in your life,
you could never go on without
him/her?
5) What do you think of the singer’s feeling?
6) How would you react in a similar situation?