Nickelback - "Trying not to love you"

Students listen to the song and complete the following tasks:

VERSION A (A2 level):

1.    Listen to the song and fill in the gaps in the text below:

Nickelback - Trying Not To Love You

You call to me and I fall at your feet
How could anyone ask for more
And our time (1) …………. like knives in my heart
How could anyone ask for more

But if there’s a pill to help me forget
God knows I (2) …………. found it yet
But I’m dying to
God, I’m trying to

chorus:

‘Cause trying not to love you
Only goes so far
Trying not to need you
Is tearing me apart
Can’t see the silver lining
I’m down here on the floor
And I just keep on (3) ………….

I don’t know what for
Cause trying not to love you
Only makes me love you more (2x)

And this (4) …………. of pain only time takes away
That’s why it’s harder to let you go
And nothing I can do without (5) …………. of you
That’s why it’s harder to let you go

But if there’s a pill to help me forget
God knows I (2) …………. found it yet
But I’m dying to
God, I’m trying to

chorus:

‘Cause trying not to love you… etc.

So I sit here divided just stuck to myself
Was it something that I did, was there (6) …………. else
When a voice from behind me
That was fighting back tears
Sat right down (7) …………. me
Whispered right in my (8) ………….
So I've been dying to tell you

chorus:

That trying not to love you only went so far
Trying not to need you was tearing me apart
Now I see the silver lining, what we are fighting for
If we just keep on trying, we could be much more
‘Cause trying not to love you, trying not love you
Only makes me love you more (2x)

2.    Discuss in groups and try to find out the meaning of the following words and expressions:

to fall at someone’s feet

knife (pl. knives)

pill

dying to

to tear someone apart

every cloud has a silver lining

divided

3.    Write a sentence with each of the words/expressions above.

4.    Read the text again and underline the words/expressions which you don’t understand. Check their meaning in the dictionary.

     VERSION B (B1-B2 level):

1.    Listen to the song and fill in the gaps in the text below:

    

    Nickelback - Trying Not To Love You

     You call to me and I fall at your feet
How could anyone ask for more
And our time apart like (1) …………. in my heart
How could anyone ask for more

     But if there’s a (2) …………. to help me forget
God knows I haven’t found it yet
But I’m dying to
God, I’m trying to

chorus:

‘    Cause trying not to love you
Only goes so far
Trying not to need you
Is tearing me apart
Can’t see the (3) …………. lining
I’m down here on the floor
And I just keep on trying

     I don’t know what for
Cause trying not to love you
Only makes me love you more (2x)

And this kind of (4) …………. only time takes away
That’s why it’s harder to let you go
And nothing I can do without thinking of you
That’s why it’s harder to let you go

     But if there’s a (2) …………. to help me forget
God knows I haven’t found it yet
But I’m dying to
God, I’m trying to

chorus:

‘    Cause trying not to love you… etc.

So I sit here (5) ………….  just stuck to myself
Was it something that I did, was there somebody else
When a voice from behind me
That was fighting back tears
Sat right down beside me
(6) …………. right in my ear

     So I've been dying to tell you

chorus:

     That trying not to love you only went so far
Trying not to need you was tearing me apart
Now I see the (3) …………. lining, what we are fighting for
If we just keep on trying, we could be much more
‘Cause trying not to love you, trying not love you
Only makes me love you more (2x)

2.    Discuss in groups and try to find out the meaning of the following words and expressions:

to fall at someone’s feet

dying to 

to tear someone apart

every cloud has a (1) …………. lining 

3.    Write a sentence with each of the words/expressions above.

4.    Read the text again and underline the words/expressions which you don’t understand. List them below along with their definition from the dictionary.