Just Breathe

Vocabulary, video and discussion activity

This is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. It was released in 2009 as the second single from the band's ninth studio album, Backspacer.

1. Watch the video and check the words you hear in the lyrics.

EARTH	PAIN	HUMAN BEING	SIN
LIFE	FEEL	LUCKY	FOOL
HANDS	WORLD	WALL	LIVE
SEA	FOOD	HURT	YEAR

2. The Lyrics: read aloud and check the meanings of the words you don’t know.

Just Breathe, by Pearl Jam

 Yes, I understand that every life must end...
As we sit alone, I know someday we must go...
Oh I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands
the ones I love,..

Some folks just got one,

yeah, others, they got none.

Stay with me,..

Let's just breathe.

Practiced all my sins,

never gonna let me win..

Under everything, just another human being..

Yeah, I don't wanna hurt, there's so much in this world

to make me bleed.

Stay with me,..

You're all I see.

Did I say that I need you?

Did I say that I want you?

Oh, if I didn't I'm a fool you see,..

No one knows this more than me.

As I come clean.

I wonder everyday

as I look upon your face..

Everything you gave

And nothing you would take,..

Nothing you would take

Everything you gave...

Nothing you would take,..

Everything you gave.

Hold me till I die,..

Meet you on the other side.

3.Discuss:  

What are the feelings described? How does the singer feel? Happy, sad, confussed, irritated, thankful? Why (not)?  Find proof in the lyrics. Brainstorm ideas for a videoclip. How could you communicate the message of the song through video? Imagine a story to tell through images and music.

4.Sing along to the music.