Lesson Plan: Clocks by Coldplay

1. Fill in the blanks with the following words:

take - saved - wanted - singing - brought - closing

The lights go out and I can’t be ________________.

Tides that I tried to swim against

Have ________________ me down upon my knees

Oh I beg , I beg and I plead________________.

Come out of the things unsaid

Shoot an apple off my head

And a trouble that can’t be named

A tiger’s waiting to be tamed

Singing

You areYou are

Confusion that never stops

The ________________ walls and ticking clocks

Gonna come back and ________________ you home

I could not stop, that you now know

Singing

come out upon my seas

Cursed missed opportunities

Am I a part of the cure

Or am I part of the disease

Singing

You are, you are (4x)

And nothing else compares (4x)

You are, you are

Home, home where I ________________ to go (2x)

Home, home where I wanted to go (You are) (2x)

2. Write the sentences in the past tense.

a-The lights go out and I can’t be saved.

b-Oh I beg, I beg and I plead.

c-Gonna come back and take you home.

Clocks by Coldplay Lyrics

The lights go out and I can't be saved

Tides that I tried to swim against

Have brought me down upon my knees

Oh I beg, I beg and plead

singing

Come out of things unsaid

Shoot an apple off my head and a

Trouble that cant be named

A tiger's waiting to be tamed

singing

You areYou are

Confusion never stops

Closing walls and ticking clocks

Gonna come back and take you home

I could not stop that you now know

singing

Come out upon my seas,

Cursed missed opportunities

Am I a part of the cure

Or am I part of the disease,

singing

You are, you are, you are

You are, you are, you are

And nothing else compares

And nothing else compares

And nothing else compares

You areYou areHome,

home where I wanted to go

Home, home where I wanted to go

Home, home where I wanted to go

Home, home where I wanted to go

(Created by Byanca Costa & Danielle Spinola)

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