Reporting verbs practice
SONG «Viva la Vida»
STUDENT’S BOOK Page 96-97
VIVA LA VIDA
I used to rule _________________(1)
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the mornin’, I _______________(2)
Sweep the ____________ (3) I used to own
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my _________________ (4)
Listen as the crowd would sing
«Now the old king is dead, long live the king»
__________________ (5), I held the key
Next, the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin’
Roman cavalry choirs are singin’
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some _______________(6), I can’t explain
Once you’d gone, there was never
Never an __________________ (7)
And that was when I ________________ (8)
It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of ______________(9)
People couldn’t believe what I’d _______________ (10)
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a ______________________ (11)
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh, who would ever want to be ____________ (12)?
(…)
For some reason I can’t explain
I know _____________ (13) won’t call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the _________ (14)
«Hubris» means extreme pride, dangerous overconfidence, or arrogance. When someone has hubris, they have an unrealistic inflation of their own competence or importance, which often leads to their ultimate downfall or ruin.