SONG: ONE - U2

Classroom Handouts - U2 Lyrics Activity 1

U2 (Achtung Baby)
One

Part One - Vocabulary

With your group, write one sentence for each of the following words and idioms:

1. blame (verb)
2. crawl (verb)
3. leper (noun)
4. drag (verb)
5. temple (noun)
6. to leave a bad taste in one's mouth

Part Two - Discussion

Discuss these questions with your group:

1. What do you know about U2? Where are they from? Are they popular in your country? What U2 songs do you know?
2. What is the significance of the name U2?
3. What are the most common feelings people have at the end of a relationship? What are some ways that people deal with these feelings?

Part Three - Listening

1. Close your eyes and listen to the song without writing anything. As you listen, think about this question: Is this a love song? After you've listened, compare your answer to this question with your group.
2. Now, listen again. This time fill in one word per space.

• Is it _______ ________
  Or _____ _______ ______ the same
  _______ _____ _______ _____ easier on you
  Now you got someone to blame
• You say
  One love
  One life
  When it's one need
  ____ ______ ________
  It's one love
  We get to share it
  It leaves you baby
  If you don't care for it
• Did I ________ _______?
  Or leave a bad taste in ______ _______?
  You act like you never had _______
  And you want me to go without
• Well it's too late
  Tonight
  To drag ______ ______ ______
  Into the light
  ______ ______
  But we're not the same
  _____ _____ ____ _______ each other
  Carry each other
  One
• Have you come here for __________
  _____ ______ ______ _____ raise the dead
  _____ ______ ______ _____ to play Jesus
  To the lepers in your head
  Did I ask _______ _______
  More than a lot
  You gave me __________
  _____ ______ ______ _____ _______
  We're one
  But we're not the same
  We hurt ______ _______
  Then we do it again
• You say
  ______ _____ a temple
  Love a higher law
  Love is a temple
  Love the higher law
  You _____ _____ ____ enter
  But then you ________ ______ crawl
  And I can't be holding on
  To what you got
  When all you got is _______
• One _______
  One _______
  One _______
  You got to do what you should
• One life
  With _____ ________
  Sisters
  Brothers
• One life
  But we're _____ _____ _______
  We get to carry each other
  Carry each other
  
  One
  
  One.

Compare your answers with your group. Ask your teacher to play the song again if you can't agree on certain lines.

Part Four - Discussion

With your group, discuss the following:

1. What is this song about?
2. Is this a love song? If you say yes, support your answer with specific lyrics from the song.
3. What type of relationship have these two people had? Have they broken up yet?
4. What do you think is going to happen to the two people in this song?
5. Why is this song called One?

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