8/6/2019 BOTH WAYS - Quiet Drive

1/2

LICEO LOS ANDES

NAME: _________________________________ LEVEL: ______________

DATE: __________________________________ SUBJECT: LISTENING

BOTH WAYS (Quietdrive)

Quietdrive is a pop punk band based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota that was formed in 2003 when

friends Brandon Lanier (drums), Droo Hastings (bass), and Justin Bonhiver (guitar) heard someMP3s posted online by singer Kevin Truckenmiller and contacted him about starting a band.Kevin agreed, bringing in college friend Matt Kirby (guitar, vocals) to complete the group.Quietdrive then spent the next year and a half touring around the Midwest, gaining attention

both from their live show and their /MySpace site. Quietdrive released their debut album When All

That's Left Is You on May 30, 2006. Their newest album is titled Deliverance.

A.Fill in the blanks.

Hard - Question come back - breathe grow old - different - honest bigger things- simple

Be __________ with meDid you ever thinkThat these things that you didWould ____________ to haunt youAnd fail you againDon't ever ___________My will to admitThat when we're aloneIt's too ______________ to resistMaking believe

That we're _________ than thisChoosing a roadThat is ___________ but similarTo the same one I took before

Chorus:Why don't we _____________Why can't you seeThat ________ aren't alwaysWhat they appear to beBut as _________ as it soundsI think I've foundThe perfect wayTo ____________

B.Circle the word that best completes the song.

Simpleness / Sadness describesThe iron that is you

And yournasty / rusty old lifeGet on with the mattress

And tell tale lies

8/6/2019 BOTH WAYS - Quiet Drive

2/2

catch / watch everythingThat you touch turned to ice / diceWe're following the sheep / ship

And they are at it againMaking believeThat they're three / free as it seemsBut only finding outThat they're on a sinking sheep / shipThat doesn't careHow many it saves today

ChorusWatch out nowI see the light / right

At the end of the tunnelIt seems scholastic / realisticThat getting thereWill make us fine /tire

But watch out now

It's tool / full of glassDon't take the chance / chainsYou'll surely pass

At least some way / dayWe'll know the reason why

Why don't we breatheWhy can't you see / sayThat things aren't alwaysWhat they appear to beBut as simple / hard as it soundsI think I've foundThe perfect day/ way

(To grow old)

Why don't we breatheWhy can't you seeThat things aren't alwaysWhat they appear to beBut as simple as it soundsI think I've foundThe perfect wayTo grow oldThe perfect wayThe perfect way

C.Answer the following questions.

1. What do you think the phrase the road is full of glass refers to?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Which do you think is the perfect way to grow old?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________