If you love somebody, set them free – The Police

Vocabulary
1) Match the pictures to the correct name

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1. Cage 2. Chains 3. eyes 4. mirror 5. prisoner 6. Key 7. Boy

Lyrics – Read the song lyrics. Then listen to the song and complete each verse with the correct verbs
(Free free, set them free) You just can't 8 ________________________
Or a beast in a gilded cage
VERSE 1 call do keep think throw want That's all some people ever 9 ________________ to be

If you need somebody/someone, 1 call my name Chorus

If you want somebody/someone,
you can 2 ________________ the same VERSE 3 believe control live love want
If you want to 3
________________________something precious You can't 10 ______________ an independent heart
You got to lock it up and 4 ____________away the key Can't tear the one you 11 _______________apart
If you 5 ______________ to hold on to your Forever conditioned to 12 _________that we can't live,
possessions We can't 13____________here and be happy with less
Don't even 6 _______________about me. So many riches, so many souls
Everything we see that we 14 ____________ to possess
Chorus
If you love somebody Verse 1 repeated
If you love someone
Set them free. (Free free, set them free) Chorus

VERSE 2 loook see want

If it's a mirror you want, just 7 _________ into my eyes

Or a whipping boy, someone to despise

Or a prisoner in the dark tied up in chains

Knowing the band / song

 This song was originally recorded by Sting, the singer and songwriter, who first became famous as part of the
group The Police. If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free was one of his first hits as a solo artist, in 1985.
 Sting said that he wrote the song as an "antidote" to the Police's 1983 song, "Every Breath You Take", which he
also wrote. The song was also satirized by The Dead Milkmen in the song "If You Love Somebody, Set Them on
Fire," from their 1990 album Metaphysical Graffiti.

By Gretta Sicsu
iSLCollective.com
Questions - Answer the questions:
What does the song mean?
a) He believes that if you love somebody you should watch everything he/she does and never let
this person alone.
b) He believes that if you love somebody you should just let that person go and move forward with
your life and if they come back to you, it was meant to be.

By Gretta Sicsu
iSLCollective.com