Karaoke Korner

Moving on

Simple Plan pack up and leave

Simple Plan pack up and leave in their latest single, �When I�m Gone.� They�re yearning to get out and start anew. The guys don�t see any exciting prospects in their dreary town. They�re tired, bored and ready to move on.

This week�s Karaoke Korner takes a look at some idioms with the word move in them.

Exercises

Let�s take a look at some idioms that contain the word move. All you have to do is match each of the following sentences with the correct definition.

Sentences

1. Pop is willing to move heaven and earth to get an education.

2. It�s late, so we�d better get moving.

3. Some said that the company closed down because they couldn�t move with the times.

Definitions

a. to do everything you possibly can in order to achieve something

b. to change the way you think and behave according to changes in society

c. to begin, leave, etc. quickly

�When I�m Gone�

by Simple Plan

I look around me
But all I seem to see
Is people going nowhere
Expecting sympathy
It�s like we�re going through the motions
Of a scripted destiny
Tell me where�s our inspiration
If life won�t wait
I guess it�s up to me

Chorus
No, we�re not gonna waste
Another moment in this town
And we won�t come back
The world is calling out
We�ll leave the past in the past
Gonna find the future
If misery loves company
Well, so long
You�ll miss me when I�m gone
You�re gonna miss me when I�m gone

Procrastination
Running circles in my head
While you sit there contemplating
You wound up left for dead

Life is what happens
While you�re busy making your excuses
Another day, another casualty
But that won�t happen to me

(Chorus)

Won�t look back when I say goodbye
I�m gonna leave
There�s a hole behind me
I�m gonna take what�s mine tonight
�Cause every wasted day
Becomes a wasted chance
You�re gonna wake up feeling sorry
�Cause life won�t wait
I guess it�s up to you

(Chorus)

About Simple Plan

Name: Simple Plan
Nationality: Canadian
Style: Pop-rock
Label: Lava Records
Albums: Simple Plan (2008), Still Not Getting Any (2004), No Pads, No Helmets ... Just Balls (2002)
In brief: This group of Canadian rockers are Chuck Comeau (drums), Pierre Bouvier (vocals), Jeff Stinco (guitar), David Desrosiers (bass) and Sebastian Lefebvre (guitar). Simple Plan got their start in the mid �90s when 13-year-old friends Pierre and Chuck were part of the popular punk band Reset. After Reset, Pierre and Chuck got together with high school friends Jeff, Sebastian and David to form Simple Plan. Pierre and Chuck write most of Simple Plan�s tunes, and their songs have been very popular with teens everywhere.
Official website: http://www.simpleplan.com
If you like Simple Plan check out: Good Charlotte, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and blink-182

	sympathy (n): the feeling of being sorry for somebody; showing that you understand and care about somebody�s problems scripted (adj): read from a written text of a play, movie, broadcast, etc. destiny (n): what happens to somebody or what will happen to them in the future, especially things that they cannot change or avoid inspiration (n): the process that takes place when somebody sees or hears something that causes them to have exciting new ideas or makes them want to create something misery (n): great suffering of the mind or body procrastination (n): the act of delaying doing something that you should do, usually because you do not want to do it contemplate (v): to think about whether you should do something, or how you should do something excuse (n): a reason, either true or invented, that you give to explain or defend your behaviour casualty (n): a person that suffers or a thing that is destroyed when something else takes place yearn (v): to want something very much, especially when it is very difficult to get prospects (n): the chances of being successful dreary (adj): dull and not interesting