Snowed unde

Snow Patrol philosophise

In their latest single, “Called out in the Dark,” Snow Patrol seem to be singing in an obscure way about how life never quite turns out the way you expect it to.

This week’s Karaoke Korner takes a look at idioms with the word dark in them.

EXERCISES

Let’s look at idioms that contain the word dark. All you have to do is match each sentence with the correct definition from the choices that follow.

SENTENCES

1. The students were kept in the dark about the content of the upcoming exams.

2. Boy’s mom warned him not to go out alone after dark.

3. Chompoo kept dark the fact that she was once pregnant.

DEFINITIONS

a. to keep something secret and not tell people about it

b. after the sun goes down and it is night

c. knowing nothing about something

“Called out in the Dark”
By Snow Patrol

It’s like we just can’t help ourselves
‘Cause we don’t know how to back down
We were called out to the streets
We were called in to the towns

And how the heavens, they opened up
Like arms of dazzling gold
With our rain washed histories
Well they do not need to be told

Show me now, show me the arms aloft
Every eye trained on a different star
This magic, this drunken semaphore

Chorus

We are listening
And we’re not blind
This is your life
This is your time

I was called out in the dark
By a choir of beautiful cheats
And as the kids took back the parks
You and I were left with the streets

(Chorus)

ABOUT JESSIE J

Name: Snow Patrol
Nationality: Irish
Style: Rock, pop
Albums: Fallen Empires (2011), A Hundred Million Suns (2008), Eyes Open (2006), Final Straw (2003), When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (2001), Songs for Polarbears (1998)
Labels: Fiction, Interscope

In brief: Northern Irish band Snow Patrol formed at Scotland’s University of Dundee in 1994. Their first two albums did not draw much public attention, but their third album, Final Straw, was a big hit in the UK in 2003. The album went on to sell more than three million copies worldwide. Their next release, Eyes Open, brought them bigger success, with the smash hit “Chasing Cars” topping the UK Albums Charts. Snow Patrol recently won the Best Irish Band prize at the Meteor Music Awards. Their new album, Fallen Empires, is due to be released this November. The album will feature the pop hit, “Called Out in the Dark.”

If you like Snow Patrol, check out: Coldplay, U2 and Travis.

Website: www.snowpatrol.com