1. Loving You Is Killing Me (Aloe Blacc)
Fill the gaps with the words from the box:
king ground with you whatever you want sound
trust holding used to do anything Why the hell
aching In return
Loving you is killing me
When you know it should be thrilling me
Loving you is choking me slowly
When I'm ________________I still feel real lowly
Loving you is busting me
You don't ever put your _______________in me
Loving you should mean that I'm your _____________
You don't make me feel like ______________________
CHORUS
Now I never knew you'd be so evil
How did you get to be so evil yeah
Now you're telling me that I'm bad to you
You don't know what your talking 'bout girl
Hear me when I say
You can't just do _____________________________, girl
Loving you is killing me
When you know it should fulfil me
Loving you, is _________________ me sadly
You know that it should make me happy
Loving you ain't worth all the suffering
__________________you never give me nothing
Here's the news about loving you
Well it's something that I ___________________
BRIDGE
Stop children, what's that _________________
Looking my heart all over the ______________
Stop children, what' you see
Why you keep shooting' at me
CHORUS
Loving you is killing me
When you know it should be building me
Loving you is ________________ me back
______________________you make me feel like that
Loving you, ain't worth all the suffering
In return you never give me nothing
Here's the news about loving you
Well it's something that I used to do
CHORUS
key:withyou/trust/king/anything/whatever
youwant/aching/inreturn/
usedtodo/sound/ground/holding/whythehell

2. Speaking Activity:
This song illustrates one side of a relationship: He reproaches his 'evil' (ex-)girlfriend for being mean
to him in different ways.
Now imagine the other side of the story: for each reproach, come up with what SHE might answer
back – she will probably try to defend herself!
e.g. first verse: “Well, when I'm with you, I don't feel too great either! And what do you mean by
'choking you slowly', how am I choking you???”
Work with a partner and present your favourite verse / lines in dialogue form.
Grammar activity:
Find verb forms showing what is happening at the moment, and forms showing what happens
always / never / usually. Which tenses are used?
NOW / AT THE MOMENT
TENSE:
ALWAYS / NEVER / USUALLY
TENSE:
Irregular verbs: Find all the irregular verbs in the song and write down their three forms:
Vocabulary activity:
Collect ideas about what people should (not) do in a relationship, and what a relationship/love
should (not) be or do.
e.g. You should (not)... / A relationship should (not)... / Love should (not)...
After collecting ideas from the song, add your own ideas. Think about how someone you love should
(not) make you feel, how s/he should (not) treat you, …
“Dos” “Don'ts”