Switchfoot- Dare You to Move(Learn English with Songs)

Lyrics

Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next?
What happens next?

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before

Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened

Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself, to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before

Difficult Phrases and Words

1. dare

   1. Context: I dare you to move

   2. Definition: to challenge to perform an action especially as a proof of courage

   3. Additional sentence: I dare you to eat that ice cream cone in one bite.

2. fallout

   1. Context: Welcome to the fallout

   2. Definition: bad consequences after a bad event

   3. Additional sentence: The fallout after the 2008 economic recession continued to linger.

3. resistance

   1. Context: Welcome to resistance

   2. Definition: an opposing force

   3. Additional sentence: There was a lot of resistance against the idea of having school on Saturday.

4. tension

   1. Context: The tension is here / Between who you are and who you could be

   2. Definition: 1) Inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion 2) The stress resulting from the elongation of an elastic body

   3. Additional sentence: You seem really tense before this test.

5. redemption

   1. Context: Maybe redemption has stories to tell

   2. Definition: 1) being saved from sin or evil 2) Raised to a better position after failure

   3. Additional sentence: Christians believe that Jesus gives them redemption.

6. Salvation

   1. Context: Salvation is here

   2. Definition: deliverance from the power and effects of sin

   3. Additional sentence: Christians believe that salvation comes through Jesus.

Discussion Questions

1. What do you think this song is about?

2. Can you relate to anything in this song? How do you react to difficult times? Did you encounter difficult times and then continue to move forward?

3. Do you remember a time when someone dared you to do something? Did you dare someone else to do something?

4. Did you have a fallout with a friend or family member after an argument? Are you still friends with that person, or did you go your separate ways?

5. Was there a time when you faced a lot of resistance when you were pursuing a goal? How did you address that resistance?

6. The singer sings: “The tension is here / Between who you are and who you could be.” Who do you want to be? What are your goals?

7. Do you have a redemption story? (spiritual or earthly). Spiritual: How were you redeemed/saved? Earthly: Did you make a mistake, but then you redeemed yourself by succeeding in someway?

8. How do you think humans attain salvation? Were you saved from a bad situation in your life?