James Blunts interview.

Interviewer: ...[yeah], that there is one song, er... ______________... er... which really
sounded a lot about... to me at least... it sounded like... if written about your time in the
________________.
James BLUNT: Yeah, that's right, that I wrote in __________________ in ____________ during
the ________________ campaign and the Peace Accord afterwards and I spent _____________
out there and the song took ten minutes to write and really just ____________ the things
that we er, that we saw and were involved in.
BOMBING - DESCRIBES - KOSOVO - SIX

Questions:
MONTHS - ARMY - NO BRAVERY 1999 1. What is the name of the song were going to study? ____________________________
2. Do thing youd like it? Why?
_______________________________________________________________________________
3. Say briefly what it is about:
_______________________________________________________________________________
4. Now prepare yourself to listen to the song.

James Blunts interview.

Interviewer: ...[yeah], that there is one song, er... ______________... er... which really
sounded a lot about... to me at least... it sounded like... if written about your time in the
________________.
James BLUNT: Yeah, that's right, that I wrote in __________________ in ____________ during
the ________________ campaign and the Peace Accord afterwards and I spent _____________
out there and the song took ten minutes to write and really just ____________ the things
that we er, that we saw and were involved in.
BOMBING - DESCRIBES - KOSOVO - SIX

Questions:
MONTHS - ARMY - NO BRAVERY 1999 1. What is the name of the song were going to study? ____________________________
2. Do thing youd like it? Why?
_______________________________________________________________________________
3. Say briefly what it is about:
_______________________________________________________________________________
4. Now prepare yourself to listen to the song.
James Blunts interview.
Interviewer: ...[yeah], that there is one song, er... ______________... er... which really
sounded a lot about... to me at least... it sounded like... if written about your time in the
________________.
James BLUNT: Yeah, that's right, that I wrote in __________________ in ____________ during
the ________________ campaign and the Peace Accord afterwards and I spent _____________
out there and the song took ten minutes to write and really just ____________ the things
that we er, that we saw and were involved in.
BOMBING - DESCRIBES - KOSOVO - SIX

Questions:
MONTHS - ARMY - NO BRAVERY 1999 1. What is the name of the song were going to study? ____________________________
2. Do thing youd like it? Why?
_______________________________________________________________________________
3. Say briefly what it is about:
_______________________________________________________________________________

4. Now prepare yourself to listen to the song.

James Blunts interview.
Interviewer: ...[yeah], that there is one song, er... ______________... er... which really
sounded a lot about... to me at least... it sounded like... if written about your time in the
________________.
James BLUNT: Yeah, that's right, that I wrote in __________________ in ____________ during
the ________________ campaign and the Peace Accord afterwards and I spent _____________
out there and the song took ten minutes to write and really just ____________ the things
that we er, that we saw and were involved in.
BOMBING - DESCRIBES - KOSOVO - SIX

Questions:
MONTHS - ARMY - NO BRAVERY 1999 1. What is the name of the song were going to study? ____________________________
2. Do thing youd like it? Why?
_______________________________________________________________________________
3. Say briefly what it is about:
_______________________________________________________________________________
4. Now prepare yourself to listen to the song.

= NO BRAVERY =
A. Fill in the gaps while listening to the song :
There are _______________ standing here
___________ outstretched into the sky,
___________ drying on their ____________
SINCE - TEARS - HERE He has been __________
GRAVES - NATION - ARMS Brothers lie in shallow ____________
____________ lost without a trace
A ____________ blind to their disgrace
____________ hes been here.
B. Order the lines
_____No bravery in your eyes anymore
_____And I see no bravery,
_____Only sadness.
_____He has been here.
_____The smell of death is in the air.
_____Tracer lighting up the sky
_____He has been here.
_____A woman weeping in despair says,
_____Houses burnt beyond repair

_____A child afraid to even cry out says,

_____It's another families turn to die.
_____Only sadness.
_____And I see no bravery,
_____No bravery in your eyes anymore.
CHORUS (twice)
C. Theres an extra word in each line
There are many children standing here,
The arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one ever asks the question why,
He has been here again.
Old men kneel down and accept their fate.
Wives mums and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in their hate.
Yes, he has already been here.

5- Describe James BLUNTs face expression while singing the song: (find at least 2 different
adjectives).
He seems: _______________________________________________________________________
6-

7- Understanding the lyrics.

Choose the correct equivalent for the following extracts from the song with the help of the
images from the clip:
arms outstretched into the sky means :
The children are waving hello to their parents
The children are desperately calling for help
fathers lost without a trace means :
the fathers cant find their way home
the fathers have disappeared and are probably dead

 a nation blind to their disgrace means :

the country is indifferent to these peoples misery
most people in the country have become blind
its another familys turn to die means :
the families accept their fate and have lost hope to survive
families can choose when it is their turn to die
a generation drenched in hate means :
the younger generation hates elderly people
people have seen so much horror that they have come to hate the others

5- Describe James BLUNTs face expression while singing the song: (find at least 2 different
adjectives).
He seems: _______________________________________________________________________
6-

7- Understanding the lyrics.

Choose the correct equivalent for the following extracts from the song with the help of the
images from the clip:

 arms outstretched into the sky means :

The children are waving hello to their parents
The children are desperately calling for help
fathers lost without a trace means :
the fathers cant find their way home
the fathers have disappeared and are probably dead
a nation blind to their disgrace means :
the country is indifferent to these peoples misery
most people in the country have become blind
its another familys turn to die means :
the families accept their fate and have lost hope to survive
families can choose when it is their turn to die
a generation drenched in hate means :
the younger generation hates elderly people
people have seen so much horror that they have come to hate the others

TO DISCUSS:
Some fans interpretations of HE in He has been here
Read the following lines and say what interpretation is the most convincing for you.
Prepare to defend your point of view!
Fan # 1 : I think he represents the West (western leaders) and all that comes with it,
death, destruction negative things.
Fan # 2 : I would say that he is death itself like a Grim Reaper (death), the obvious
consequence of war.
Fan # 3 : What James means by he is horror or destruction done by the war in Kosovo.
Fan # 4 : I believe he is the Devil or Evil.
Fan # 5 : He symbolizes any soldier in any war and all the suffering that war causes.