Speakout Advanced p 10. The Climb. Extra Listening

The X Factor 2009: Your winner Joe McElderry sings his brand new single The Climb! The message of this song is related to challenges and ambitions.

Fill in the gaps:

I can almost see it
That dream I'm dreaming but
There's a voice inside my head saying,
You'll never ____________,
Every step I'm taking,
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My ___________________________ but I
Got to keep trying
Got to keep my head held high

There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an _________________________,
Sometimes I'm going to have to lose,
Ain't about how fast I get there,
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing,
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes they might ___________________________ but
No I'm not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm going to remember most yeah
Just got to keep going
And I,
I got to be strong
Just keep ________________________________,
cause

There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an ____________________________,
Sometimes I'm going to have to lose,
Ain't about how fast I get there,
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb

There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an _______________________________,
Sometimes you're going to have to lose.
Always going to be an _______________________________,
Sometimes you're going to have to lose.
Ain't about how fast I get there,
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
Keep the _____________
Keep your _____________
It's the climb
Ain’t about what's waiting on the other side. It's the climb!



KEY:
I can almost see it
That dream I'm dreaming but
There's a voice inside my head saying,
You'll never reach it,
Every step I'm taking,
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking but I
Got to keep trying
Got to keep my head held high

There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes I'm going to have to lose,
Ain't about how fast I get there,
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing,
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes they might knock me down but
No I'm not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm going to remember most yeah
Just got to keep going
And I,
I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on,
cause

There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes I'm going to have to lose,
Ain't about how fast I get there,
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb

There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes you're going to have to lose,
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes you're going to have to lose,
Ain't about how fast I get there,
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
Keep the faith
Keep your faith
It's the climb
Ain’t about what's waiting on the other side. It's the climb!

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