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One, two, three, four
Tell me that you love me more
Sleepless long nights
That is what my youth was for
Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
Left you with nothing but they want some more
Oh, uh oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, uh oh, you know who you are
Sweetheart, bitter heart now I can tell you apart
Cozy and cold, put the horse before the cart
Those teenage hopes who have tears in their eyes
Too scared to own up to one little lie
Oh, uh oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, uh oh, you know who you are
One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
Oh, uh oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, uh oh, you know who you are
Oh, uh oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, uh oh, you know who you are
Who you are
For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart
For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart
Tell me that you love me more
Sleepless long nights
That is what my youth was for
Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
Left you with nothing but they want some more
Oh, uh oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, uh oh, you know who you are
Sweetheart, bitter heart now I can tell you apart
Cozy and cold, put the horse before the cart
Those teenage hopes who have tears in their eyes
Too scared to own up to one little lie
Oh, uh oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, uh oh, you know who you are
One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
Oh, uh oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, uh oh, you know who you are
Oh, uh oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, uh oh, you know who you are
Who you are
For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart
For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart
Lyrics submitted by lighthouse12
Track duration: 03:04
"1234" as written by Leslie Feist, Sally Mary Seltmann, Peter Hoffman
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing
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to example the way we rush in our youth
+ not, too
to example the way we rush in our youth
+ not, too
In the first verse she talks about how foolish and unpredictable "teenage" love is. When we are kids we get caught up in the moment. Our hearts are pure because they haven't been broken yet. Because of this our relationships are ruled by passion and emotion rather then thought and logic, hence the staying up all night.
The second verse, if you will, is presumably describing how we are when we are older. We are jaded and broken, therefore not being to comprehend how we fell (she doesn't know if he heart is bitter or sweet). We are cozy and cold, our passion is gone and we look at relationships with more logic and reason then in our youth, we "put the horse before the cart".
The chorus comments on here while we grow up we never forget who we really are. It seems to suggest that who we were when we were kids is much better then the people we have become. We still believed in true love. Our hearts had not changed. She further reinforces this with "money can't buy you back the love that you had then". We grow up, get careers and make money but what is life without love? The money we make wont matter, regardless of how important we claim it is, because it cannot buy us back our young, love filled heart.