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I don't remember were we wild and young
All that faded into memory
I feel like somebody I don't know
Are we really who we used to be
Am I really who I was
The lights will draw you in
And the dark will bring you down
And the night will break your heart
But only if you're lucky now
Waiting outside while you find your keys
Like bags of trash in the blackening snow
City of neon and toes that freeze
We've got nothing and nowhere to go
We've got nothing and nowhere
And the lights will draw you in
And the dark will take you down
The night will break your heart
But only if you're lucky now
And if the lights will draw you in
And the dark will take you down
But love will mend your heart
But only if you're lucky now
I don't remember were we wild and young
All that's faded into memory
I feel like somebody I don't know
Are we really who we used to be
Am I really who I was
All that faded into memory
I feel like somebody I don't know
Are we really who we used to be
Am I really who I was
The lights will draw you in
And the dark will bring you down
And the night will break your heart
But only if you're lucky now
Waiting outside while you find your keys
Like bags of trash in the blackening snow
City of neon and toes that freeze
We've got nothing and nowhere to go
We've got nothing and nowhere
And the lights will draw you in
And the dark will take you down
The night will break your heart
But only if you're lucky now
And if the lights will draw you in
And the dark will take you down
But love will mend your heart
But only if you're lucky now
I don't remember were we wild and young
All that's faded into memory
I feel like somebody I don't know
Are we really who we used to be
Am I really who I was
Lyrics submitted by thesmokemonst3r
Track duration: 02:52
"Lucky Now" as written by Ryan Adams
Lyrics © BUG MUSIC
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If you're lucky you will still feel incandescent emotions and passions that break and move you. If you let it pain can make you numb, so you must fight. Years can rob you of that spark, they make questions arise.
But...
If you're lucky you'll hang on to your intrigue and desire, excitement will still be felt and you'll be safe in a great growing love.
The chorus is where you get a sense of what is going on. The relationship had its typical trend with a spark of a start ("the lights will draw you in"). Then that faded and the real world set in along with problems that eventually drove the two apart ("the dark will bring you down, and the night will break your heart"). And then later the two figured out that they really did love each other and got back together ("and love can mend your heart"). That change of the last live of the chorus suggests that love is the answer to "the dark" of a relationship and is what will stop "the night" from breaking your heart and ending a relationship. The singer is saying that this is something worthwhile and that you are lucky if you experience it. He claims its lucky beacuse the loss teaches you just how important the person is to you and how much you love them. And he is also saying that if they love you and mend your broken heart you are equally as lucky. I love his music and love this song.
The imagery in the second verse reminds me of "My Blue Manhattan," with its snow to cover the ugliness of the city. But when the snow begins to blacken, that illusion of innocence is lost.
The twist in the lyrics of the final chorus represents the hope in this song, and I like it very much.
She keeps telling me I'm "unlucky". But this song keeps making me smile.