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Shadows settle on the place, that you left
Our minds are troubled by the emptiness
Destroy the middle, it's a waste of time
From the perfect start to the finish line
And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones
'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs
Setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting names of the lovers that went wrong
The lovers that went wrong
We are the reckless
We are the wild youth
Chasing visions of our futures
One day we'll reveal the truth
That one will die before he gets there
And if you're still bleeding, you're the lucky ones
'Cause most of our feelings, they are dead and they are gone
We're setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting pictures from the flood that wrecked our home
It was a flood that wrecked this
And you caused it
And you caused it
And you caused it
Well I've lost it all, I'm just a silouhette
A lifeless face that you'll soon forget
My eyes ae damp from the words you left
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest
And if you're in love, then you are the lucky one
'Cause most of us are bitter over someone
Setting fire to our insides for fun
To distract our hearts from ever missing them
But I'm forever missing him
And you caused it
And you caused it
And you caused it
Our minds are troubled by the emptiness
Destroy the middle, it's a waste of time
From the perfect start to the finish line
And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones
'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs
Setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting names of the lovers that went wrong
The lovers that went wrong
We are the reckless
We are the wild youth
Chasing visions of our futures
One day we'll reveal the truth
That one will die before he gets there
And if you're still bleeding, you're the lucky ones
'Cause most of our feelings, they are dead and they are gone
We're setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting pictures from the flood that wrecked our home
It was a flood that wrecked this
And you caused it
And you caused it
And you caused it
Well I've lost it all, I'm just a silouhette
A lifeless face that you'll soon forget
My eyes ae damp from the words you left
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest
And if you're in love, then you are the lucky one
'Cause most of us are bitter over someone
Setting fire to our insides for fun
To distract our hearts from ever missing them
But I'm forever missing him
And you caused it
And you caused it
And you caused it
Lyrics submitted by KittieWriting, edited by jabada, dbkillerex
Track duration: 04:09
"Youth" as written by Elena Veronica Tonra, Igor Alexandre Haefeli
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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As though God took someone that was so precious to this girl, and she has lost them forever. And it's His fault.
And the song is the detailed extent to how she feels this raw pain. How she tries to escape it all by becoming this "reckless youth", doing anything to numb the pain she's in.
However, nothing she does can numb this pain she's in.
It's quite a sad song, really. Very touching, raw.
My favourite lyrics are: 'Destroy the middle, it's a waste of time from the perfect start to the finish line.' as it's so rich in emotion and summarises one of the themes about the pointlessness of life and the battle against this thought as a teen.
Sounds a bit weird, but thats how I get it :)
I think the lines, "if you're in love/still bleeding/breathing, you're the lucky ones" are incredibly powerful and are about the fact that if you are able to bleed, to feel pain (physically, emotionally), whatever it may be, then you are lucky because at least you are still can! Some people make the transition from child to adult, with "battle scars", lost relationships, addictions- evidence of other life altering events.
Mostly though, i think it is about everything in life becoming too much, resulting in a incredibly heartbreaking,beautiful, sad and frustrating break down where, "you caused it" is repeated. Then she sings the last two verses and it's so emotional!. Then "you caused it" is repeated again- a constant shift between sad and angry, fluctuating the way teen hormones do.
This song however could be about something completely different, and perhaps i'm looking into it too much, but this is the little story that floats about my head when i listen to it....
On that note, this song to me tells the story of personal spiritual pursuits and accompanying realizations. While I believe the sign of good art (including music) is that it can resonate on multiple levels, the one that hits home the most for me is that this is about spiritual awakening. This is how I interpret the references to the flood and "you caused it." referring to the sin of curiosity and youth. Collecting pictures refers to the sporadic remnants of ancient lost civilizations that we find throughout the world. We set fire to our insides because we no longer have religion to fill that void inside ourselves. We realize something is wrong and our lives are unfulfilled (collecting names of lovers we have lost).
Anyway, that is my two cents. The parallels don't stop there either. Like I mentioned earlier, there are many other interpretations and there is nothing gained by saying that any other is wrong.
Our minds are troubled by the emptiness
- Someone's gone, dead, but it's hard to believe that they're gone.
And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones
'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs
- Breathing easily, no burden, but barely breathing, or breathing difficultly, meaning they're burdened and it's hard to do something so simple as breathing.
Setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting names of the lovers that went wrong
The lovers that went wrong
- Trying to deal with the pain by drinkng or getting high, and trying to find comfort with people that you've already had relationships with, trying to reconcile with them.
We are the reckless
We are the wild youth
Chasing visions of our futures
One day we'll reveal the truth
That one will die before he gets there
- Life as the youth, having fun, breaking rules, etc, while trying to be mature, and trying to get there, but obviously someone hasn't made it to adulthood, they've died.
And if you're still bleeding, you're the lucky ones
'Cause most of our feelings, they are dead and they are gone
- Felling pain, bleeding, but because of this person's death, they've gone hard, they've lost their ability to feel things.
We're setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting pictures from the flood that wrecked our home
It was a flood that wrecked this
- Something big, something that couldn't have been stopped. Our home, our place of rest, It was personal.
And you caused it
And you caused it
And you caused it
- blaming somone, obviously, the person that killed or caused the death of the friend or boyfriend, or blaming the other youths for being so immature, or even herself or her friends for it. Or blaming the person that died, they're fault for making her be like this.
Well I've lost it all, I'm just a silouhette
A lifeless face that you'll soon forget
My eyes ae damp from the words you left
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest
- She's no longer who she used to be, just a shell. Just another face lost in the crowd to the person that killed her (boy)friend. When they said something in accordance to the death, it completely shattered her, her chest or heart broken.
And if you're in love, then you are the lucky one
'Cause most of us are bitter over someone
- Self explainitory, if you can love, you're lucky, she can't as she's still distraught over the person she lost.
Setting fire to our insides for fun
To distract our hearts from ever missing them
But I'm forever missing him
- Trying to forget the pain, or at least, putting it off for awhile through drinking or drugs, but she'll never let him go, she'll never forget him, she'll always mis him.
And you caused it
And you caused it
And you caused it
- It's all your fault. You caused this pain, his death, you made this happen.
That's my interpretation, a little gloomy, but yeah.