This song is about a young couple in love... with all odds against them.
The title "Disparate Youth" tells us that the young couple are disparate (definition: fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar). As the saying goes, opposites attract.
Love has given the two a dream of a life together. "You know now we want more." "A life worth fighting for."
"Stormy weather" and "roadblock in our way" allude to the challenges they will face ahead, as they plan to have a future together. "If they (dreams) don't fly we will run" "push past to find out" implies that we will overcome those challenges.
So let them say we can't do better
Lay out the rules that we can't break
They wanna sit and watch you wither
Their legacy's too hard to take
This insinuates that other people don't believe they will make it, or even want they to fail because they themselves have failed. They think this couple can't make it because of their own first or some other past love that failed. They can't get over that "legacy" of theirs so they are unable to welcome success to the couple. No matter though, the couple will "win what they all lost."
In their heads pledging their beds
In their eyes it shows
When the freedom breaks
Well then if you ask and they don't know
Oh tell me that
I turn my back while the odds all stand beneath me
And they all said I was mislead
But now the odds all stand beneath me
This part of the song is a mesh of meanings. "In their heads, in their beds. "In their eyes it shows" reinforces that they couple are in love. The following lyrics add on to the doubt others have about them. "But now the odds all stand beneath me" means that they have risen above all odds.
The song wraps up nicely with:
We hear them run but don't hear what you say
Now here we come can't throw nothing in our way
The two lines refer to the earlier lyrics of running when dreams don't fly/carry them (overcoming challenges), not listening to other people doubting them, and claim that no roadblock or obstacle can get in the way of their love lasting.
Jesus, not everything is about couples in love. Every f*cking song on this site people want to turn it into some emo romantic garbage. The lyrics are about defiance in the face of terrible odd and defining your personhood.
Jesus, not everything is about couples in love. Every f*cking song on this site people want to turn it into some emo romantic garbage. The lyrics are about defiance in the face of terrible odd and defining your personhood.
@15step No, this has nothing do with love. It never mentions another singular person, never talks to any one but the plural US and WE
@15step No, this has nothing do with love. It never mentions another singular person, never talks to any one but the plural US and WE
The artist majored in African American Studies
This is about slavery and the desperation of youth to climb out of the hole..."for a life worth fighting for" or it's about children fighting wars.
The artist majored in African American Studies
This is about slavery and the desperation of youth to climb out of the hole..."for a life worth fighting for" or it's about children fighting wars.
In her own words:
"Lyrically, I was trying to talk about what I want for the world and what I want people to be," she explained to MTV News. "The youth are the hope of the future, and I want people to have the courage to trust their own vision and instincts and make up the truth for themselves and question what's told to them."
This song is about a young couple in love... with all odds against them.
The title "Disparate Youth" tells us that the young couple are disparate (definition: fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar). As the saying goes, opposites attract.
Love has given the two a dream of a life together. "You know now we want more." "A life worth fighting for."
"Stormy weather" and "roadblock in our way" allude to the challenges they will face ahead, as they plan to have a future together. "If they (dreams) don't fly we will run" "push past to find out" implies that we will overcome those challenges.
So let them say we can't do better Lay out the rules that we can't break They wanna sit and watch you wither Their legacy's too hard to take
This insinuates that other people don't believe they will make it, or even want they to fail because they themselves have failed. They think this couple can't make it because of their own first or some other past love that failed. They can't get over that "legacy" of theirs so they are unable to welcome success to the couple. No matter though, the couple will "win what they all lost."
In their heads pledging their beds In their eyes it shows When the freedom breaks Well then if you ask and they don't know Oh tell me that I turn my back while the odds all stand beneath me And they all said I was mislead But now the odds all stand beneath me
This part of the song is a mesh of meanings. "In their heads, in their beds. "In their eyes it shows" reinforces that they couple are in love. The following lyrics add on to the doubt others have about them. "But now the odds all stand beneath me" means that they have risen above all odds.
The song wraps up nicely with:
We hear them run but don't hear what you say Now here we come can't throw nothing in our way
The two lines refer to the earlier lyrics of running when dreams don't fly/carry them (overcoming challenges), not listening to other people doubting them, and claim that no roadblock or obstacle can get in the way of their love lasting.
Nice interpretation. Good luck to you if the song mirrors your life. Nobody ever knows how or when a relationship will end. And the best ones don't...
Nice interpretation. Good luck to you if the song mirrors your life. Nobody ever knows how or when a relationship will end. And the best ones don't...
Jesus, not everything is about couples in love. Every f*cking song on this site people want to turn it into some emo romantic garbage. The lyrics are about defiance in the face of terrible odd and defining your personhood.
Jesus, not everything is about couples in love. Every f*cking song on this site people want to turn it into some emo romantic garbage. The lyrics are about defiance in the face of terrible odd and defining your personhood.
@15step No, this has nothing do with love. It never mentions another singular person, never talks to any one but the plural US and WE
@15step No, this has nothing do with love. It never mentions another singular person, never talks to any one but the plural US and WE
The artist majored in African American Studies This is about slavery and the desperation of youth to climb out of the hole..."for a life worth fighting for" or it's about children fighting wars.
The artist majored in African American Studies This is about slavery and the desperation of youth to climb out of the hole..."for a life worth fighting for" or it's about children fighting wars.
In her own words: "Lyrically, I was trying to talk about what I want for the world and what I want people to be," she explained to MTV News. "The youth are the hope of the future, and I want people to have the courage to trust their own vision and instincts and make up the truth for themselves and question what's told to them."