One of my really good friends showed me this song, I
instantly fell in love with it. Youth by Daughter is probably one of my all
time favorite songs.
Generally, I think this song is about growing up and the pain
this brings along. It's a scream of pain directed to all those adults who think
that young people have nothing to worry about and don't take youngsters
seriously. She is opposing strongly to this general illusion of a carefree
youth.
"We are the reckless we are the wild youth" to me is meant in an ironic way and is the bottom line of the song, cause clearly this person doesn't feel reckless and wild. At least not in a carefree way as young people are generally supposed to be.
She is painting an image of her generation: young people who have no clue where to go and how to live life.
They (want to) die before they grow old (be it by suicide, traffic accidents, drugs,...).
They set fire to their insides for fun (literally by smoking cigarettes, but also metaphorical by revolting and experimenting with extreme opinions)
They don't understand love.
They are just trying...and hurting. The way of life doesn't seem to make sense.
"We are the reckless we are the wild youth" to me is meant in an ironic way and is the bottom line of the song, cause clearly this person doesn't feel reckless and wild. At least not in a carefree way as young people are generally supposed to be.
She is painting an image of her generation: young people who have no clue where to go and how to live life.
They (want to) die before they grow old (be it by suicide, traffic accidents, drugs,...).
They set fire to their insides for fun (literally by smoking cigarettes, but also metaphorical by revolting and experimenting with extreme opinions)
They don't understand love.
They are just trying...and hurting. The way of life doesn't seem to make sense.
I don't know about you, but for me the most intense lyric is
"And if you're still bleeding, you're the lucky ones". Such a
powerful way of saying that if you are bleeding, it means that you are still
alive. Maybe only for a few seconds... but always remember: the unlucky ones
are already dead. Be grateful for every second in your life.
She lost her home (childhood or feeling of safety) and some particular event or person caused it. She blames this person for it.
No matter how dark the song is, somehow I feel she knows this is just how life goes and that's why she is not keeping the song on a strictly personal level, but is also reaching out to others with sentences like "if you're still in love than you are the lucky ones". She does know love or a feeling of home is possible, but at this moment she just doesn't believe it is meant for her, because she is aching too much.
She lost her home (childhood or feeling of safety) and some particular event or person caused it. She blames this person for it.
No matter how dark the song is, somehow I feel she knows this is just how life goes and that's why she is not keeping the song on a strictly personal level, but is also reaching out to others with sentences like "if you're still in love than you are the lucky ones". She does know love or a feeling of home is possible, but at this moment she just doesn't believe it is meant for her, because she is aching too much.
The emotion and intensity of this song is too surreal. I can't
really describe the feeling it gives you besides that it makes me want to keep
listening over and over again till you really find out the true meaning of it.
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