I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
When you were young and your heart was an open book
You used to say live and let live
(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did)
But if this ever changing world in which we're living
Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die
(Live and let die)
Live and let die
(Live and let die)
What does it matter to you?
When you got a job to do
You got to do it well
You got to give the other fellow hell
You used to say live and let live
(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did)
But if this ever changing world in which we're living
Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die
(Live and let die)
Live and let die
(Live and let die)
You used to say live and let live
(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did)
But if this ever changing world in which we're living
Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die
(Live and let die)
Live and let die
(Live and let die)
What does it matter to you?
When you got a job to do
You got to do it well
You got to give the other fellow hell
You used to say live and let live
(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did)
But if this ever changing world in which we're living
Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die
(Live and let die)
Live and let die
(Live and let die)
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this song is so amazing. i think it means that when you were young and dint no mcuh about the world you would say live and let live because thats all you wanted to do cus life was great. when you got older and the world sdtarted to change it would often dissapoint people about some of the horrible things that would happen.so now you would say live and let die..your living your life(doing your job) and you have to live it well, give the other guy hell meaning do what you have to, to get to where you want to go, but when its time dont be dissapointed that it will come to an end, u've lived your life to the best and now it is time to die.
Yeah. adri29's right. When you're young and don't know the ways of the world, you want to believe the wiorld is a good place. But when you enter the reality of our world, you realise you'd have to push others off to live yourself.
ssssswwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeettttttttttttt song!!!!!!!! "you gotta give the other fellow HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" what a phrase to live by!
This song kicks ass but its by Paul McCartney & Wings...very catchy and with a good point.
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Great song, another band did it justice but with 007 this was great.
I believe this song contains the one of the most redundant lines in rock history...
"But if this ever-changing world in which we live in "
I like the GnR version...but the original was the best...
I think the song is about how the world can turn a person so bitter and resentful that at one point they can just forget their moral principles, and say "the hell with it ALL!".
Has anybody seen the Bond movie with the same title? It must've been good for when it came out, but it sucks in terms of action and villains.
Some people think it's, "but in this ever-changing world in which we live in..."
Others think it's, "but if this ever-changing world in which we live in..."
Still others argue it's, "but if tihs ever-changing world in which we're livin'..."
I'm guessing Paul wrote the third one but accidentally sung the second one and liked how it sounded, so he stuck with it.
Agree with PencilNeckedGeek, but one could argue that everything after "world" is redundant since the general definition of "world" is "place we live in". It'd be like saying "the cigarettes which we smoke" or "the guitars which we play" -- there's really nothing else you would do with them.<br /> <br /> Still love the song, though. And it works so well over the 007 intro.