"Dying Youth" as written by and Jesse/vodinh Hasek....
Deep under the surface I keep the love.
Older and aware of a hidden universe.
I pray to be young and pray to be inspired.
Words of your tongue blister like fire.
I can't let you go.
Slow down don't leave.
Dying days of my youth.
Over take me.
There is a glimpse of death in your eye's.
I'm not prepared to let out those cries.
I plead to stay young soon will be expired.
So lost in denial.
I can't let you go.
Slow down don't leave.
Dying days of my youth.
Over take me.
Reach in her womb shelter from strived.
Baring the gifts, burdens of life.
I pray to stay young but soon will be expired.
The age of innocence long sense gone.
I can't let you go.
Slow down don't leave.
Dying days of my youth.
Over take me.
Fools who for looking back word.
Chose to live as statues frozen fracture.
Youthful laughter.
Older and aware of a hidden universe.
I pray to be young and pray to be inspired.
Words of your tongue blister like fire.
I can't let you go.
Slow down don't leave.
Dying days of my youth.
Over take me.
There is a glimpse of death in your eye's.
I'm not prepared to let out those cries.
I plead to stay young soon will be expired.
So lost in denial.
I can't let you go.
Slow down don't leave.
Dying days of my youth.
Over take me.
Reach in her womb shelter from strived.
Baring the gifts, burdens of life.
I pray to stay young but soon will be expired.
The age of innocence long sense gone.
I can't let you go.
Slow down don't leave.
Dying days of my youth.
Over take me.
Fools who for looking back word.
Chose to live as statues frozen fracture.
Youthful laughter.
Lyrics submitted by Cpov1, edited by zhaos
"Dying Youth" as written by Jesse Hasek Brian Vodinh
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You clearly haven't followed these guys from their very early days. Jesse's lyrics are much enigmatic than that—but out of all of their songs, Dying Youth is perhaps the most self-explanatory.
Like the title suggests, the song is about getting older and realising that you're slowly losing hold of something precious, something you'll never get back: your youth. It's about self-reflection, reflecting over life and acknowledging that you, too, will cease to exist some day ('older and aware of a hidden universe').
"I can't let you go, slow down, don't leave."
The chorus is directed at youth. Here, youth is subjectified. He's not ready to let go of those joyful days, yet he's come to the realisation that ultimately everyone's powerless against time;
"Those who are looking backwards chose to live as statues".
So the only thing we can do is to not wail over our lost days and not get stuck in past mistakes (hence the 'live as statues') but to forgive ourselves, move forward and acknowledge that life will end for everyone, we'll just have to pray "to be inspired" and at the least pray to stay young at mind.
Here are the correct lyrics straight out of the album booklet:
Deep under the surface I keep the love
Older and aware of a hidden universe
I've prayed to be young, and prayed to be inspired
The words of your tongue blister like fire
[Chorus:]
I can't let you go, slow down
Don't leave
Dying days of my youth
Overtake me
There is a glimpse of death in your eyes
I am not prepared to let out those cries
I've prayed to stay young, but soon will be expired
So lost in denial
[Chorus]
Breach in her womb, sheltered from strife
Bearing the gifts, and burdens of life
I've prayed to stay young, but soon will be expired
An age of innocence, long since gone
[Chorus]
Those who are looking backwards
Chose to live as statues
Frozen, fractured, youthful laughter, fades
[Chorus x2]
The person cannot let go of his past, and he doesn't wish to forget those things, hence the "slow down, don't leave."
"The days of innocence long since gone" shows that he misses those days, and he wants to keep those memories of innocence.
"Those who
Are looking backwards
Chose to
Live as statues
Frozen fractured
Youthful laughter
Fades"
The sick reality here is that there are people who cannot let go of their past, and they eventually become so fixated on it that they're are like "statues" since they cannot stop looking to their past. However, eventually everything does fade.
This is just what I've interpreted, however, and your interpretation also seems as though it could be right!
Only way to find out exactly what it means is to talk to the band! ;)
i like what you added
Great song though. Easily one of my favorites of theirs.
sad and powerful song; definitely one of my favorites.