This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
There's no need to beg babe, that's my open pocket
You take the money from me, I can scrounge
You gave me a fever that will not come down, oh babe
You're a young woman cast aside
I should side, left on the side walk of my lonely life
For the young lovers, taking the hill
One plants the flag while the other is killed
When the wine pours we raise our cups
Young love is sacrifice, young love is tough
Young love is innocent, young love is us
What did I get into
Now everything is untrue, oh
Your eyes tell the lies of the lines that you said
And now that I love you, oh oh
I wish we never met
Why wait? Woman I'm taking risk here that no one dares
And you're scared, scared of the bottom, afraid of the stairs
For the young lovers, taking the hill
One plants the flag while the other is killed
When the wine pours we raise our cups
Young love is sacrifice, young love is tough
Young love is innocent, young love is us
Someone, I said some one has fell in love with a face
And it scares me to let it go
Still want it even though I get less than she takes
For the young lovers, taking the hill
One plants the flag while the other is killed
When the wine pours we raise our cups
Young love is sacrifice, young love is tough
Young love is innocent, young love is us
Young love is innocent, young love is us
I found a reason to believe in someone
I found a reason to believe in someone
When I found, when I found, you...
You take the money from me, I can scrounge
You gave me a fever that will not come down, oh babe
You're a young woman cast aside
I should side, left on the side walk of my lonely life
For the young lovers, taking the hill
One plants the flag while the other is killed
When the wine pours we raise our cups
Young love is sacrifice, young love is tough
Young love is innocent, young love is us
What did I get into
Now everything is untrue, oh
Your eyes tell the lies of the lines that you said
And now that I love you, oh oh
I wish we never met
Why wait? Woman I'm taking risk here that no one dares
And you're scared, scared of the bottom, afraid of the stairs
For the young lovers, taking the hill
One plants the flag while the other is killed
When the wine pours we raise our cups
Young love is sacrifice, young love is tough
Young love is innocent, young love is us
Someone, I said some one has fell in love with a face
And it scares me to let it go
Still want it even though I get less than she takes
For the young lovers, taking the hill
One plants the flag while the other is killed
When the wine pours we raise our cups
Young love is sacrifice, young love is tough
Young love is innocent, young love is us
Young love is innocent, young love is us
I found a reason to believe in someone
I found a reason to believe in someone
When I found, when I found, you...
Lyrics submitted by Maverick18x
Young Love Lyrics as written by Gavin Degraw
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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"You're a young woman cast aside I should side, left on the side walk of my lonely life"
No. It's "Ostracized," not "I should side." It's in the CD liner notes, jeez.
i love the refrain- he sounds so good- but i am confused on these lines: "For the young lovers taking the hill One plants the flag while the other is killed" something about sacrifice? i have no idea. but i love the "young love is us"
This song is about the hardships of young love but also about the realness of it and how you would do anything for that other person.
I take it as... well, like in combat games where you capture/move a flag, one person in this partnership succeeds in their goal while the other loses.
i love the refrain- he sounds so good- but i am confused on these lines: "For the young lovers taking the hill One plants the flag while the other is killed" something about sacrifice? i have no idea. but i love the "young love is us"
The way I understand it is that you put up a flag after conquest (climbing the hill as an image of taking troubles to achieve something, to get to the top). The image of the American flag on the moon comes to my mine ;) It's basically about fighting for what you want, and at the same time taking risks because you might also fall or get hurt while cliumbing that mountain.
And only the strong ones reach the top. Am I making any sense? :)
yeah, wow that totally makes sense, i probobly could have figured it out too. and sorry i posted that twice.
oh wow that does make sense! thanks for the insight!!! :P
when i first heard this song, i felt that it was about a young couple, one of which was a soldier going to war...
hmm...I thought it was..."still want her even though I get less than she takes"...?
Anyway...for me this song is about taking chances and risks in love and relationships, "woman I'm taking risk here that no one dared and you're scared, scared of the bottom, afraid of the stairs"...and about being afraid to fall in love as you can get hurt. How you feel like you're giving your all to that person...doing everything you can for them...yet they aren't doing the same for you, "still want her in the know I get less than she takes". It's about the journey of a relationship, how one person is giving more than the other and how tough and hard love can be...but on the other hand...how beautiful and innocent it can be. I also think that one of them was hurt through the relationship..."what did I get into, now everything is untrue, your eyes tell the lies of the lines that you said" and how they were hurt so much that they wished they'd never met them so it would erase the pain. Basically...the song is about young love...the hardships...the innocence...the beauty...the pain...everything. Falling in love...is like taking a giant leap into the unknown...and that to me...is what this song is about =]
i believe that the song is really about the love for ones country "one plants a flag when the other is killed" meaning soldiers sacraficing their lives for country "when the wine pours we raise our cups" i believe the wine represent the blood of the soldiers and we raise our cups in rememberance. "young love is sacrafice, yougn love is tough. young love is innocence, young love is us" just means the innocent soldiers dieing for their country. does that make any sense.
It seems like he's talking more about being in an unbalanced relationship. Where one is taking more than the other. For me, the lines 'one plants a flag, while the other is killed' talks about how sometimes one partner is happier, feeling like everything is going fine in the relationship, they're basking in the glory and fame, while the other, is dying inside, compromising their own worth, by not realizing that they deserve better. Loneliness often makes people put up with anything. I think the whole song os about this theme