In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance
Then you gotta sing a little louder
Let's wake this crowd up
Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance
Then you gotta sing a little louder
Let's wake this crowd up
I got a hankerin' for something special
Tonight's the night it becomes official
Don't stop the rock, hold both your hands up
S-show these people how to shake things up
I'm not sittin' down till I'm older
And I'm not shuttin' up till it's over
Raise your hands and shout if you're with me
Then once we start it won't make a difference
If you wanna live life loud throw your hands up
If you wanna scream and shout lemme hear you
Takin' all the fakers out if you're with me
Everybody work it, just keep living
Wow, oh, oh, wow, oh, oh, wow, oh, oh
I started figurin' with good intentions
Listen up now, give me your attention
Don't make a sound if you don't believe me
You won't wake up, you'll just keep living
Wow, oh, oh, wow, oh, oh, wow, oh, oh
I'm not sittin' down till I'm older
And I'm not shuttin' up till it's over
Raise your hands and shout if you're with me
Then once we start it won't make a difference
If you wanna live life loud throw your hands up
If you wanna scream and shout lemme hear you
Takin' all the fakers out if you're with me
Everybody work it, just keep living
Every time that I close my eyes,
I catch a glimpse of the west coast sunrise
And I can tell you you're just as beautiful
Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance
Then you gotta sing a little louder
Let's wake this crowd up
Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance
Then you gotta sing a little louder
Let's wake this crowd up
If you wanna live life loud throw your hands up
If you wanna scream and shout lemme hear you
Takin' all the fakers out if you're with me
Everybody work it, just keep living
Wow, oh, oh, wow, oh, oh
(Just keep living)
Wow, oh, oh
If you wanna take a chance
Then you gotta sing a little louder
Let's wake this crowd up
Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance
Then you gotta sing a little louder
Let's wake this crowd up
I got a hankerin' for something special
Tonight's the night it becomes official
Don't stop the rock, hold both your hands up
S-show these people how to shake things up
I'm not sittin' down till I'm older
And I'm not shuttin' up till it's over
Raise your hands and shout if you're with me
Then once we start it won't make a difference
If you wanna live life loud throw your hands up
If you wanna scream and shout lemme hear you
Takin' all the fakers out if you're with me
Everybody work it, just keep living
Wow, oh, oh, wow, oh, oh, wow, oh, oh
I started figurin' with good intentions
Listen up now, give me your attention
Don't make a sound if you don't believe me
You won't wake up, you'll just keep living
Wow, oh, oh, wow, oh, oh, wow, oh, oh
I'm not sittin' down till I'm older
And I'm not shuttin' up till it's over
Raise your hands and shout if you're with me
Then once we start it won't make a difference
If you wanna live life loud throw your hands up
If you wanna scream and shout lemme hear you
Takin' all the fakers out if you're with me
Everybody work it, just keep living
Every time that I close my eyes,
I catch a glimpse of the west coast sunrise
And I can tell you you're just as beautiful
Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance
Then you gotta sing a little louder
Let's wake this crowd up
Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance
Then you gotta sing a little louder
Let's wake this crowd up
If you wanna live life loud throw your hands up
If you wanna scream and shout lemme hear you
Takin' all the fakers out if you're with me
Everybody work it, just keep living
Wow, oh, oh, wow, oh, oh
(Just keep living)
Wow, oh, oh
Lyrics submitted by hayleyxjordan
Live Life Loud Lyrics as written by Jason Michael Dunn Daniel Biro
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
I think this song is about how we should live our live to the best of our ability. Try and accomplish everything that you have dreamed of.
This is one of my favorites. It says that you should live life to the fullest and have fun.
I agree with you guys. Hawk Nelson is one of the great 'anthemic rock' groups of the 2000's. They've got several songs in their catalog to really get a crowd into it at their concerts. You know, make you feel good just to be alive. Happy to be in the crowd watching them, singing along!