Too many young and too many old
Too many people left you in the cold
You want everything to change
'Cause you are afraid of losing
She only exists when she's on a screen
He's only alive inside a machine
We want everything to change
'Cause we are afraid of losing
Tell me do you really need this
Tell me do you really care
Tell me do you really need this
Tell me do you really care
I don't think you really need this
I don't think you really care
I don't think you really need this
I don't think you really care
Too many young and too many old
To many people left in the cold
We want everything to change
Now I'm so afraid of losing
Yeah yeah yeah
Too many people left you in the cold
You want everything to change
'Cause you are afraid of losing
She only exists when she's on a screen
He's only alive inside a machine
We want everything to change
'Cause we are afraid of losing
Tell me do you really need this
Tell me do you really care
Tell me do you really need this
Tell me do you really care
I don't think you really need this
I don't think you really care
I don't think you really need this
I don't think you really care
Too many young and too many old
To many people left in the cold
We want everything to change
Now I'm so afraid of losing
Yeah yeah yeah
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Maybe Matt is talking about how we keep on developing our technology tod make them live longer, when maybe we should stop and think about whether we really need to do this, and maybe whether the person actually wants to be kept alive?
"afraid of losing" = keeping a dying loved one alive
"too many young and too many old" refers to euthanasia and unhealthy babies.
she's on a screen
Should be "she only exists when shes on a screen"...
and to me, this song is about doubting feelings.
"too many young
and too many old
too many people
left you in the cold
you want everyting to change"
that is about people of a society, their fears, created due to news and stuff(like "new studies show that in 50 years there are too less workers(-> too many olds and too less youngs and so on)
"too many people left you in the cold" is different to the lines above it, because it is about a personal disappointment. It means, "too many people disappointed you(either emotionally(once you loved broke up or something) or well like friends who didnt keep a promise).
"you want everyting to change
'cause you are afraid
of losing "
so the points above are leading to this part. Because they are afraid of losing their security(not in the way of being threatend but in a way of losing your job and stuff)
"she only exists when shes on a screen"
that could have 3 meanings.
1) she isn't real in the physical way
2) she is but needs all the attention
3) she is but she is faking her personality
"he's only alive
inside a machine"
hmmm hard one ;/ yeah mybe about pc/internet life, talking to someone over icq/msn whatever, but you have no "real" contact with him, or it is about machinisation
"we want everyting
to change
'cause you are afraid
of losing "
same as above, but here it is "we"...that changes through out the song ^^
"
tell me, do you really need this?
and tell me, do you really care?
and tell me, do you really need this?
and tell me, do you really care?
I don't think you really need this
I don't think you really care
and I don't think you really need this
and I don't think you really care "
i think this is about consumtion, and the society which buys think they dont need, they dont care about if it is not there
"too many young
and too many old
too many people
left you in the cold
you want everyting to change
now I'm so afraid
of losing"
i think he is afraid of the way everyone wants the system to change, which he thinks is wrong...hmm
yeah, it is about mhh a capitalistic society, kinda
too many young and too many old
too many people trapped you in your hold
you want everyting to change
'cause you are afraid
of losing
she only exists when she's on a screen
he's only alive inside a machine
we want everyting
to change
'cause we are afraid
of losing
tell me do you really need this?
and tell me do you really care?
tell me do you really need this?
and tell me do you really care?
i don't think you really need this
i don't think you really care
and i don't think you really need this
and i don't think you really care
too many young and too many old
too many people left you in the cold
we want everything to change
now I'm so afraid of losing
yeah yeah yeah
i thinks that's how it goes