don't kid yourself
and don't fool yourself
this love's too good to last
and i'm too old to dream
don't grow up too fast
and don't embrace the past
this life's too good to last
and i'm too young to care
don't kid yourself
and don't fool yourself
this life could be the last
and we're too young to see
and don't fool yourself
this love's too good to last
and i'm too old to dream
and don't embrace the past
this life's too good to last
and i'm too young to care
and don't fool yourself
this life could be the last
and we're too young to see
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To me this song's message seems to be "enjoy this while it lasts, cause it won't last long" ("too good to last"). Don't kid yourself, nothing will last forever no matter how good. The singer is at a point where he is too old to dream (won't fool himself into believing this love, or anything else so good, will last forever), and at the same time too young to care (although he understands it won't last long, he doesn't obsess over this). So he has achieved a kind of awakening that allows him to live in the present without growing up too fast and without embracing the past.
This is exactly what I think. But all of it with an resignment vibe, a sad vibe. Like he accepts this life's ephimeral and nothing lasts. He feels sad about it and can't help feeling like that, but accepts it and is willing to live on.
This is exactly what I think. But all of it with an resignment vibe, a sad vibe. Like he accepts this life's ephimeral and nothing lasts. He feels sad about it and can't help feeling like that, but accepts it and is willing to live on.
This song lies in direct connection with Butterflies and Hurricanes in the way that it's the "self doubt" side of everything. It's the desire to right the world again, however, not having the selfcapacity to do so. It speaks to a specific number of people in a realistic way today. Those who follow life as the world gives it to them, instead of taking charge of it, in this postapocalyptical world.
I would refer to this as my personal "fall from grace" song. The kind of song I could picture in a movie of someone committing suicide in really slow motion as it panned to other characters in the story. I don't know that's just me.
YES! i tottaly agree with the movie, exactly what i thought when listening to this on a train ride back home.
YES! i tottaly agree with the movie, exactly what i thought when listening to this on a train ride back home.
Openly discuss the consequence of love. Observe the chaos inflicted by it, it's incredible wrath. Something unavoidable. The lovers, whatever they may be. Feel in such a state of euphoric bliss, they know deep down nothing will last forever. No matter. But is that reason to give up? no. I believe the song has an attempt at telling us someones view on life, stages in it. Our life wont last forever, those we love will die, we all grow up to fast, parts of who we are and were die. We forget about them, and lastly. Holding onto the past, achieves nothing. I believe that is only a small portion of what these words say to us. They tumbled the strings with the drums and vocals perfectly to create just the right emotion. The song conveys more than I comprehend.
I dunno what it is, but I really like this song. Theres something about the slowness of it which makes it great!
I listened to this repeatly on the bus today. It took all my energy to stop me from crying.
Ugh, I know that it's fun to project yourself onto a song's meaning, and that's good and all, we all do it constantly, but no, this song is not about relationships in the least bit. Blackout=death. This song is about life and our complete ignorance of what happens after it's over. Live for the moment and realize that all things come to an end. Oh, and awesome live performance indeed.
this song is like a lullaby in a dream :)
Such a wonderful song. I don't know what this song means. To me personally its about 2 lovers one older and one younger (too old to dream, too young to care) who's relationship is about to end or has ended.
i think this song is amazing. simply put... amazing. first time i listened to it it just got a bunch of my emotions and started stirring them up like a pot full of soup. this is definitely one of their great songs in my opinion.
have you ever been in a relationship where everything is just way too perfect that you just know it in your heart that it won't be long before everything goes to shit?
sieze the day