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Shoreline Lyrics
Ever since I was eight or nine
I've been standing on the shoreline
Always waiting
For something lasting
Loose your hunger, you loose your way
Get confused and you fade away
Oh this town
Kills you when you are young
Oh this town
Kills you when you are young
I'm not the boy I used to be
This town has got the youth of me
All eyes turn hollow
From the work of sorrow
Standing on the paving
By the office building
They've got so much to do
Never time for you
We are shadows
Oh we're shadows
Shadows in the alley
You die when you're young
You die when you're young
You die when you're young
I've been standing on the shoreline
Always waiting
For something lasting
Loose your hunger, you loose your way
Get confused and you fade away
Kills you when you are young
Oh this town
Kills you when you are young
This town has got the youth of me
All eyes turn hollow
From the work of sorrow
By the office building
They've got so much to do
Never time for you
Oh we're shadows
Shadows in the alley
You die when you're young
You die when you're young
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Submitted by
maraja On May 24, 2005
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I don't know, if I get the meaning right, but it is a really sad song, no doubt. Perhaps it is about the end of childhood and what you lose by growing up in a cold, selfish society.
Exactly.
It's the story of how so many people get trapped in their 'small town' not to mean in a town with a small population. It's the mentality of, I was born here, my parents were born here, it is expected of me to do x and x that traps you.
In other words...following the ideal of others and not yourself.