Remember when we had them all on the run
And the night we saw the midnight sun
Remember saying things like, "We'll sleep when we're dead"
And thinking this feeling was never gonna end

Remember when we had them all on the run
And the night we saw the midnight sun
Remember saying things like, "We'll sleep when we're dead"
And thinking this feeling was never gonna end
Remember that night you were already in bed
Said, "Fuck it" got up to drink with me instead

Gimme that naked new skin rush
Give me younger us
Gimme that you and me in a grave trust
Give me younger us
Gimme my girls running, love, wild and free
Give me younger us
Gimme my boys and I swimming through the streets
Give me younger us

Gimme that night you were already in bed
Said, "Fuck it" got up to drink with me instead

Gimme that naked new skin rush
Give me younger us
Gimme that you and me in a grave trust
Give me younger us
Gimme my girls running, love, wild and free
Give me younger us
Gimme my boys and I swimming through the streets
Give me younger us

Gimme that night you were already in bed
Said, "Fuck it" got up to drink with me instead

Oh (oh, oh, oh, oh)
Oh (oh, oh, oh, oh)
Oh (oh, oh, oh, oh)
Oh (oh, oh, oh, oh)


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Younger Us Lyrics as written by Brian Andrew King David Prowse

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    Japandroids make young-people music that you don't have be young to love; they've mastered the recipe of genuinely youthful and raw expression peppered with enough moments of maturity and emotional insight so that you feel young without feeling like you're too old to feel this young.

    I think that's true of all their music, but obviously this song would be a good example. Gtilles089 is right, it's a song about growing up, but it feels totally young and raw, lyrically and also sonically.

    RaceYouAnyTimeon June 08, 2012   Link

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