Die Young Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Stargazer31 

Cover art for Die Young lyrics by Black Sabbath

The middle of the song, based on live performance, is:

Die Young, Die Young/ Can't you see/hear (depending on Ronnie's mood that evening) the writing in the air/ Die young, gonna, die young/ someone stopped the fair...

I think that this song actually advocates a more cautious lifestyle. It suggests the fruitless ending of living your life to an extreme and disregarding the furture:

"Behind the smile, there's danger and a promise to be told: You'll never get old - ha! Life's fantasy - to be locked away and still to think you're free, You're free, we're free" -These lines, along with Dio's tone, suggest that the we don't understand the nature of our existence and all of the possibilities/opportunities that we have. We trap ourselves (to be locked away) in a vision of ourselves being young and indestrutable (and still to think you're free).