The Youth Lyrics

Lyric discussion by lahlahhh 

Cover art for The Youth lyrics by MGMT

mann this sure is a hippy song :] yehh it does have a deeper meaning but to me it's also about telling you to enjoy your youth while you can,or just try to capture the carefree attitude associated with the youth,embrace it,do positive things with it,dont be afraid to stand up to authority(lock the parents out lol,i like it ;] )

if you lock all the parents out, how will you learn anything at all?

also, you might want to keep this tenet in mind: "Renounce your father, renounce your mother, all your family."

-Principle of the Khmer Rouge.

I'm fairly sure they mean "lock the parents out" it in a figurative sense. And, as I believe is true for most of their lyrics, it was written to be interpreted in multiple ways. I mean there's no denying their songs are abstract poems with many metaphors and idioms that can also be taken literally. I don't mean to implying that I don't see a centralized theme, because I do. I believe it's baldly stated. But different lines in the song allude to other themes hidden within and that's what makes their music so fascinating. Each song is like A...