Lyric discussion by siggy23 

Cover art for Word Forward lyrics by Foo Fighters

On Storytellers, he said it was about his friend Jimmy passing away, and it's about moving on, but when he says "farewell youth" it's almost like he's saying that all those memories are only in his head now. There's no one to share those moments with him, no one that he can reminisce with, so now he has to leave all that behind and move forward

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