When We Were Younger Lyrics

Lyric discussion by DanaTheGoldfish 

Cover art for When We Were Younger lyrics by You Me at Six

WOW, such an emotional song. It sounds so eerie upon first listen.

I definitely think it's about growing up and discovering that life isn't everything your parents said it would be. Your parents aren't the strong people you admired, but you find it in yourself to "fight their wars" or carry their beliefs. Overall, I just think it means that life gets more difficult as you grow up "But now that I'm older the light doesn't shine as bright" and you can't expect it to be everything "everything that my father said"

Song Meaning

It's so sad! I'm glad that's not how I feel with my parents, they had so much wisdom and helped me so much! I'm sure not all parents let their kids down, or rather do not mean to.