The Golden Age Lyrics

Lyric discussion by cenk 

Cover art for The Golden Age lyrics by Woodkid

Childhood is the Golden Age for Woodkid. "We are falling as we grow"; that is the main theme of the album.

cenk is correct. Woodkid has stated that he feels as a person ages, they turn from wood to iron. My guess would be this reflects how they are becoming less and less "soft", or malleable and adaptable; and more "hard", or stubborn and resistant to change.

Childhood is called the golden age because this is when a person is most like gold, which is a very soft and malleable metal. Childhood, like gold, is very valuable to most of us as the age when we were the happiest.

The song begins with the line "Walking through...