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.
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.
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...
The song begins with the line "Walking through the fields of gold", representing the apparent state of the world during childhood. Everything seems new and different and you find value in all these new experiences. You're sheltered from global concerns such as war and humanitarian crises, prompting the lines "In the distance, bombs can fall, Boy we're running free, Facing light in the flow, And in the cherry trees, We're hiding from the world"
"But the golden age is over" is the feeling one has going from childhood to adulthood, which is a sentiment repeated by most of the remaining lines in the song.
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.
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.
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...
The song begins with the line "Walking through the fields of gold", representing the apparent state of the world during childhood. Everything seems new and different and you find value in all these new experiences. You're sheltered from global concerns such as war and humanitarian crises, prompting the lines "In the distance, bombs can fall, Boy we're running free, Facing light in the flow, And in the cherry trees, We're hiding from the world"
"But the golden age is over" is the feeling one has going from childhood to adulthood, which is a sentiment repeated by most of the remaining lines in the song.