Sunday, January 15, 2012

Forever Young

This is a rather haunting track by Alphaville. "Forever Young" probes at that old point of if we're not going to live forever, at least let us enjoy the time we have as best we can.

For the most part I believe this song to have been written facing fears during the cold war. But as with many things this goes a good way to cover those wars we often fight internally. A bomb can be literal or figurative, leaving nothing but chaos and disarray.

Which then really begs the question, if you live forever would you really want to, bomb after bomb? Or would you quite simply opt for a shorter but more innocent, less painful existence?

Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?

Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad man

Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders we're getting in tune
The music's played by the, the madman

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever, or never

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever young

Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later they all will be gone
Why don't they stay young?

It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading rose
Youth like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever

So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams are swinging out of the blue
We let 'em come true

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever, or never

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever, or never

Forever young, I wanna be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?


While the bones slowly get a little older and I'm not hoping to live forever, deep down, I'll be forever young.

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