The Party Scene
All Time Low Lyrics


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Hey, kid, you've got, a lot of potential
But I think its time to move up, so go on and blow us away with your sound;
Now you're everything that we've come to love,
You taught us to move, so we'll show it off,
Just drop us the beat

Here's to the fast times; the times we felt alive;
To all the nights that we forgot to get back home.
Stay seventeen,
The party scene has got the best of me and you,
We've got to let this go

Drink up last call before the sunrise sets the scene,
Of empty bottles, heavy hearts,
The memories of broken dreams
We were so tired yet so alive,
Wrapped up in lies like sheets of another one night stand,
You know you left the girl with nothing but the,

Sunrise through the window pane, where tired eyes will close
Stay seventeen, the party scene has got the best of me and you,
We've got to let this go

I know she hopes I choke on this last drink,
Drop dead before my influence gets to her head
I'll love you forever, or find something better.
It's all just the same as when we sleep together.
We wake up with headaches, and trouble remembering
What went wrong




Stay seventeen,the party scene has got the best of me and you,
We've got to let this go

Overall Meaning

The Party Scene by All Time Low is a reflective song about the youthful impressionability that comes with growing up and experiencing the party scene. The first lines of the song are an acknowledgment of the potential that the singer has, but encourages them to move forward with their music career. The overall tone of the song is nostalgic and this is conveyed in the second line of the chorus: “To all the nights that we forgot to get back home. Stay Seventeen, The Party Scene has got the best of me and you, we've got to let this go.”


Through the song, the audience is taken on a journey of the singer’s memories of partying and drinking before the sunrise. Even though the reference to the “broken dreams” reflects the negatives of the party scene, the overall impact it left was positive. It is a kind of coming-of-age story underscored by the endless summers and late nights of youth. The tone of the lyrics is both wistful and celebratory.


The last verse of the song is particularly poignant as the singer speaks of leaving love behind, perhaps moving on to something better. He speaks of the inevitable headaches and an inability to remember and yet encourages the listener to “stay seventeen” and let go of the party scene.


Line by Line Meaning

Hey, kid, you've got, a lot of potential
You have a lot of talent that we can see.


But I think its time to move up, so go on and blow us away with your sound;
It's time for you to show what you can do with your music and impress us.


Now you're everything that we've come to love,
You have become everything that we enjoy and love about music.


You taught us to move, so we'll show it off,
You inspired us to dance and we will showcase it.


Just drop us the beat
Play the music for us to enjoy.


Here's to the fast times; the times we felt alive;
Let's celebrate the moments when we felt most alive and adventurous.


To all the nights that we forgot to get back home.
To all the wild nights when we didn't care about going home and enjoyed the moment.


Stay seventeen,
Don't let life and its complications affect your youthfulness and love for fun.


The party scene has got the best of me and you,
The world of partying and living wild got the best of us.


We've got to let this go
We should move on from this wild lifestyle and grow up.


Drink up last call before the sunrise sets the scene,
Finish your drink before the bar closes at sunrise.


Of empty bottles, heavy hearts,
Our hearts are heavy from all the drinking and partying.


The memories of broken dreams
Memories of shattered hopes and ambitions.


We were so tired yet so alive,
We were drained but felt truly alive during these wild nights.


Wrapped up in lies like sheets of another one night stand,
We were lost in deception like the sheets of a random hookup.


You know you left the girl with nothing but the,
You left the girl with no more than just another wild memory.


Sunrise through the window pane, where tired eyes will close
The morning light comes into the room, and our exhausted eyes finally close.


I know she hopes I choke on this last drink,
I know she wants me to face the consequences of my drinking habits.


Drop dead before my influence gets to her head
Die before I can lead her down the same wild path.


I'll love you forever, or find something better.
I'll love you forever, or move on and find someone else.


It's all just the same as when we sleep together.
Our relationship is not progressing from where we were before when we were intimate together.


We wake up with headaches, and trouble remembering
We wake up the next morning with pain and difficulty recalling what happened the night before.


Stay seventeen,
Hold onto your youthfulness and enjoy life.


The party scene has got the best of me and you,
We are consumed by the party scene and its thrill.


We've got to let this go
It's time to move on from this craziness and mature.




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ALEXANDER WILLIAM GASKARTH, JACK BASSAM BARAKAT, ROBERT RYAN DAWSON, ZACHARY STEVEN MERRICK

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