Live Those Days Tonight
Friendly Fires Lyrics

Born too late to feel the golden age
I was not alive during the time period considered the best or most successful

Missed the rush, the lights of better days
I didn't experience the excitement and good times of earlier days

You cut me down to size with wise words
Your advice or criticism helped me realize the reality of the situation

And turn around
Then you left or moved on

Gonna feel, gonna touch, gonna hold the things you had
I want to experience and cherish the same things you did

Don't hold back
Don't hesitate or restrain yourself

Won't feel the times you had
I can't truly feel or understand the experiences you had

I can't touch your precious past
I can't physically or emotionally connect with the important moments in your past

But I'll live, I'll live, I'll live
Despite this, I will still try to experience life to the fullest

You claim your history
You think your past is untouchable or too special to be replicated

Is beyond a man like me
You don't think I'm capable of truly understanding or appreciating your history

Face the ghost the keeps me on the ground
Confronting the anxieties or fears that keep me from being happy in the present

Take the best of what they talk about
Taking the most positive or meaningful aspects of the past that people often talk about

In the cold outside we're waiting
Outside in the harsh world, we are waiting to feel the warmth and joy of the past

To embrace the nights and pull it close
To fully immerse ourselves in the experiences and emotions of the past

I'm gonna feel the love you had
I'm going to try to experience the same love or positive emotions you felt in the past

I live those days, live those dreams, like they're all mine
I strive to truly live and experience the past as if it were my own

I hold them close inside
I cherish and keep these experiences and emotions close to my heart

I won't let them hold me back
I won't let the past or people's expectations prevent me from living my life to the fullest