Youth
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&ME Come and find me in my golden age Listen carefully words…
(Alle Farben Remix) Daughter Shadows settle on the place, that you left Our minds are…
A.S.P.83 I'm wasted youth But I can't stop thinking bout' you (I love…
Acid Drinkers Today's youth don't want a Volvo They don't want a Jaguar …
Addict Show me God For I have forgotten You mirror Him…
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Alex In the crowd Shouts aloud Will I ever find my way out I…
Alex di Leo On the edge now Don’t wanna look down 5 years and we…
ALEX feat. Rachel McAlpine In the crowd Shouts aloud Will I ever find my way out I…
alyssa & james I don’t buy the lines that they peddle And I chipped…
Ambulo & mell-ø Last day of the rest of my life I wish I…
Ampop Time, time I'm caught by the past Future, what do you come…
androp 暗い 暗い部屋の中 一人 君は話した 『離れたい』 離れたくもないのに いっそ 二人の約束も 今はもう 気…
Another Day Everything that you say is just another lie And every wrong…
Aria Rai Well if you left me, will I be cured And you…
Ásgeir Do you recall the things that used to give us…
Avec As a child I thought the moon was walking beside me I…
Azizi Gibson I remember me, I remember me, I remember you I tried…
Backyard A new day begin in this fucking city Where everyone lose…
Beach Fossil It's not so worth getting all bent out of shape…
Beat Happening When I was young I thought I was old I sailed across…
Bedchamber the sun has set itself I'm awake and I'm calling myself…
BEDROOM - Glass Animals Boy, when I left you, you were young I was gone,…
Bells It's what you're afraid of. All of my fears, All of…
Ben Khan Changes My memories retain us With their vibrations Intui…
Ben Khan Ft. The Classixx (Edward Newgate Remake) Changes My memories retain us With their vibrations Intuitio…
Bernhard Ette and His Orchestra That brought you joy one day A broken toy That you preferred…
Black Uhuru Positive way-ay Positive way Positive way, woy Positive w…
Black Uhuru/Paul The youths of Eglinton Won't put down their Remington The…
Black Uhuru/Paul "Groucho" Smykle The youths of Eglinton Won't put down their Remington Th…
Blitz I'm the youth you can't avoid I'm the truth, I can't…
Chlara What if What if we run away What if What if we left…
CiFiKa 언젠간 가겠지 푸르른 이 청춘 지고 또 피는 꽃잎처럼 달밝은 밤이면 창가에…
cleopatrick The day I turn 23 I'm getting married And shortly after I'm…
Collective Soul You said We would be golden When we grow old You said We'd …
Connor Evans Ridin’ with some weed in the trunk, speakers on bump Bad…
Dabin feat. Yoe Mase She lost herself somewhere in the rain Said she won′t look…
Dani Sylvia I hate the clocks Making me older Time fading like beauty fr…
Dasutt 큰 꿈 부풀어 안고 마냥 앞만 보며 달려왔던 나는 어떤가요 뒤도 돌아보고 주위를 둘러보며 마주하는 나를 놓쳤…
Daughter Shadows settle on the place that you left Our minds are…
Daughter ( Piano Cover ) Shadows settle on the place, that you left Our minds are…
Daughter - Glassnote Records Shadows settle on the place that you left Our minds are…
Dead Can Dance All calculations set to one side The inevitable descent fro…
Distressor You play, like you′re losing me 'Cause I dig up my…
Disturbance Discovering the ground on which you are walking. Pass on the…
E.Lev. This is how our rough reunions start Clashing baby, sideways…
Emily Finchum I can feel my body changing All my cells are rearranging I'm…
Eminem Maybe, if you were some spear-headed guy, I would listen to…
Estrid Nyman Just like a flower blooms in May One or two times She…
Eva Ullmann Oh-oh-oh Baby we're still young, but I doubt we'll ever chan…
Fayzz 作曲 : Fayzz We lost control Stay in this messy world We lost…
Feeder I found this corner in my mind A homage to youth…
Feel Kim 언젠간 가겠지 푸르른 이 청춘 지고 또 피는 꽃잎처럼 달밝은 밤이면 창가에…
Fenech-Soler I don´t even know if we´ll get there I guess I should´nt…
Filth F.C. This one's for you Misguided youth Too busy chasing tomorrow…
Fish & Roses Yes, it couldn’t have been easy I was running aside your…
Flure มันเหมือนกับวันที่ผ่านมานั้น ความฝันยังคงว่างเปล่า ดวงดาวไม่…
fours 나는 한때 내가 이 세상에 사라지길 바랬어 온 세상이 너무나 캄캄해…
Foxes They didn't warn me when I was running wild Dragons breathin…
Foxes (M3 H Trap Remix) They didn't warn me When I was running wild The dragons br…
FRONTEERS I was thinking of all the things that I could…
Glasgow プールサイドで見つけた冬を 謎のコードの熱い展開を 全部話せる淡い空気を 昨日の酒も何処にもないな 今だから言えるよう…
Glass Animals Boy, when I left you, you were young I was gone,…
Goldfinger In my life, been all the places That I dreamed…
Goodbye Chanel told me a story from long ago . down on the…
Grouplove You're so serious, always in your head, just makin' plans I'…
Gryffin Troye Sivan What if, what if we run away? What if, what if…
GT-K Lift up your eyes and look from the place where…
HAUX Shadows settle on the place, that you left. Our minds are…
Hector Zazou All calculations set to one side The inevitable descent fro…
Houssein YOUTH Troye Sivan What if, what if we run away? What if, w…
Huang Xiao Hu 爱曾迷惘 爱曾荒唐 我原谅 我埋葬 我逞强 时间的光 带我凝望 那些伤 假遗忘 当收藏 停住时光 看青春花多美 有喜有悲…
Hue's 昨日見た映画の ヒロインの様な wo oh oh 幼気なひとみで  君は僕に言ったんだ ゴメンネだなんて wo oh o…
Human Human We make a ride to the sea, gotta take care…
Hundredth Will I wish I would have stayed? Is the other side…
I See Stars Shadows settle on the place, that you left Our minds are…
Ieuan 925, you know where we at when we alive You say…
In Palms Time and time again I watched you place your sin Across your…
Indigo & the Sirens They say youth gets wasted on the young Hold me close,…
Ionic Vision Don't waste your youth Feeding all that hate You feel it i…
J-Wright I’ve been feeling like Martian living in a world that…
J. failure 蒋瑶佳-芳年 倒数时间,妄谈流年 ⾮你所想,如我所愿 孤寂百年,动荡不安 冷冷清清,凄凄艳艳 你是绯⾊如烟 是流云春雪 …
Jada Facer & Kyson Facer What if What if we run away What if What if we left…
James Kavanagh By late of hour, she'd heard the truth Belated flowers…
Jena Rose Hope that you know Every night I dream of laying there,…
Jessica & MY A boat beneath a sunny sky Lingering onward dreamily In an e…
Jet Trouble Serenades with the wrong verse I saw a couple doing drugs…
JoeJas 6 Foot goofy Probably Idolising Luffy FL on the chest So I n…
John Jin Han You give room for us to make mistakes You give grace…
Jon Anderson See it in the songs of youth, worshipping the souls…
Jonah Taylor Write a song for when you miss me, Write a song…
Kashmir I'm on the roof of the house of ages. After you,…
Kensington Oooohh, We saw you change over time and it shows, It shows…
KID FRESINO They all just wanna have fun without me The longest night…
Kihyun 문득 달라진 게 느껴져 정말 어른이 되고 있어 내 부족함이 보여도 더는 내가…
Kim Feel eonjengan gagessji puleuleun i cheongchun jigo ddo pineun gg…
Kim Feel Kim Chang-Wan 언젠간 가겠지 푸르른 이 청춘 지고 또 피는 꽃잎처럼 달밝은 밤이면 창가에…
KITCHEN - Glass Animals Boy, when I left you, you were young I was gone,…
l/ll/l It's a new era, old cap wasn't fitting Praise to the…
Leaether Strip Youth has gone I heard you say It doesn't matter Anyway …
Leo Alex On the edge now Don’t wanna look down 5 years and we…
Leæther Strip Youth has gone I heard you say It doesn't matter Anyway …
Life Long Tragedy Peeling through the layers, where the fuck have the years…
Lilly Hates Roses We go back home We don't need no more But just to…
Logan Bowden Theres a lock on the Ivory temple The house that homes…
Lonely Vacations Soften your gaze And unclench your fist Unlock your knees…
Love And Rockets Youth, so self possessed Then sometimes no self respect Yout…
Luca Fogale I spend my days Looking out the Windows And spend my nights …
Luna Shadows I wish that I could reach out Steal all your feelings Til…
l\/ll\/l It's a new era, old cap wasn't fitting Praise to the…
M3H/FOXES They didn't warn me when I was running wild Dragons breathin…
Madeline Juno Everything's the same, but still all we know is changing Slo…
Manila Killa Can we break the spell on this carousel? Play like little…
Marc Almond Youth has gone I heard you say It doesn't matter anyway Don'…
Marina City And I wear depression on a shirt Laugh so hard to…
Matisyahu Some of them come now Some of them are running Some of…
Matisyahu (www.blig.ig.com.br; vissali) Some of them come now Some of them are running Some of…
May Wave$ feat. O.T. [Интро: May Waves] Вода — это, с виду, чисто кристальная жид…
Menke YOUTH Lyrics: Sara Menke at this side of the wind no twist …
Minje 빨리지는 꽃은 이해할 수 없는데 나를 괴롭히는 감정은 모른 채 세상 속에 눈을 뜨고 나를…
Morning Parade I sit and wish the world would settle down I sit…
Mount Eerie 12. YOUTH I look through the big windows at the airport…
Mujuice Ау-у-у Ау-у-у Ау-у-у Ау-у-у Ау-у-у Каждый день В огне Вены…
N.Flying 한울 한울 피어올라 힘들어도 결국 난 괜찮아 청춘을 여기 쏟아낸 다음 (다음) 향수보다…
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NoMeansNo Youth, I see In your heart the red blood flows Down like…
Ofln - Glass Animals Boy, when I left you, you were young I was gone,…
Omar LinX ft. Foxes They didn't warn me when I was running wild Dragons breathin…
OOHYO 어젯밤엔 무슨 꿈을 꾸다 깼는지 놀란 마음을 쓸어내려야 했어요 손도 작은 내가…
Owen Ovadoz Candid Creation on the keys He lays it down perfectly Owen O…
Own Always no' will be translated as yes' It feels like my…
Pale Honey I get around And I'm feeling my youth Golden when I leav…
Parks Squares & Alleys We were running somewhere in the dark Thought the youth woul…
Parks Squares and Alleys We were running somewhere in the dark Thought the youth will…
Patternist Look on the bright side we carry on into the…
Peace Love & Pittbulls I remember the first night I came here I remember the…
Peakboy 3년 전에 선임 놈이 말했네 아마 나가면 좀 유명해지겠지 라는 질문에 난…
Peppertones 짙푸른 봄이 돌아오면 따가운 그 햇살 아래서 만나리라 우리들은 손꼽아 기다린 날처럼 일렁이는 축제의…
Peter G. Brown Peter G. Brown Wow, wow, yeah, yeah Money in my pocket but I just…
Pill Kim 언젠간 가겠지 푸르른 이 청춘 지고 또 피는 꽃잎처럼 달밝은 밤이면 창가에…
Pinkerton Thugs There's something in your blood for revolution But I think t…
Ras Paulo Artist: GL /Ras Paulo Titel: Youth´s True Come with me and …
Razika Let's vanish in the haze of all these drunken days We…
Regen Mama told me, don't trust nobody Everybody's gonna run away …
Residential I love you Beamer passenger side It's nice to look in your…
RINNE 響く音の外れたトランペット ギターがわりにしたラケット 単純すぎた右向け右 バーガーショップが秘密基地 窓から飛ばした飛…
S.Y.D.E. I hope she's proud of me Wrote these songs for you Let's…
Sackcloth & Ashes Don't deny this feeling when your body needs healing Call me…
Safeplanet มองดูตัวเขาไล่ตามสิ่งนั้น บางครั้งเขาอ่อนแอ บางทีเขาพ่ายแพ้ …
sagarito Yeah Yeah Forever again Forever again Forever So baby keep …
Sam Roberts Band Someone turn the lights on I've been dreaming of the da…
Sarah Klang First time I got real fuck up I was on a…
Selfish Things Clouded by colour, abandoned in truth. It seems that I…
Shamir Show me your glowing honor My shining knight Blind me with v…
Shawn Mendes Mhm, mhm Mhm, mhm Here I am, stuck on this couch Scrolling …
Shawn Mendes [FazMusic.Net] Here I am, stuck on this couch Scrolling through my notes …
Shawn Mendes [feat. Khalid] Mhm, mhm Mhm, mhm Here I am, stuck on this couch Scrolling …
Shin Ji Hoon 어둠이 있어야 빛이 있다며 너만 생각하면 단계 없이 눈물이 나 늘 날…
Sivan Troye What if, what if we run away? What if, what if…
Skinny Brown & Minit 내게 말을 해 it's been a tough day 참아왔던 것들에 I…
Soft Cell Youth has gone I heard you say It doesn't matter Anyway Don…
Soloensis welcome to the age of young, where it is full…
Space Tyger I'll believe it when I see it But I am a…
Spencer Kane What if What if we run away What if What if we left…
Spirit Bear I don't wanna let it go But we're growing old Come around If…
Sportsguitar I have never been thirteen I've never been fourteen I have n…
StrangeColorSky Young and restless Blind and numb Drinking our cares away Fi…
Swim Mountain Oh my god Why don't you think of no one but…
Sydnee Carter Shadow sets oh by the place that you left I mind…
T.a.p.e.s I'm wasted youth But I can't stop thinking bout' you (I love…
Tank Fountain of Youth Somewhere in the holy square There stands…
Tempura & Lofi Fruits Music Shadows settle on the place that you left Our minds are…
Thad Kopec Break your chains upon the blade You sharpened in your youth…
The Adicts I never wanted to conform I never wanted a uniform Youth a…
The Black Uhuru The youths of Eglinton Won't put down their Remington The…
The Cheserasera タバコは好きじゃない 誕生日くらいは プレゼントとかくれてもいいのに 街灯に照らされて 天に召されていく煙と 居なくなっ…
The Crookes With split lips, oh a smile can be hard. Dirt, blood,…
The Dean's List feat. Sid Sriram Uh, uh, Laugh in the belly of the beast. We got back…
The Disaster Area We are the forgotten We are the bitter truth We are the…
The Foxes They didn't warn me when I was running wild Dragons breathin…
The March Ahead Shadows settle on the place that you left Our minds are…
The Midnight A computer is an educational device It's in fact a direct…
The Pinkerton Thugs There's something in your blood for revolution But I think…
The Sin Bin Life has been standing still for a while But the infinite…
The Wookies Troye Sivan - YOUTH What if, what if we run away? 假若,假若我們遠走高…
The Wookies Feat. Raw-K Lift up your eyes and look from the place where…
The Wookies feat. Rawk Troye Sivan - YOUTH What if, what if we run away? 假若,假若我們遠走高…
Thieves And Villains Soon he'll have to start answering me And if its words…
Thumb don´t be mislead, ´cause all the others say... you´re insane…
Tilly and the Wall イージーな理由 一切許す 若輩 レスキュー隊も呼んでおいた だから プリーズキスミー プリーズキスミー Alnight…
Tinie Tempah Yeah, last year was not practise year Let's get more number…
Together Growing up with kids I can truly call my friends there from…
Trevor Daniel You're here now For me higher than ever Who am I? Will you…
Trill Jimi Living like young and wild I'm tryna find out my truth Don't…
Troye What if, what if we run away? What if, what if…
Troye Sivan/Musicfire.in What if What if we run away What if What if we left…
Tune-Yards Quit talking bout straps when you not no shooter, Shooter, …
TWÏNS I don't want to come off too strong but Think I…
Useless Youth We go out to meet up with our friends Wonder if…
User Remember what we used to do When we thought we were…
User O.A.C.N. 한울 한울 피어올라 힘들어도 결국 난 괜찮아 청춘을 여기 쏟아낸 다음 (다음) 향수보다…
User of a Common Name Remember what we used to do When we thought we were…
Velvet Beach When you were young Just starting to come undone I wish I…
Vérité I'd waste my youth on you Sitting around, wait for the…
White Apple Tree The smell of cigarettes stain the backseat We stick around b…
Witt Lowry Don't tell me our youth is running out It's only just…
Witty Don't tell me your youth is running out It's only just…
Wolf Colony We could be strength, if you want to We could be…
Wolfsheim She once was seventeen but she never fall in love Because…
Y.I.B I hope she's proud of me Wrote these songs for you Let's…
YBRE Roter Becher purple juice Ja wir leben schnell, verschwenden…
Years And Miles Deep under the surface I keep the love. Older and aware…
Yes/No I just took a chance on a xan cause I…
Youths Pyro-Pyroclastiq, Natt... Lets go Ay... I just wanna thank e…
Yvonne Nordvik Sivertsen Hammer on my heart strings, go on let it spill Hammer…
Нежеголь Штормом крови чистой, мыслей клинком острым Наших удел жизне…
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竹原ピストル 友情もほどほど、恋愛もほどほど、 これといって縁を求めない人間が ようやくまともに独りになれる場所っていったら、 昔から…
諭吉佳作/men トレーニングなんだと思ってた 本番が何かはわからなかった でも自分よりは正しいって すごく信じてたよ 半端な光を見せて…
기현 문득 달라진 게 느껴져 정말 어른이 되고 있어 내 부족함이 보여도 더는 내가…
김필 (Kim Feel) 언젠간 가겠지 푸르른 이 청춘 지고 또 피는 꽃잎처럼 달밝은 밤이면 창가에…
다섯 큰 꿈 부풀어 안고 마냥 앞만 보며 달려왔던 나는 어떤가요 뒤도 돌아보고 주위를 둘러보며 마주하는 나를 놓쳤…
윤지은 겨울이 지나고 비도 그치고 기분 좋은 바람이 불어와 낮게 깔린 공기 커튼을…


We have lyrics for these tracks by Hozier:


Abstract Sometimes it returns Like rain that you slept through That w…
All Things End A two-tonne weight around my chest feels like It just droppe…
Almost I came in from the outside Burnt out from the joy…
Angel Of Small Death I watch the work of my kin, bold and boyful Toying…
Angel Of Small Death The Codeine Scene I watch the work of my kin bold and boyful Toying…
Angel Of Small Death & Codeine Scene I watch the work of my kin, bold and boyful Toying…
Angel Of Small Death & The Codine Scene I watch the work of my kin bold and boyful Toying…
Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene I watch the work of my kin, bold and boyful Toying…
Angel of Small Death and thr Codeine Scene I watch the work of my kin bold and boyful Toying…
Anything But C'mere to me, I wish I was a may fly…
Arsonist When I was a child, I heard voices Some would sing…
Arsonist's Lullabye When I was a child, I heard voices Some would sing…
As It Was There is a roadway, muddy and foxgloved Never I'd had life…
Be When all the worst we fear lets fall its weight When…
Better Love I once kneeled in shaking thrill I chase the memory of…
Blood Upon the Snow To all things housed in her silence Nature offers a violence…
Butchered Tongue As a child it was the place names Singing at me…
Cherry Wine Her eyes and words are so icy Oh but she burns Like…
Damage Gets Done Without shame Two outfits then to my name You'd end up in…
De Selby At last When all of the world is asleep You take in…
Dinner Honey, this club here is stuck up Dinner and diatribes I kne…
Do I Wanna Know Have you got color in your cheeks? Do you ever get…
Eat Your Young I'm starving, darling Let me put my lips to something Let me…
First Light One bright morning changes all things Soft and easy as your…
First Time Remember once I told you 'bout How before I heard it…
Foreigner She moves with shameless wonder The perfect creature rarely …
Francesca Do you think I'd give up That this might've shook the…
From Eden Babe There's something tragic about you Something so magic a…
I Carrion If the wind turns If I hit a squall Allow the ground…
In A Week I have never known peace Like the damp grass that yields…
In the Woods Somewhere Her head was warm Her skin was soaked I called your name…
It Will Come Back You know better babe, you know better babe Than to look…
Jackie and Wilson So tired trying to see from behind the red in…
Like Real People Do I had a thought, dear However scary About that night The bug…
Like Real People Do (Live Version) I had a thought, dear However scary, About that night, The b…
Moment's Silence When stunted hammers place With men my mere monstrosity Alar…
Movement I still watch you when you're groovin' As if through water…
My Love Will Never Die You've done Me wrong For a long Long time But after all You…
NFWMB When I first saw you The end was soon To Bethlehem it…
Nina Cried Power It's not the wakin', it's the risin' It is the groundin'…
No Plan For starts What a waste to say the heart could feel…
Nobody You know when it's twelve o'clock in Soho, baby It's gin…
Run Rare is this love, keep it covered I need you to…
Say My Name Any other day, you would call, you would say "Baby, how's…
Sedated Just a little rush, babe To feel dizzy, to derail the…
Shrike I couldn't utter my love when it counted Ah, but I'm…
Someone New Go and take this the wrong way You knew who I…
Sunlight I would shun the light, share in evening's cool and…
Swan Upon Leda A husband waits outside A crying child pushes a child into…
Take Me My lover's got humor She's the giggle at a funeral Knows eve…
Take Me to Church itemprop=offers My lover's got humour She's the giggle at a funeral Knows ev…
Take Me To Church Lyrics My lover's got humor She's the giggle at a funeral Knows eve…
Take_Me_to_Church My lover's got humour She's the giggle at a funeral Knows ev…
Talk I'd be the voice that urged Orpheus When her body was…
The Bones We're in the homestretch of the hard times We took a…
The Parting Glass Of all the money that e'er I had I've spent it…
Through Me Picture a man Seen like a speck out from the shore Swimming…
Tke me to church My lover's got humour She's the giggle at a funeral Knows ev…
To Be Alone Never feel too good in crowds With folks around When they're…
To Noise Making Remember when you'd sing, just for the fuck of it Any…
To Someone From A Warm Climate A joy hard learned in winter was the warming of…
Too Sweet It can't be said I'm an early bird It's ten o'clock…
Unknown / Nth You know the distance never made a difference to me I…
Wasteland Baby All the fear and the fire Of the end of the…
Who We Are You only feel it when it's lost Getting through still has…
Whole Lotta Love You need coolin', baby, I'm not foolin' I'm going to send…
Wildflower and Barley Springtime in the country Each time, I'm shocked by the ligh…
Work Song Boys, workin' on empty Is that the kinda way to face…
Work Song (Live Version) Boys, working on empty Is that the kind of way to…



Would That I True that I saw her hair like the branch of…


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Rouaa Guesmi

I'm starving, darling
Let me put my lips to something
Let me wrap my teeth around the world
Start carving, darling
I wanna smell the dinner cooking
I wanna feel the edges start to burn

Honey, I wanna race you to the table
If you hesitate, the getting is gone
I won't lie, if there's something to be gained
There's money to be made, whatever's still to come

Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young

You can't buy this fineness
Let me see the heat get to it
Let me watch the dressing start to peel
It's a kindness, Highness
Crumbs enough for everyone
Old and young are welcome to the meal

Honey, I'm making sure the table's made
We can celebrate the good that we've done
I won't lie, if there's something still to take
There is ground to break, whatever's still to come

Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young



Mousie o’ Auchtermuchty

So many versions of what this song is about. Wonderful. It means the song is really good.

IMHO, it appear to be an anti-war song that condemns the sale of weapons and the exploitation of younger generations for the sake of war and profit. The song seems to convey a sense of greed and the desire for power, which in turn leads to destruction and suffering.

The lines "I want to smell the dinner cooking / I want to feel the edges start to burn" and "Honey, I / Want to race you to the table / If you hesitate" suggest a sense of urgency and competition to acquire resources and power. This is further emphasized by the lines "If there’s something to be gained / There’s money to be made / Whatever's still to come."

The chorus, with lines like "Pull up the ladder when the flood comes / Throw enough rope until the legs have swung / Seven new ways that you can eat your young," seems to highlight the ruthless, self-serving nature of those in power. The metaphor "eat your young" conveys the idea that the older generation is willing to sacrifice the well-being and lives of younger generations to maintain power and wealth.

The lines "Skinning the children for a war-drum / Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns; / It's quicker and easier to eat your young" further emphasize the theme of exploiting the younger generation in the name of war and profit, indicating that the violence inflicted upon them is a means to an end.

In other words, the song appears to be an anti-war piece that condemns the sale of weapons and the exploitation of younger generations. It paints a grim picture of a society driven by greed and a desire for power, resulting in the suffering of innocent lives.



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Invertedlamp

Hozier releasing a song that sounds like the sexiest thing on the planet and it actually being about older generations exploiting the younger generation is so perfectly on brand. Fucking obsessed

Madison Lovo

nailed it!

Mazie

"I want to wrap my teeth around the world" agressively recontextualized by the rest of the song. the Imperial War Machine goes brrrr

Jennifer Hooven

Oh even yesser!

Ayo Olukoga

And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53

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Isabela Consolim

Hozier is the only person alive that can make gluttony sound like lust

steveshadforth

it's not about cannablism

Pasha Righton

the sound is about lust
the lyrics are about gluttony
the theme is greed

Catticus

to be fair what is lust if not gluttony in another font, the 2 are pretty similar when put against the other

literally no one

​@steveshadforth really do be tt

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