Weiss began playing music as a teenager in their hometown of Flowery Branch, Georgia. Inspired by the emotional tumult of young relationships, they began writing songs, adopting a DIY ethic that would stay with them throughout their career. Weiss released their first EP, An Eight-Song Tribute to Feeling Bad and Feeling Better (under the name Allison Weiss , in 2007, while attending the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. They followed it up with a full-length concert album, Live at Sidewalk NYC , a year later.
In late 2009, Weiss turned to the newly launched Kickstarter crowd-funding platform to try raising the money for their first studio LP, ...Was Right All Along. Their campaign allowed them to reach their funding goal within the first day and triple it just days later. The Kickstarter success led to some high-exposure press, with The New York Times and Wired magazine essentially labeling them as a sort of poster child for the new era of Internet promotion. Weiss capitalized on the attention with countless tours, interviews, and a panelist slot at the industry's SXSW conference in Austin alongside Kickstarter founder Yancey Strickler. They kept themself busy over the next two years by focusing on their songwriting and touring.
In 2011, Weiss recorded their second studio album, Say What You Mean, as well as a companion acoustic record called Sideways Sessions in Brooklyn, New York. Both albums were released on No Sleep Records in 2013. The label released an EP titled Remember When the following year.
In May 2015, Weiss signed with SideOneDummy Records and announced plans to release a third studio album later that year. New Love was released on October 2, 2015, produced by Forrest Kline of electro-pop band Hellogoodbye and Bradley Hale of indie rock band Now, Now.
In 2017, shortly after the release of their single "Runaway," Weiss came out as non-binary. They discussed the transition on the podcast Queery, hosted by comedian Cameron Esposito, for which Weiss also provides the theme music with their song "Who We Are."
Young Love
John-Allison Weiss Lyrics
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I saw your face
No warning
And then erased
I'd recognize you anywhere
It's no surprise you disappeared
On me
They came and went
Your heavy heart
Stayed permanent
I reached for you
But you let go
I left you in
The undertow
But we were young, love
We were young, love
We were young, love
We were young, love
We were young, love
We were young, love
We were young, love
We were young, love
We were young love
Baby, we were young love
We were young love
Baby, we were young love
We were young love
We were young love
In "Young Love," John-Allison Weiss sings about a lost love from his youth. The song begins with the singer seeing his former partner unexpectedly, but recognizing them instantly. However, before he gets a chance to speak to them or rekindle any old feelings, they disappear. The singer then reminisces about the struggles they faced in the relationship, describing how his partner's demons would come and go, but their heavy heart remained constant. Despite his efforts to reach out and offer support, they ultimately let go and were lost to the "undertow" of their struggles.
The chorus of the song repeatedly emphasizes the youthfulness of their love, perhaps suggesting that their struggles could have been easier to overcome if they had more experience in relationships. However, the line "we were young, love" can also be interpreted as a bittersweet reflection on the transience of youth and the inevitability of growing apart from someone who was once so important. Overall, the song is a poignant reminder of the emotional turbulence and excitement of young love, and the way that it can shape our memories and reflections on past relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
This morning
Starting off the day
I saw your face
Unexpectedly encountered your image
No warning
Without any notification
And then erased
Suddenly disappeared
I'd recognize you anywhere
Your appearance is unmistakable
It's no surprise you disappeared
Your vanishing is not unusual
On me
In relation to myself
Your demons
Your troubles and worries
They came and went
You experienced various ups and downs
Your heavy heart
Your emotional burden and pain
Stayed permanent
Remained constant and unchanging
I reached for you
I attempted to connect with you
But you let go
You distanced yourself from me
I left you in
I abandoned you to
The undertow
The powerful current that pulled you under
But we were young, love
However, we were inexperienced and innocent in love
We were young love
Our love was youthful and pure
Baby, we were young love
Affectionately referring to our youthful romance
We were young love
Our love was undefined and inexperienced
Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: John-Allison Weiss
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@DaniMdeO
Call your girlfriend
It's time you had the talk
Give your reasons
Say it's not her fault
But you just met somebody new
Tell her not to get upset, second-guessing everything you said and done
And then when she gets upset tell her how you never meant to hurt no one
Then you tell her that the only way her heart will mend is when she learns to love again
And it won't make sense right now but you're still her friend
And then you let her down easy
Call your girlfriend
It's time you had the talk
Give your reasons
Say it's not her fault
But you just met somebody new
Don't you tell her how I give you something that you never even knew you missed
Don't you even try and explain how it's so different when we kiss
You just tell her that the only way her heart will mend is when she learns to love again
And it won't make sense right now but you're still her friend
And then you let her down easy
Call your girlfriend
It's time you had the talk
Give your reasons
Say it's not her fault
But you just met somebody new
And now it's gonna be me and you
And you tell her that the only way her heart will mend is when she learns to love again
And it won't make sense right now but you're still her friend
And then you let her down easy
Call your girlfriend (call your girlfriend)
It's time you had the talk
Give your reasons
Say it's not her fault
Call your girlfriend
It's time you had the talk
Give your reasons
Say it's not her fault
But you just met somebody new
@bananahanapie6144
I never heard this song until I listened to this. When I discovered it was a cover song, when I tried to listen to the original and about 30-45 seconds in i had to turn it off. No offence to the original artist but Allison Weiss KILLED IT♡♡♡
@SisiAvellana
This just left iTunes in the USA 😭. I need this song. All the time.
@booksandwoollysocks
Big mood; it’s been taken off Spotify in the uk too 😭
@misti-step
love how sad this feels, like the speaker doubts the person will take their advice and call their girlfriend
@SisiAvellana
To me it’s like they know that these things will actually be said to them and not the girlfriend 😭
@TheDriftingsmoke
I was not ready for this!!
@DaniMdeO
Call your girlfriend
It's time you had the talk
Give your reasons
Say it's not her fault
But you just met somebody new
Tell her not to get upset, second-guessing everything you said and done
And then when she gets upset tell her how you never meant to hurt no one
Then you tell her that the only way her heart will mend is when she learns to love again
And it won't make sense right now but you're still her friend
And then you let her down easy
Call your girlfriend
It's time you had the talk
Give your reasons
Say it's not her fault
But you just met somebody new
Don't you tell her how I give you something that you never even knew you missed
Don't you even try and explain how it's so different when we kiss
You just tell her that the only way her heart will mend is when she learns to love again
And it won't make sense right now but you're still her friend
And then you let her down easy
Call your girlfriend
It's time you had the talk
Give your reasons
Say it's not her fault
But you just met somebody new
And now it's gonna be me and you
And you tell her that the only way her heart will mend is when she learns to love again
And it won't make sense right now but you're still her friend
And then you let her down easy
Call your girlfriend (call your girlfriend)
It's time you had the talk
Give your reasons
Say it's not her fault
Call your girlfriend
It's time you had the talk
Give your reasons
Say it's not her fault
But you just met somebody new
@TheEpicBlob
Duddee.. I love it!
@21angelinamarie21
Nice
@macabre_mess
I like this more than the original artist's version.