Wasting My Young Years
London Grammar - Lyrics

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You cross this line
Do you find it hard to say it with me tonight?
I’ve walked these miles but I’ve walked in straight line
You’ll never know what was there to be
Fine

I’m wasting my young years
It doesn’t matter here

I’m chasing more ideas
It doesn’t matter here

Baby
We are
We are
Maybe I’m wasting my young years
Baby
We are
We are
Baby, I’m wasting my young years

Don’t you know that it’s all I feel?
I wouldn’t worry, you have all your love
I’ve heard it takes some time to get it behind

I’m wasting my young years
It doesn’t matter here
I’m chasing more ideas
It doesn’t matter here

Baby
We are
We are
Maybe I’m wasting my young years
Baby
We are
We are
Baby, I’m wasting my young years

I don’t know what you want
Don’t leave me hanging on

Don’t know what you want
Don’t leave me hanging on

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to London Grammar’s song “Wasting My Young Years” explore the theme of youth and the fear of wasting it. The opening lines, “You cross this line / Do you find it hard to say it with me tonight?” hint at a communication breakdown between two people. The singer has “walked these miles but [has] walked in straight line,” indicating that they have been following a rigid path and haven't explored their full potential. The line “You’ll never know what was there to be” suggests that the singer has missed out on opportunities, but they cannot change the past.

The chorus, “I’m wasting my young years / It doesn't matter here / I’m chasing more ideas / It doesn't matter here” hints at the singer’s confusion and lack of direction. They realize that they need to break out of their current situation and try new things. The line “Don’t you know that it’s all I feel?” suggests that the singer is frustrated that those around them do not understand their struggle.

Line by Line Meaning

You cross this line
You have crossed a boundary or limit in our relationship

Do you find it hard to say it with me tonight?
Are you having trouble communicating with me about our issues?

I’ve walked these miles but I’ve walked in straight line
I have traveled a long distance in life but remained steadfastly focused on my goals

You’ll never know what was there to be fine
You will never fully understand what we could have had

I’m wasting my young years
I feel like my youth is slipping away and I am not making the most of it

It doesn’t matter here
None of this seems to have any real significance or meaning

I’m chasing more ideas
I am searching for new experiences and opportunities to grow

Baby, We are, We are
Our relationship is in a state of uncertainty and confusion

Maybe I’m wasting my young years
Perhaps I am not using my time and energy in the most productive way

Don’t you know that it’s all I feel?
Can't you see that this is weighing heavily on me?

I wouldn’t worry, you have all your love
I don't want you to be concerned, you still have plenty of affection to give

I’ve heard it takes some time to get it behind
I've heard that it takes time to move on from difficult situations

I don’t know what you want
I am unsure of what you are looking for in this relationship

Don’t leave me hanging on
Please don't keep me waiting in limbo or uncertainty

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@senoritaisha6116

1y↑72

✨🎶LYRIC🎶✨

You crossed this line
Do you find it hard to sit with me tonight?
I've walked these miles but I've walked 'em straight lined
You'll never know what was like to be fine
I'm wasting my young years
It doesn't matter if
I'm chasing old ideas
It doesn't matter if
Maybe
We are
We are
Maybe I'm wasting my young years
Maybe
We are
We are
Maybe I'm wasting my young years
Don't you know that it's only fear
I wouldn't worry, you have all your life
I've heard it takes some time to get it right
I'm wasting my young years
It doesn't matter if
I'm chasing old ideas
It doesn't matter if
Maybe
We are
We are
Maybe I'm wasting my young years
Maybe
We are
We are
Maybe I'm wasting my young years
I don't know what you are
Don't leave me hanging on
Don't know what you are
Don't leave me hanging on

All comments from YouTube:

@LondonGrammar

7y↑1.7K

Check out the new single ‘Non Believer’ taken from the #1 album ‘Truth Is A Beautiful Thing’. https://LondonGrammar.lnk.to/NBAudioyd

@jamescollins845

7y↑18

Listen to 'Peacock Affect - I Wrote This In The Dark'

@Joke9972

7y↑15

I will check out their 2035 single 'I forgot how I wasted my young years', and wait for their 2058 single 'I ... err, what am I doing here again?!'. No, seriously, everybody says there is no good music made in 2000s, they prove them being wrong.

@catherineklado5327

7y↑5

Beverly craven

@miriamcassar5125

7y↑7

Great songs... :)

@jamescollins4257

7y↑7

Listen to 'Peacock Affect - I Wrote This In The Dark'

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@DORALYSBRITTO

9y↑1.6K

Such a deep song :'(

@Nnoo1987

4y↑23

it doesnt matter

@pterodactyl8398

3y↑11

@@Nnoo1987 yes, yes it does

@Nnoo1987

3y↑6

@@pterodactyl8398 well then you didnt understand the song dumbass

@brooklyn.d2390

3y↑4

@@Nnoo1987 dumbass

@Nnoo1987

3y↑6

@@brooklyn.d2390 NO U because you dont get it.. dumbfuck

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@kat.5927

5y↑16.1K

Been working a 40 hour per week desk job and been listening to this song since it came out in 2013. I was 25 and feeling that I was indeed wasting my young years but thought that it would all be worth it in the future. Didn't happen. Now that I'm close to 31 I look back and all I see is time either spent studying, working student jobs or just working. I wish I had done a lot of things differently , I wish I would have travelled more, met more new people, spent less time behind a desk or a computer thinking "I still have time to live my life, I just have to finish this paper, this episode, this 100000000th whatsapp message, this final exam". Before you know it time is up and you realise you've spent your entire 20s hoping for a perfect future instead of enjoying the great present. I hope at least one person reads this and decides to go out more, do a little bit more of what they really like and enjoy their young years while they still have the opportunity to.

@kat.5927

5y↑37

@sandro periquito Exactly.

@geekovishlord4778

5y↑284

@katarina G. Your comment really hits me hard. I'm currently 27 and I honestly can already relate with what you said. I'm not saying I'm completely unsatisfied with what I've done but I just feel I could be doing more. I'm feeling like my twenties are flying so so fast and every year I say that I'll travel more, workout more, meet new people more often but it's not the case honestly. But at least it's good to be aware of this and have the correct mindset to live the present fully and prepare for the future also

@yeah112358

5y↑795

You are still young! 31 is VERY young! Your life is a journey and you have plenty of time for adventures and good times! When I was in my 20s, I worked manual labor jobs (as one of the few women) and dreamed of having a 40 hour a week office job! I went back to college and met my wonderful husband, who is the love of my life! I work in a career I love (it's an office job, but that's my jam) and I'm in my 40s. I also travel a lot more now and it's easier because I'm older and have better finances! I don't regret the jobs I had in my 20s, because those jobs made me who I am and made me appreciate my life. I love my life and I feel young! You can certainly still travel and meet friends! Don't waste your time in despair-go out and do something to make your life better! I have a family member who just survived stage 3 cancer and she is out living her life. You can too! Life is too precious to focus on regrets! Best wishes to you on a beautiful life!

@danielflannelly9275

5y↑54

Work hard,train harder,eat well ,fuck harder

@xo7499

5y↑139

as.someone who has/had all the time to travel and money to not work and just party, meet mysterious strangers ( who startout fascinating but end up being fucking annoying morons )I am your age and all i want is a family to settle down with. my boyfriend just left me because i cannot get pregnant :( but, I guess one has to figure things out on their own, experience it.one thing I have learned is that you can make current life a bit less dull, as you said, travel a little more, do more stuff you like. meet people in your area, at work. your current,"boring" friends ( unless you have none) will be there when you feel like your world is about to collapse and you Will learn to appreciate them. yes, it is nice to meet new people but you can do that in your own city, at work, at supermarket,at meetups. .. because " there are hidden treasures in your every day life". rambling now...

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@sixstringedthing

48w↑278

I'm turning 44 years old this year and I feel these feels every single day.
What an incredible track. Thanks London Grammar.

@LuxMeow

47w↑6

Felt this my entire life.

@tamagrind

21w

Don't worry some day we will be gone

@theharshtruthoutthere

14w

@@tamagrind Both youth and elderly, a reach which i did and named it: BIBLE + FREEMASONRY.
Get to know who they are - where they are - how and why they deceive - how they communicate, then expose them.
There is NO EVOLUTION, every living creature got created by GOD after its own kind.
No mattering what and how many schools/university you attend to, feather you`d be in or out of schools system, you are still living with the lack of knowledge if not daring to read the BIBLE nor search and expose masons, you will remain under their spells.

Dare to ask – dare to seek – dare to knock:
Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

@claireleblancfoster8010

13w

55 years old now, all I want is retirement...
To say life flies by is a complete understatement.
Yesterday I was 25 ...
As a wise person once said 'Live your Dreams - Don't dream your life'
Get out there and Go for it!!!

@Hosso77

11w↑1

After 45 yo the track definetely becomes "Wasted my young years" by London Gramophone

@BadCompany214

1y↑68

Im 61. Yet often, very often, I feel young. Or maybe I’m just yearning for those days of yore. I feel great but I have not come to accept that I’m 61. It feels unbelievable that I am 61. Time goes so fast. So fast! My humble advice is enjoy youth, it’s such a small percentage of a full life. There’s just so much time to be an adult! It’s most of your life! Enjoy youth, don’t do something that you will regret the rest of your life. I know, I know: fun and wisdom are often at odds. But trust me, have fun but within reason. I have really enjoyed all your comments. I’m learning from them and hope that one day, willingly, I accept old age. Part of it is that I feel great (thank God) and I’m fit, have all my hair still 😂. But man, when I saw High: Confessions, when this song came on I had to stop and get the full version. It mesmerized me and all the comments from young people here, their worries and regrets, it’s like butterflies in my stomach. Enjoy life! But within reason so that you CAN grow older, peacefully, simply, with less stress and angst. Thank all of you!🙏🏻

@davidmoore8857

11w↑2

Mate, I ve just turned 66 ( I can hardly bring myself to even admit that) but feel what, somewhere betwwen 25 and 39....so to anyone reading this, yougor old, just go out there and do what you want to do, don't 'dress your age' if you dont want to, don't become a young fogey, this is not a dress rehearsal, just go for it! ( 12 x in one day - beat that!)

@werewolf3679

9w↑1

Одиночество присуждено Богу. Скоро спина согнется. Человеку нужна вторая пара. Но, во время. Пока привыкнуть. А потом будет просто проблема... Начни уже сегодня🇦🇿🐺🤘💯🌹🧿💯

@BadCompany214

9w↑2

@@davidmoore8857 So you agree with you, mate. It’s been over a year since I wrote my comment. In 2 months I turn 63. Have I learned to accept my age, yet (as was my pint in my first comment)? No. Work in progress. The irony, at least in part, is that my health continues to be really good (sans my glaucoma). And that provides me with enough false bravado to think “Im not 63”. Such bullshit. Anyways, I read you brother. 👊

@davidmoore8857

9w↑2

@BadCompany214 - thanks for your reply [brother] - the word ‘retirement’ is not in my vocabulary. We all need a sense of output, a reason to get up in the morning, so I will just keep on going until I can’t, after all we can’t let all that accumulated wisdom go to waste, can we? Keep on trucking brother!

@user-jv2pu4kb7f

😊

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@parciau

3y↑3K

At 46 just been given the devastating news that I have cancer and have 18 months maybe 2 years. Love London Grammer and this track seems so poignant at the moment , luckily when I look back over my life I feel that I’ve wasted very little of my young years . My advice to anybody young would be put down your phones. Instead, see, love and laugh together with your friends and family’s. Be good to each other , cut out negative thoughts , don’t judge people you don’t know and don’t be judged by people that don’t know you. Life can short but a life lived well is never wasted, I might not be here for much longer but I hope the memories of the fun and adventures I’ve shared will go on for a long time. On the positive I’ve booked to see Hannah and the guys in Manchester in November (🤞illness and COVID willing) can’t bloody wait.

@erictheshark1598

3y↑149

God bless you and help you

@theo_4444

3y↑183

I hope that universe will give you much more than two years but if not I hope you’ll go through them like a champion and do what you like, make new friends and don’t waste your time on negative things and people. Here I am 18 year old writing you this and if you need friends I’ll be glad to be by your side<3

@agustinagadea5565

3y↑66

all my love to you...

@michaelbonney3372

3y↑37

Love and peace to you...LIFE IS WAY SHORT!!

@ileanaile1333

3y↑27

lots of love to you

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@ludovicdauphin2960

4y↑4K

43 yo here , I have a message for all the youngsters : you don t waste your time , you learn , through pain for the most of you . Do not give up , one day you ll understand . Try to be the best of yourself , ask for help if needed , it is worth it . Don T be afraid to move on and come back if needed . You ll never start over from zero .
Take care kids . Life is a trip , not a destination .

@savoir0vivre

4y↑68

Amen and wish you nothing but the best ;-)

@ludovicdauphin2960

4y↑54

savoir0vivre
Thank you . I ll be fine . my life is pretty much set . think ahead . count wise , count twice . Don t forget to be young , never forget to grow old .

@jonaengelking5891

4y↑6

Thank you🥺

@vc6921

4y↑4

Thank you, it's so true...

@larissaporto9422

4y↑10

muito obrigada por isso! from Brazil

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@murrayedgar4791

2y↑205

I love the sound and the sentiment; I still wonder. But, here I am at 62 years old (how the fuck did that happen?) and everything good and bad that has happened to me has made me who I am. I didn't travel until my 40's (with my kids) I didn't follow my dream of building and designing my home until my 50's, and I didn't get the job I deserved until I was 60. Don't ever limit yourself because of your age - build on every experience, keep learning and don't believe that the only good years are the early ones - there are lots more to come!

@prizma45

no one cares

@jackyjones8873

2y↑13

@@prizma45 you cared enough to leave a bitter comment 🤷🏻‍♂️

@prizma45

@@jackyjones8873 🤣😐

@penderyn8794

Most ppl can barely afford rent

@BadCompany214

1y↑1

Dude, I loved your comments. So true. I turn 62 this year. I’m married, my son turns 40 soon. Life is good. But, gotta tell you and I know that this is the height of selfishnesses, there is a big difference between good and fulfilled. I know, it’s bad but, what can I tell ya? Happy for you, man!🙏🏻👏 I commented something else today on this video.

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@GuilhermeMartins2

30w↑118

I refuse to accept this album is already 10 years. Listening to this song especially takes me back to 2013. I miss those times ! 😢

@am_liam_

24w↑2

I feel this. It feels nostalgic and brings a smile to my face, but I miss those times so much :(

@oneminutefixed5003

24w↑2

This is why you make the best of it now, 2023 will soon be in the same past

@DavySigfusson

16w↑1

The year the world became mad again.

@ericabjean6481

11w

I'm 59 and i like this song ^^

@Hamster_code

4y↑2K

Her voice is absolutely one of the most beautiful female vocals ever. Period.

@paanyasai6977

4y↑52

JOSEPH LONSDALE let her have her opinion smh

@madmitchell79

4y↑4

Agreed

@gtp_vexd3507

4y↑16

She’s sent from somewhere. Aren’t you glad your ears are alive while Hannah sings? We’re blessed. 😋

@DaveTaste

4y↑3

Which period?

@deanfielding4411

4y↑2

Totally agree. Love her 💓

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@andresuaza

4y↑1.5K

I think the feeling of wasting your time is permanent in a society that compares everything. Social Media has had huge pressure on all of us and make us think everybody has a better life than us.
Sit down, write all the things you are proud and thankful for and look back at your life with love. If not, then write the things you want to do/accomplish and start changing your routines.

It's worth it.

@rossnadalwildbullproductio9181

4y↑1

you are Correct.

@rossnadalwildbullproductio9181

Wokeaf

@atay220

4y↑6

Still wasting my young years anyway

@esthercromwell3414

4y↑2

Everyone has their own timeline

@yvanherman3733

4y↑5

I only have you tube because i love music.i have no instagram or facebook.what i do have are real friends and a real life!!greetz

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@chrisstirk5104

37w↑64

Hauntingly beautiful. Tragically underrated band❤

@comadreja9994

34w↑1

Pero mucho

@IWitnessDnB

This video has been streamed 85 million times. I wouldn't call that underrated 😃

@OrionLys.v.du3833

39w↑91

Je l'écoute depuis des années et je ne m'en lasse pas! Merci à vous pour cette magnifique mélodie 🙂

@MultiMrDmitry2

6y↑804

Hard to listen when you actually ARE wasting your precious young years :(

@alcinadimitrescu9558

5y↑3

Relatable 🖤

@gafatd_780

4y↑1

🖤

@emiliavasile248

Same 😭

@russellsmith8506

4y↑4

Lawrence Oliver McBeth Don’t give up. It’s a lot worse once they have already been wasted.

@schuster-acht-vier

sure you did?

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@littleflowers7678

8y↑901

I don't find this song depressing.....I just find it comforting honestly. It reminds you how alive you really should be feeling, old or young. How good it feels to be young, to have your first heartbreak, your first love, and your first understanding of how the world really works. I like it.

@iFerg

8y↑25

You're a good person

@shifaurrehman4925

7y↑9

Heart of a poet. Legend...

@ejhutch15

7y↑3

Just Flowers perfect!

@Mattthecricketbat1

6y↑4

If you've had those experiences, sure.

@Jasminevx65

Same

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@sophkins3862

1y↑93

I lost my only baby back in 2014, everything about this track hit me and hurt me. A mother without a child, do everything you can while you can. Life is short, our time to be a mother is so short.

@lithiumeve

1y↑1

😢

@nellyweini8188

33w↑4

My deepest condolences! I lost mine 2016, he was only 46! Life is worth fighting for! I found a new wonderful partner and remarried. I hope you too find happiness again

@1100spyder

32w↑5

And how I agree with you, … as a mortician I see daily nothing but loss , and hurt to depths one can only imagine . And I thought I knew all the pain possible , thought I understood what I meant to not have those in my life that should be there…and yes I will say I’ve witnessed the passing of those which ( I felt ) deserved their exit from this world to the next…and after being witness to every possible human story and tragedy I thought I’d seen and heard them all…until we lost our 7 year old grand daughter , …oh did I think I knew grief , oh how many times did I think I had a pact with the devil.
To watch my wife crumble and not be able to aid , comfort, support or rectify…to be become helpless when met with a pleading gaze to put back into place , to make better , to put back all that was wrong with a lifeless wee soul that was blessed to have never known any evil in her short but loved seven years …oh yes I thought I knew how loss felt …. I stand corrected , I once witnessed a colleague be informed that “ you don’t know how I feel !” And how correct , for no one will ever truly know how you feel. This song took me straight there .
Let’s not waste any more years …look forwards , …not back , we are not going that way ….

@francescaderimini4422

31w↑5

My child took a fork at the age of 6 and started engraving the legs of my antique 1820 Regency Dining Room table. They were scratched and scraped. I went ballistic when my Uncle turned to me and said, if you had to make a choice between the table and your sons health what would it be. My Uncle had a Heart condition and was given two years to live, he knew the value of time and life!

@maruyama2076

29w

@@francescaderimini4422 Still need his/her ass kicked though surely?

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@broken_npc

45w↑64

Such a powerful song that I sing loudly along with every time I hear it. And most of us are, definitely wasting our young years.

@michaelmcanally2406

42w↑3

Hey jewelz theres a reason this song has 81 million views. I sing along too. This is an amazing song from a girl with an unbelievablly beautiful voice

@SamuraiSx19

26w

maybe in UK... in hard working countries and countries that don't have big income, kids from young age learn how to live life properly and harworking

@frankhughes9590

21w

@@michaelmcanally2406😊

@katerinakivou7498

4y↑2.8K

i listen to this and cry because i don’t know if i’m doing right in this life so far

Edit: guys thank you so much for the support. Didn’t believe this comment would get so popular

@MrDave8539

4y↑56

It's the perfect time to change for the better anyway, it might save your sole too.

@farronlira8355

4y↑38

I completely understand you

@rolandarlove5798

4y↑133

Hey there. I know we don't know one another from any part of life. I'm from Namibia... So... Hi😊 I totally understand what you're feeling and what an awful and confusing emotion to have but there's one thing that keeps me sane... And it's that I keep telling myself whatever happens or whatever I'm currently going through is only temporary. What is a problem today isn't gonna be a problem sometime... And we're young... We're so young that it'd okay to feel these things because that's what being young is about... To hurt and to learn and to grow from it... So... Just stay strong and know that In a period of time... You'll be exactly where you need to be and by then... You'll probably have figured it all out. I hope what I said was helpful and that it made you feel better... Stay safe and be strong

@maximilianodelasmercedes1038

4y↑3

@@rolandarlove5798 Beautiful 👏

@kiranmcgoldrick4247

4y↑15

Keep trying to do/go forth, rightly.
We all have our reasons to cry.
Good reasons.
There’s help out there y’know.
Great literature. The book titles you hear peppered throughout your life.
Studying the myths of great civilisations is wonderful for helping to find your way. Myths were how we developed morals. Just a thought.
Im studying this with my teen.
But im not sure how old you are?

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@dunkeleon2891

9y↑1.3K

Isn't it sad that I'm 22 yo and I totally feel like "I'm wasting my young years"?
Such a strong and sad lyrics...

@roostercall7772

9y↑25

Dunkel Eonim when i was 22 i started feeling the same way! why though?
we are still so young!

@sjpe1095

9y↑31

Saruman 1331 because you don't deliver any positive contributions to the world.

@CastelDawn

9y↑43

Dunkel Eon not sure what "wasting my young years" even mean. What are you supposed to do? To Fuck and drink non stop till you're 40? Then it would be considered as "non-wasted"?

@fantomatic06

9y↑35

Dunkel Eon well i'm just a bit older than you, and sincerely i asked me this question several time when i was younger. Then i just found something where i could do something. For me it has been traveling, and now i never stop. Just to meet great people and i assure you, you cannot say that you are "wasting your young years".

@sebalechef

9y↑1

Dunkel Eon me too bro ;(

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@williamferguson7572

48w↑30

Beautiful song. She has such a gorgeous haunting voice!

@btipton

1y↑55

Still magical, years later. Love it.

@admj2057

51w

Спасибо. - JoysticK.

@ChakibTsouli

10y↑65

... and I'm sitting here wasting my young ears on this song on max volume. Can't stop.

@isalinas91

10y↑11

I think listening to this song is a good use of your time

@MrBlaffer

10y↑5

happily wasted is not wasted

@paulstavrou8703

7y↑174

i cant express what i feel when i listen to this

@GeorgiaGeorgette

7y↑3

I know what you mean; nor can I. There aren't words sufficient to convey it.

@ilyamnk3116

Some

@red1.youtubechannel728

Same 😢

@katellzeys2600

Same 😢

@senoritaisha6116

1y↑72

@ludipy2899

24w↑10

I love her voice. Beautiful...Thank you

@fessybear

7y↑409

I've been a carer for two family members since I was 18, tried to go university but had to put my dreams on hold to pay the bills and work. I'm now 33 and still looking after them, and also my mum who is now old. all I've seen is suffering and anger, today I'm sleeping on the floor I lost my job and my health went with it. when I can't cope I listen to music, I like london grammar & kings of Leon. it's like medicine for my soul. maybe one day things will get better, till then I'll keep my headphones plugged in to drown out the pain

@Paul.Morgan

7y↑22

I feel for you. I was in a similar family situation. Sometimes local authorities take advantage of family carers. You deserve a life of your own. Frankly if you threaten to walk away the local authorities will probably spring into action to help your family. They did for me anyway.

@diarturkmani

5y↑18

How's everything now? Better?

@MaverickLingo

5y↑11

I was just going to ask the same thing . Hope that things are better.

@h1z1kratos67

5y↑4

@@MaverickLingo you are good person

@yan_ange

5y↑10

My heart goes out to you.
Then and now.

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@superunknown9102

5y↑1.3K

Got to love Netflix....Baby has great songs and this is one of them

@waldejohn

5y↑15

Right?!?!? I Shazamed almost every song! Love them!

@emmoo3263

5y↑2

John Walden are you a Boy ? Wow all boys I know are JUST listening to gangster rap

@Maya-wr9pw

5y↑3

John Walden can you write down the names of the songs please

@superunknown9102

5y↑5

@@Maya-wr9pw Go on Spotify they have the full soundtrack and music

@senectarius9685

Stiffmeister ouh.

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@laurex7879

7w↑3

this song means a lot to me....

@sbirnie2489

30w↑27

Nobody can out-sing this woman. Pitch perfect and really need another song. Raps into what we are feeling. Some more please 😁

@davidtegg5197

10w

she sounds a lot like Amy Lee from Evanescence, such a sweet, and haunting voice, just like Amy, I need to find how to buy the albums from this band

@gypsytheif

5y↑425

30 years old and I feel like I lost my young years to my struggle with my poor mental health. Now I'm more well than I have ever been, and I wish I could live the life I lost... those wasted young years.
But I can't. So I must live my life now!

@MaryStellaRose

5y↑7

I hear you

@ygormelo958

5y↑12

I have a very ugly face and a very rare genetical disease. I've never had a life abd I don't feel.guilty about that because it was not my fault at all

@ellajackson4272

5y↑11

You're still pretty young!

@javiceres

5y↑4

Man, I wish I had your drive... or at least what it seems for your words...

@Violet-tf1rd

@@ygormelo958 what disease do you have then if I may ask?

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@drewkleinbach806

9y↑2.1K

As someone who is 25 and sits in a chair at a desk 5 days a week when people my age are traveling and living life, this song hits too close to home. Is this the top? Is this where I am supposed to be in my life? Yes the money is good, but money doesnt buy happiness. Especially if i have a ball and chain that is this full time job.

@mattpacker4372

8y↑81

Mate I'm 24 and totally get your comment. I work full time. I'm thinking next year shall I travel only live once !

@keithbate9405

8y↑84

+Drew Kleinbach I was in your situation once. A salary slave but each day "I died a little more inside"
I left and went back to Uni and it was the best thing I ever did. made more meaningful friends rather than the people I had worked with (who frankly I did not like). I changed my life course. best decision I ever made.
I was single and was easy to do it. I know not so easy if you have dependents etc. But even then I think you need to change things if you are drowning inside.

@Paul.Morgan

8y↑78

+Drew Kleinbach I was also in a situation like yours. At about your age I decided to work for early retirement. I invested about one third of my salary in the stock market every single month. The years went by and my early retirement fund grew. At aged 39 I started to notice that on a good day my stocks would grow in value more than my salary for that month. That is when I decided to quit my job and see if I could survive without employment. So far so good after one year. I'm happier because I'm free to do what I want. However it's funny that now I have freedom I still feel that I'm not living life to the full. I suppose we never really get satisfaction in life but having freedom is the most important thing.

@keithbate9405

8y↑5

+keypointist you were lucky in the sense that the SM must have been on the rise when you initially invested. It could have wiped your money out too. if it had been the opposite.
I agree about the freedom thing but for those in the West money is a huge pull. Your post proves that.
I know a couple who went to Scotland to be crofters. They are very happy but have very little money. But just enough for their purposes. in that location.
Living in a staggeringly beautiful area and working with animals.

@Paul.Morgan

8y↑14

+Keith Bate I should add that I rent a bedsit and have a very modest lifestyle. I only managed to save so much money because I denied myself luxuries. Most middle class people would be embarrassed to have so little stuff. To me freedom is worth more than having stuff. Still, I'm not a hypocrite when it comes to consumerism. I rely on those middle class people to keep buying stuff to make the corporate profits that pay my dividends. The thing some people underestimate about investing in stocks is the dividend which you get regardless of what the stock price is doing. I admit that it does bother me when we have a long run of bad days in the market but I maintain a buffer of cash to keep me going through that. In theory I could get completely wiped out (it's unlikely) but then I'd just have to go back and work like I did before! I prefer the busy city life but good luck to your crofter friends. Each to their own.

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@GamerPhilosophy

30w↑30

U don't search this song...the song comes to those who need it 💞👌😊👍

@sjuaree685

30w↑1

Very true!

@stefcurvy

28w↑1

Just searched it

@whateverbabe

27w↑1

I searched it bro 😢

@senshencritical

1y↑24

Such an addictive alto voice and so hard-hitting lyrics...

@admj2057

51w

Они взяты из жизни.. Нелицеприятной жизни... - JoysticK.

@comadreja9994

34w

Esa es justo la palabra adictiva

@WecK0

10y↑73

THI IS THE VOICE ! Amazing song..

@wenzelhillah5438

10y↑5

lol :) , great song!!!

@yayazow

10y↑5

I M HERE ABOUT THAT TOO !

@jocelynesalvert6174

Je préfère quand le jeune chanteur Malo qui la chante cette chanson est juste magnifique

@jessmallinson5146

6y↑230

This is reminiscent of the years wasted in depression at least I'm lucky enough to look back on that time and that I got through it and realised what being alive really is

@kenyaamzee596

5y↑4

Same same same same!

@chloerosekral4261

5y↑5

I completely understand; i was depressed all throughout hs, and I feel as if I’ve missed on the whole hs experience. But I’ve got the college years to look forward to

@richardmiller2049

5y↑1

wah I'm depressed

@name-gm7dc

5y↑1

Hi girl, how you overcome it?:(

@rosalbalorusso6233

@@chloerosekral4261 it's the same for me 😔

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@stevemeters3090

48w↑9

Imagine waking up, you go to sing, and that voice comes out. I'd give anything. Plus she's absolutely lovely.

@chriscasey939

1y↑4

London Grammar, the best thing to ever happen to music !!!

@GlossysWorld

5y↑72

This song has a kind of melancholy i cant explain

@goldenmath4091

5y↑85

As someone in mid life, i wish someone had jus told me how truly beautiful this world really is, we are blessed with opportunity, and hope.. Never lose the love in your heart and you will always shine, the brightest lights will always be seen, and if something is going wrong for you, you'll find love in helping others, i am not religious, but spiritual we are not separate, we are connected

@Sorellalunamistica

5y↑4

I'm depressed. Life isn't beautiful at all. I'm 26 and never lived.

@findtheothers_

❤️

@elblondie69falconer65

1y↑7

Hello beautiful person scrolling through the comments sending you positive and healing vibes and a huge virtual hug ❤

@Umi143

2y↑8

The me that listened to this at 20, I wish I could hug you. 30 is so close and we achieved so much already. Be proud of yourself. You aren’t defined by your mistakes. It’s okay.

@thanostsarbos1197

8y↑134

For some reason this song makes me cry...

@h1z1kratos67

Me too....

@edwardrichards884

Me to

@joefishjones

5y↑8

Maybe you're wasting your young years then

@mariahwilliams1299

Same

@aryanelapointe5555

Same.

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@niveks_

10y↑16

That voice gives me chills.

@tanvi2856

2y↑4

this is literally heaven to my ears.

@johnpender4025

1y↑6

This is my first time to listen to this London Grammar song wasting my young years this is such a beautiful song With wonderful lyrics this song made me cry from a 59 years old Irishman fan

@ambersays_

4y↑541

Came from “baby” Netflix series,it’s so good.And this is a good music

@emmaashcraft6939

4y↑10

Same!!!

@pterodactyl8398

4y↑21

I’ve known this song for 2 years and it’s always been stuck in my head from the show “Baby” which is truly amazing, but for some reason knowing that this is such a great song, I never took the time of day to search for it. I searched the lyrics up today and the full song is way better than just listening to a 30 second clip.

@BIRDSab

4y↑18

They used it so beautifully in Baby, I can't take it off my mind.

@pterodactyl8398

4y↑8

@@BIRDSabexactly, there is no bad music in the show baby

@jayg.2066

@@BIRDSab Fr

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@NicHills

8y↑217

Just beautiful - heartfelt - such beauty and pain...... brilliant..

@SteveLEKORodrigue

29w↑8

Can't get enough of this song and this voice!

@viajandoxelmundo2

3y↑18

Now that I'm 40 I realized that I wasted my young days...I don't blame myself anymore because I did what I could at that time. I was very kind, very innocent about the world. Sometimes, I feel lost like a little child without anybody to talk about what I was really feel inside my soul.

@thanos1229

At least you're financially stable

@viajandoxelmundo2

@@thanos1229 why do you think that am I?

@TheDjole90New

10y↑77

I'm obsessed with this band. Her voice is magical.

@mariecoupez6782

10y

@iggylazarevic8706

10y

Indeed... pure, pure magic!

@stacy6076

10y

True.

@danstadden9155

10y

Yes.

@lekadi8357

3y↑557

Who's listening this 2021?

@derrickcodman

3y↑3

I am and you

@anonymousperson7345

3y↑3

3 February ❤️

@cheekycupcake5524

3y↑3

Feb 4, 2021

@isabelnaylor2007

3y↑3

Feb 7, 2021

@nfc_expert

3y↑2

2013-2021

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@jasonk.5322

2y↑12

I'm almost 18. Young right? Still, I'm not wasting a single second of this life. Whenever I can, I do stuff and I'll never stop 😎

@ferroudjaouldhamou6233

50w

Good job!

@carstendetlefs5586

1y↑6

Eine wunderbare Stimme die sich vom Kommerz und Nachdenklichkeit deutlich unterscheidet. Top in dieser Zeit.

@michelle2126

7y↑81

I wouldn't worry, you have all your life"
"I've heard it takes some time to get it right
thank you. i needed to hear this

@adambhoyroo3399

8y↑402

Florence and The Machine And London Grammar would make a perfect match !

@dilaudid1

8y↑7

I love them both too!

@cherylquinn661

7y↑12

Adam Bhoyroo omg she sounds so like Florence of the machine

@u.s.2548

7y↑8

Adam Bhoyroo If it happend, I would die.

@nawait2644

6y↑1

You can say that again.

@temolegashvili7535

6y↑2

When I first heard this lovely girl, It sparkled in my mind that she’s young Florence

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@J.humberto_5

1y↑3

Everyone has a unique purpose & God gives it to you. He will give you everything you need, submit yourselves unto him.

@ONLYLOVEIZATION

Amen.

@linolino-wm4ng

41w↑14

Je suis Français et j'aime beaucoup la musique anglaise pop rock 💙💙💙
Vous changez avec le cœur et il se dégage une force magique dans les interprétations qui est incomparable !!!!💪👏 London Grammar, Dido, ....ect
Thank you very much for making us dream with your music !!!💙

@rosaliadanna3245

5y↑90

I really think that this song touch all of us who think they lost or are losing theirs young years cause it's really what's happening. Who is really happy ? What happiness feels like anyways, hinding yourself between studies or hard working jobs ? No one is really happy. This song describes everything.

@DoubleBread

Alan Watts. Two simple words.

@josephjohn6540

3y↑389

I don't think the world has properly recognized what a gem this song is. So incredible ❤️

@JDMBOI7

the mash up of this and “black is the colour” is amazing

@omicron2018

3y↑2

I would say that about most of their music. It fills the same niche for me as Enya - soft, melodic, and haunting.

Which is kind of weird for me as someone who bleeds hard and progressive rock.

@payableondeath9091

IMO this is her best song

@magnolia8626

Truly a gem!

@karenadriaansen2497

True🥰

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@julinasmusic

1y↑5

das ist der einzige song wozu ich immer weinen muss, weil er irgendwas krasses tiefes in mir auslöst und wachmacht.

@dominiquecaillet1182

Pareil

@bekslima

6w↑2

Oh dear, I hope you´re proud of what you've become, afterall, you're still here

@zoeprevot3678

10y↑13

London Grammar : just BEAUTIFUL ! ♥

@didfanful

4y↑31

This song is just unreal.
I've heard so many marvelous songs and voices, but this one probably takes the cake.
Each time that same wonderment since 2013...Awesome masterpiece.

@alibrown317

31w↑1

She has the most amazing voice. The beauty will always shine through xx

@martinbroullard7451

34w↑5

Une pure merveille chantée par une pure merveille! Merci London Grammar!

@MakeMakeShift

3y↑658

I was 28 when I first heard this and I felt old. Now I’m 36 and 28 seems so young. Time is a weird thing. Now I’m trying not to waist a second. Beautiful song 🧡

@sevgikarabag4235

Bu şarkı ile bütün geçmiş bir buğday tarlasında ufka bakarmiscasina ve tabikide serin bir yaz rüzgarı ve gecmis

@tamzpyne7613

2y↑10

i felt old since the age of 23 now at 35 i wish i could go back

@thanos1229

2y↑1

@@tamzpyne7613 f Im 21 and I feel old

@tamzpyne7613

2y↑13

@@thanos1229 trust me you very young...don't waste your life with such thoughts

@fawazsaleemrajput950

2y↑1

Same here bro ..u born in '85 as well ?

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@YogisJourney

7y↑65

I feel like this every single day..

@googleaccofalex

7y↑9

i think a lot of people do..

@rickythekid1539

6y↑2

Alexander me too I'm not too old too change but I feel like I couldn't

@jenniferashley1111

1y↑3

This song is heaven. An illuminator of light.✨🌅✨🕊️

@Dmoriarty1993

1y↑7

To all the people saying they wasted their time, here's a message for you. In the words of my tutor, 'Do what you can, when you can, while you can!'. That's all any of us can do. Good luck.

@gergelyhabony2701

8y↑421

I dreamed with this song and it was so intense I woke up and had to listen it at 3 a.m.

@IcyHail

8y↑7

That's beautiful

@emanuelgermangomez2357

8y↑8

sometimes music is necessary as food for me..i woke up with the necessesity of listening some songs or artist...

@igotmyownvisa7540

8y↑3

+Emanuel Germán Gomez same here i think its normal :)

@mental_n9766

8y↑2

Jesus, man!

@jahalie9

7y↑1

Same. It's haunting...

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@midsfella

4y↑29

A voice that makes your produce tears.... I've witnessed LG live on several occasions and look around at the audience wiping there eyes and mascara away.... Goosebumps

@scorpiosqueenkitchen872

Aw wow shivers reading this one of my dreams to go see them live they are my fav band by far I would mind one of ex narcissist brought me to them 😂 I told my son 3 good things came out of it you , London grammar and getting into AA

@Davecrazyass

29w↑3

This Artist is amazing and the music is so moving and emotional. This is the best artist of our time.

@AyurmirK.

26w↑1

Спасибо. Художник, поэт - JoysticK .

@aylinhuber42

1y↑34

Im currently 19 and I rlly dont want a boring live, sometimes its okay to miss classes because you only live once

@feedapony

1y↑6

Enjoy school. Attend your classes live those years while you have them because the moment you start full time work. You lose years not days

@bakeraus

1y↑5

The smallest things can be the most amazing in life. Go and dance in the rain, jump in puddles, experience everything that doesn't harm you. It's about the journey not the destination, so always remember to balance everything and you will have a great ride.

@anilkaya464

Aa bir Türk görmek heyecanlandırdı beni, bende 19 yaşımda hayattan bunalan birisi olarak tam anlamında sürekli burdayım ve gitmeye de niyetim yok.

@payableondeath9091

1y↑1

Follow your instincts 🙏

@ethanpeterson3658

Life gets boring if you make it boring. Grab any opportunity to make it joyful. Life is a play

@TokyoKazama

10y↑8

Oh boy, Happy Valentine's Day everybody!

@rickythekid1539

TokyoKazama thx♥♥♥

@abhijitkalita6931

4y↑33

If you think you have wasted your time , remember it's never too late to start.

@stellamakagni38

19w↑2

Ten years later, this song still occupies my heart.❣🥲

@sergiopestana21

8y↑28

When she stretches her voice... it's "excruciating" high frequencies "tormenting" my brain... I mean she doesn't exist...her voice is simply IMPOSSIBLE!! ;)

@ailsad3108

8y↑13

London Grammar will always be my favourite band...

@occitanedeprovence

2y↑12

Who’s still listening to this lovely song today?

🥰

@RichardSmith-ry8hk

45w↑2

2023 and a half just found you again music is timeless and time is what it is to you

@Pascalsmusics

4y↑8

The depth of this music goes beyond words, Hannah’s voice is perfect!!’

@zeepster

7y↑347

Who's here because they have, or feel that they are, wasting young years?

@hesturofeigur2719

7y↑2

@diabloa.1700

😭💔

@giuliamollo4797

6y↑2

Chasing men, whom I ll.never have

@sensualserenity

5y↑1

@@giuliamollo4797 fuck 'em💁🚫

@neyssa6632

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@cocothesea

15w↑2

What an incredible voice, thank you!

@matheuspestana9024

2y↑20

I was 13 when I first heard this song. At that time, I had many dreams. I wanted to study English literature, live in England and write for a good local newspaper. Along the way, I didn't get admitted to my dream university, ended up at a second choice in Portugal, with a scholarship that didn't cover all the costs and so I had to drop out. I ended up going back to my hometown, then moved to São Paulo, a little bitter but still with dreams and hopes. And now here I am, almost 10 years later, aged 22, working in the biggest city in Latin America, 40 hours a week, 8 hours a day, in an office, doing spreadsheets. I feel like I'm wasting my young years. I wanted to work with cinema, with translation, with literature, and I still have hopes, but I admit, I'm tired. Half of my salary goes to rent, another part to taxes and what's left over is what keeps me going for the month. I am working to be a slave to my salary.

@fyren-xu6ot

1y↑1

Hi you, that really sounds like a slow exhausting hit by reality, I'm sorry for that. I's wonderful, that you tried it - for me, that's always the most important part. What about now, do you have new dreams or alterations of your old plans you could try to follow? I think you already proved that you are able and strong enough.

@user-ou3ln3np1g

I can feel it so good, that feeling. I am 28, living in a country in war (Ukraine), I studied hard 6 year to be a lawyer, now I lost job, situation with job on the market is poor, I do not want leave my country but I feel i need too, I am wasting my young years due to fu*****ng russians

@admj2057

51w

😢😢😢😢😢 Я посадил сам в себя пулю в 22 года. Будь осторожен, друг!..😢😢...

@davidmoore8857

11w

You would be no worse off bumming around in a ski resort so just bail out.

@Peacockspiderman

10y↑26

Many have said it before and I say it again, your voice something quite unique

@codytylerr4983

8y↑440

This touches home to me. I'm 21. Very depressed. Anxiety is strong. Not doing anything really with my life at all. I just sit and drink mimosas all day long while listening to music. That's not life. I should be out doing things while I'm still in my early 20s but just the depression, drinking and insomnia makes me lay in bed all day. Ugh. I hope i break out of it because I do waste my young years.

@meatl0ad

8y↑21

You can do it, brother/sister(?). It's a timely process pulling yourself up out of a hole like that, but it can definitely be done. You just have to work with yourself and believe. Soon you'll be out of that dark place, it always gets better.

@bbnnbb789

7y↑1

Cody Tylerr freeeeeee

@tonyrandall3146

7y↑2

wheres my thumbs ups cunts..

@rickythekid1539

Good luck ♥♥♥

@testcardgirl26

6y↑9

Cody Tylerr dont feel bad.. Im 37 and still feel the same, its not a matter of years.. more a state of mind I think...hope u feel better.. im sure you are. Me on the other way.. just surviving 😔...

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@LanguedocProvenceGascogneMIDI

1y↑5

Chills just hearing this agian. So epic.

@AngelDiaz-re5cb

2y↑2

Don't know why this song touches me so deep. Both lyrics and music. Regret, nostalgia and frustration. 😭😫😩😣

@tonywrigley5174

4y↑249

No years are ever wasted, life's journey is a constant web of experiences nothing more....just live on..

@soomysaleem351

4y↑7

Thank you needed to read this rn

@MrLute101

4y↑1

This is true, one should never give up hope. Just try to do your best!

@Minime669

Excellent

@mouravariedades2722

4y↑4

When your "web of experiences" are resumed in a routine of "home>work>home>work" for years and years doing the exact same thing every day, i think it's pretty safe to say that you're wasting your years, because you can't get those years back, you'll become older and older, will not have the same disposal and/or mood to do some things, will not meet new persons, and i think that's what the "wasting years" is about. Can you imagine, for example, a 50y accountant going to the beach on the middle of the night with a girl that he just meet and jumping on that cold water? Very unlikely

@komododragon85

4y↑2

Thank u brother i needed these words. Im turning 40 next month feeling i ve wasted my younger years chasing my dream to become like my beloved father whom i ve lost and life is just difficuot and in ruins. My warmest blessings to you and everyone

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@justineboulinguiez2742

8y↑59

This beautiful...

@chocotendr

8y↑3

Je adore

@EduardoCelisQuintanacelquie

8y↑3

*J'adore

@Deadpool-ii3sq

Eduardo Celis Quintana J'avoue quand même !

@aamirshehzad8420

16w↑1

Brings out tears of transcendent feeling that I don’t fully grasp but is very profound💚

@dougplankis4034

1y↑4

I'm listening to this sober going on a couple months in and it's so worth it.

@talkruslan4958

42w

Same

@WindCutter93

10y↑10

This voice is superb, and I'm falling for it. Again and again.

@CarlHMusic

10y↑47

I'm so glad i've been following this band from the very start and are getting the audience attention they deserve.. No other band could pull off what these guys make. Hannah's voice is just perfect

@keithbate9405

10y

LG are a great band but Agnes Obel is creating magic as well. Check out the 2014 single "the curse"

@CarlHMusic

10y

Will do! :)

@keithbate9405

10y

wickydwun She is indeed and you are most welcome !

@mylifeisfunny8911

Hannah = Lorde (soft version)

@lukaradosavljevic8520

9y↑2

Ka mos
Lorde wish she could be Hannah

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@lubabanusrat8282

1y↑2

We get so much energy from this song! Catharsis and renewed energy 💜💜🙏

@DoctorHayduke

1y↑8

For some reason I felt like I had to come here and listen to this. I just turned 51 a couple of weeks ago. I was quite surprised at the flood of tears. A voice like sweet voodoo.

@onyrak264

3y↑44

Qui est ici après la prestation de Marghe et London Grammar sur The voice 2021 ? 🙋

@myrina6509

4y↑134

this song is my quarantine anthem

@vianperspective1888

4y↑11

Then you are lucky, when you have social anxiety, your life its a chronic quarantine.

@Sorellalunamistica

4y↑1

@@vianperspective1888 I have. I understand you

@vianperspective1888

@@Sorellalunamistica n.n

@Sorellalunamistica

4y↑1

@@vianperspective1888 stay strong ♥️🙏

@painteddreamz4757

What is the song about..? Please explain me...

@CARVI3D

1y↑6

wow what a beautiful voice, i don't understand much english but with the feeling of her voice and the quality of the music it's enough for my soul, Hi from Medellin Colombia

@admj2057

51w↑1

Медельин! Здравствуй!... С тобой говорит - JoysticK. - один из авторов "Богоматерь убийц" ,как вы ?...❤❤.. ❤... Сколько времени...Эй! Там ещё стреляют?..
Я выжил и снял об этом фильм. И в Бразилии тоже. Я был юным.. Я забрал одну девушку из фавел Рио в Украину. И двух малышей на Балканы. Выручил их от наркоторговца, который хотел делать их своими рабами.