July
Youth Lagoon Lyrics


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Explosions pillaging the night
From the fireworks on the fourth of July
It's just my lady, our friends, and I
Smoking cigars and yelling at cars as they drive by

We scaled a ladder ascending to the roof
While five years ago I weeped and no one knew
Holding my guitar, I strummed a tune
I sang \"I love you but I have to cut you loose\"

As the neighbor lights off the small bombs we watch
from the rooftop safely, so safely

If I had never let go, then only God knows where I would be now
I made a bridge between us then I slowly burned it




Five years ago, in my backyard I sang love away
Little did I know that real love had not quite yet found me

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Youth Lagoon's song July tell the story of a Fourth of July celebration with friends and a loved one. The night sky is being pillaged by fireworks, and the singer is smoking cigars and yelling at cars as they drive by with his lady and their friends. They climb up to the rooftop where five years ago, he recalls weeping alone. This time around, he is holding his guitar and strumming a tune, singing the words "I love you but I have to cut you loose."


The song speaks to the singer's realization that he set himself apart from his own emotions in previous years, and at that moment on the rooftop, the past is apparent to him. A sense of nostalgia emerges when he sings about burning the bridge between himself and his former love. He admits that he may not have been ready for real love and that the pain of the past drove him to that rooftop night. The fireworks in this song symbolize both the beauty and the destruction of love, as well as the promising future of starting anew.


Overall, the lyrics convey a sense of melancholy as the singer grapples with his feelings, with the backdrop of the celebratory Fourth of July festivities. The song touches on the themes of regret, the pain of lost love, and the promise of new beginnings.


Line by Line Meaning

Explosions pillaging the night
The loud noise of fireworks is echoing through the night


From the fireworks on the fourth of July
The source of the noise is the fireworks that celebrate Independence Day


It's just my lady, our friends, and I
The singer is spending the night with his girlfriend and some friends


Smoking cigars and yelling at cars as they drive by
They are smoking cigars and shouting at cars from the rooftop


We scaled a ladder ascending to the roof
They climbed a ladder to get to the rooftop


While five years ago I weeped and no one knew
Five years ago, the singer was crying alone and no one knew about it


Holding my guitar, I strummed a tune
The singer played a song on his guitar


I sang "I love you but I have to cut you loose"
He sang a song that expressed his love but also his need to move on


As the neighbor lights off the small bombs we watch
They watch as the neighbor sets off small fireworks


from the rooftop safely, so safely
They are admiring the fireworks from the safety of the rooftop


If I had never let go, then only God knows where I would be now
The singer wonders where he would be if he hadn't moved on from his previous relationship


I made a bridge between us then I slowly burned it
He built a connection with someone but then purposely destroyed it


Five years ago, in my backyard I sang love away
The singer used to sing about lost love in his backyard five years ago


Little did I know that real love had not quite yet found me
The singer didn't know that he had not yet found real love




Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Written by: TREVOR POWERS

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LYRICS :
Explosions pillaging the night
From the fireworks on the fourth of July
It's just my lady, our friends, and I
Smoking cigars and yelling at cars as they drive by
We scaled a ladder ascending to the roof
While five years ago I weeped and no one knew
Holding my guitar, I strummed a tune
I sang "I love you but I have to cut you loose"
As the neighbor lights off the small bombs we watch
from the rooftop... safely, so safely
If I had never let go, then only God knows where I would be now
I made a bridge between us then I slowly burned it
Five years ago, in my backyard I sang love away
Little did I know that real love had not quite yet found men?



All comments from YouTube:

beatriz

this just sounds so great for playing really loud in the middle of the night and just sitting there in the dark listening to it

Hypno Toad

Same

dangermoose2000

+chaoticlifford first Mercury Rev lp Yerself is Steam used to be my record for that...come in drunk from the pub, lights out, volume up, primal scream the lyrics until hungry

Tiraha Schaumkell

me

Trinity Frank

Or listening to it really loud while watching fireworks

CA SEE

🔥🔥🔥

Connor Lunatic

Every time I listen to this song, I feel like bawling my eyes out. So powerful. I remember when this album came out in 2011. I was 15. Those were such better, simpler days.

M. Francis

7 years later and that ending still hits

DoomBlazerFatVirgin

Something about this song makes me want to drive out in the middle of nowhere until I run out gas and money.

REAPER

Wtf same

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