?? - posted on 09/13/2009 ( 19 moms have responded )
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I listen to all sorts of music - is music a part of your life? I find that music can be very uplifting and also very depressing - depending on my mood and depending on the song.
I posted a song recently from Sweatshop Union in another thread because of a particular piece in the song seemed fitting to the discussion.
I recently came across this band - Hollywood Undead. I don't know if anyone has heard of them but without going into the background of the band I listen to their songs and I can appreciate the sentiment behind the songs (despite the obvious marketing involved).
There is 1 song in particular that I find to be thought provoking, called "Young"
I think songs can be interpretted in different ways and can be incredibly offensive - my intention here is not to offend but to discuss how music can be so influential.
The Lyrics:
Young
We are young
But we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
But we don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
I see the children in the rain
Like the parade before the pain
I see the love I see the hate
I see this world that we can make
I see the life I see the sky
I'd give it all to see you fly
Yes we wave this flag of hatred
But you're the ones who made it
Watch the beauty of all our lives
Passing right before my eyes
I hear the hate in all your words
All the words to make us hurt.
We get so sick oh so sick
We never wanted all this
Medication for the kids with no reason to live.
So we march to the drums of the dammed as we come
Watch it burn in the sun
We are numb
We are young
but we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
But we don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
As we walk among these shadows
In the streets these fields of battle
Take it up we wear the mantle
Raise your hands with burning candles
Hear us whisper in the dark
In the rain you see the spark
Feel the beating of our hearts
Fleeting hope as we depart
All together walk alone
Against all we've ever known
All we've ever really wanted
Was a place to call our home
But you take all we are
The innocence of our hearts
Made to kneel before the altar as you tear us apart
So we march to the drums of the dammed as we come
Watch it burn in the sun
We are numb
We are young
but we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
But we don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We will fight (we will fight)
Or we will fall (we will fall)
Till the angels save us all
We will fight (we will fight)
Or we will fall (we will fall)
Till the angels save us all
We will fight (we will fight)
Or we will fall (we will fall)
Till the angels save us all
We will fight (we will fight)
Or we will fall (we will fall)
Till the angels save us all
We are young
but we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
But we don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are young
but we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong
But we don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
What do you take of it? Are there any songs that you have heard (recently or ever) that have made you think "I wonder what someone else thinks of this?"
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