Youth

Youth
Artist(s):	Daughter
Album:	If You Leave
Release date:	2013
Appears in:	Episode 2: Brave New World

"Youth" is a single by Daughter from their album If You Leave and is featured in Life is Strange: Before the Storm at the end of Episode 2.

Lyrics

Shadows settle on the place that you left

Our minds are troubled by the emptiness

Destroy the middle, it's a waste of time

From the perfect start to the finish line

And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones

'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs

Setting fire to our insides for fun

Collecting names of the lovers that went wrong

The lovers that went wrong

We are the reckless

We are the wild youth

Chasing visions of our futures

One day we'll reveal the truth

That one will die before he gets there

And if you're still bleeding, you're the lucky ones

'Cause most of our feelings, they are dead and they are gone

We're setting fire to our insides for fun

Collecting pictures from a flood that wrecked our home

It was a flood that wrecked this home

And you caused it

And you caused it

And you caused it

Well I've lost it all, I'm just a silhouette

A lifeless face that you'll soon forget

My eyes are damp from the words you left

Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest

Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest

And if you're in love, then you are the lucky one

'Cause most of us are bitter over someone

Setting fire to our insides for fun

To distract our hearts from ever missing them

But I'm forever missing him

And you caused it

And you caused it

And you caused it

Interpretation

The song's central theme seems to be about growing up and starting to deal with adult problems, in this case Chloe is the one going through the coming-of-age phase. She used to have a good childhood ("perfect start") but then it suddenly got worse and doesn't seem to change direction. So the "middle" part of life before one dies seems useless. The "shadows" remind the singer of someone who left and is missed, similar to how Chloe feels about William. The second verse tells us about how young people frequently deal with life problems, by setting their insides on fire. This can be understood both literally (smoking cigarettes) and metaphorically (doing something illegal or extreme). Because of this way of life, some young people die before reaching adulthood. In the next verse, the singer says that those who are "bleeding" (i.e alive) are lucky compared to those who are dead and have no feelings. The lines where the singer lost their home due to a flood could be referencing Chloe not feeling safe ("at home") anymore after so much has happened in her life and due to David appearing, or about Rachel finding out the truth about her father and Sera. In both cases, the flood of emotions made the singer's eyes watery. She is futilely trying to distract herself from missing a loved person, and says that those who have never experienced loss are lucky.

Videos

Daughter - Youth

Life is Strange- Before the Storm - Episode 2 - Ending Song - "Youth"

External Links

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